Foreign affairs
U.S. and Iranian vessel reports not independently verifiedKeep the maritime claims on separate lines
The shipping incident log has reopened. Each report retains its source while the damage assessment waits for corroboration.
- Executive owner
- Donald J. Trump / U.S. Central Command
- Status
- U.S. and Iranian vessel reports not independently verified
- Due
- Further verification of November 7 maritime incidents
- Paying for it
- U.S. military resources; shipping and energy trade remain exposed
ACTIVITY
UpdatedThe President described the operation as 'small potatoes.'
Strait OPEN, very Wide Open, no whole Seminar about OPEN.
CENTCOM disabled two maritime assets and sank an empty vessel.
The Strait of Hormuz is now in the risk briefing.
Little Operation, big Name, ESCALATION, on Television all day! I know Big, done Big, Panel never did anything explains Size to ME. Small Potatoes isn't Military, one says, I KNOW, it's MY Term! Understood until the Experts made it Difficult..... most complicated Experts in the WORLD.
Communications would like a smaller word than escalation.
SMALL POTATOES, I said it!
The new reports have been entered with their original attribution.
I want one ship per line.
Every briefing has a different little boat on the screen, then somebody moves the boat and I ask is that another boat, no sir same boat, very confusing boatwork. Give me the name and the place and what we actually know, I can follow that without the animation.
Unverified reports remain marked as such.
I said what we KNOW. Don't make the unknown part smaller just to fit the slide.
The assessment will retain those qualifications.
Good. I don't need three versions of the same explosion competing for the largest arrow.
PUBLIC RECORD
The U.S. military said it struck three Iranian oil tankers after American warships were targeted with ballistic missiles. Two tankers were disabled and an unladen third tanker was destroyed; no U.S. personnel were reported injured. November 8 update: Reuters reported November 8 that the U.S. military said it disabled a commercial vessel in the Gulf of Oman on November 7. Iran reported two tankers hitting mines and a third catching fire. Reuters could not confirm the reported strikes. Iranian state television suggested southern explosions could involve Iranian military activity; officials had not confirmed missile strikes on Iranian territory.