Giant oil tanker off Dubai hit by Iranian strike after Trump's latest threats

[In It to Win It]

Iran attacked and set ablaze a fully loaded crude oil tanker off Dubai on early on Tuesday, after President Donald Trump warned the United States would obliterate Iran's energy plants and oil wells if it does not open the Strait of Hormuz.

The strike on the Kuwait-flagged Al-Salmi is ‌the latest attack on merchant vessels by missiles or explosive air and sea drones in the Gulf and Strait of Hormuz since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on February 28.

The month-long conflict has ‌spread across the Middle East, killing thousands, disrupting energy supplies and threatening to send the global economy into a tailspin

Crude oil prices briefly spiked again after the attack on the tanker, which can carry around 2 million barrels of oil worth more than $200 million ​at current prices.

Kuwait Petroleum Corp, the ship's owner, said the attack happened early on Tuesday, causing a fire and hull damage.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/giant-oil-tanker-off-dubai-023425285.html

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. Adding a link ...

Giant oil tanker off Dubai hit by Iranian strike after Trump's latest threats

By Alexander Cornwell, Trevor Hunnicutt and Yomna Ehab
March 30, 2026 10:34 PM EDT Updated 25 mins ago

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[Haggard Celine]

2. I hope the people on those ships over there

are getting some serious hazard pay. I don't think you could pay me enough to be within 3000 miles of Iran right now.

[progree]

3. This seems to have occured after reports of Trump telling aides he's willing to end war without reopening Hormuz

From the OP's Yahoo link
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/giant-oil-tanker-off-dubai-023425285.html

Iran attacked and set ablaze a fully loaded crude oil tanker off Dubai on early on Tuesday, after President Donald Trump warned the United States would obliterate Iran's energy plants and oil wells if it does not open the Strait of Hormuz.

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However, the Wall Street Journal reported Trump had told aides he is willing to end the military campaign even if the strait remains largely closed and leave a complex operation to reopen it for a later date. That helped oil prices retreat and lifted stock markets off their lows as investors hoped for some ​way for hostilities to end swiftly. [MKTS/GLOB]

Asked about the report, the White House referred ‌to comments made by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who told Al Jazeera the strait would be open "one way or another" after the U.S. military operation.

The White House said Trump was ​considering asking Arab nations to pay for the cost of the war.

Trump Tells Aides He's Willing to End War Without Reopening Hormuz
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143641319

So, I'm not getting it - are we back to threatening holy hell again after the market-moving dovish "Trump Tells Aides" report?

[Cosmocat]

5. He always has, honestly, but with this huge issue is

on the daily saying he will do every possible thing that could be done.

Gas lighting the idiot base and feeding the propagandists, but also providing himself cover for whatever he ends up doing.

[DFW]

4. I'll bet therer were some heated discussions within the Iranian leadership about whether or not to do that

Nothing like giving Trump an excuse to escalate things. What good is that going to do them?

[Kid Berwyn]

8. Drives a wedge between Q8 and USA

See what happens when you support the Great Satanic Drumpf over us?

[David__77]

9. They're targeting countries supporting the war against Iran.

The intention is to make the war too costly.

[yaesu]

6. mentioned as possible targets in another post this points out that all it would take is one successful strike on a full

tanker, compromise its hull enough to cause a major spill which would pollute the intake water for the desalination plants which would make whole cities unlivable for a time.

[OC375]

7. Pandora's box

That box they are going to open that contains thirst also contains all her cruel siblings. When you jack with water, you leave no recourse to the law anymore, to paraphrase.

That’s game for mankind.