{"id":1990141,"date":"2023-08-03T18:27:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T22:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-considers-unprecedented-move-of-putting-armed-troops-on-commercial-ships-traveling-near-iran\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T18:30:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T22:30:49","slug":"us-considers-unprecedented-move-of-putting-armed-troops-on-commercial-ships-traveling-near-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-considers-unprecedented-move-of-putting-armed-troops-on-commercial-ships-traveling-near-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"US mulls deploying armed troops on commercial ships near Iran."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-considers-unprecedented-move-of-putting-armed-troops-on-commercial-ships-traveling-near-iran%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1990141&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The U.S. Considers Unprecedented Move of \u200dPutting Armed Troops on Commercial Ships Traveling Near Iran<\/h2>\n<p>The U.S. military is considering a bold\u2062 action to protect \u2063civilian vessels from Iran&#8217;s seizure and harassment in \u2063the Strait of Hormuz. This move,\u2062 if implemented, would involve\u2063 placing armed \u200bpersonnel on commercial ships, a measure \u200bthat has never been taken before, according\u2064 to four American officials who spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Even during the\u2062 intense &#8220;Tanker War&#8221; in 1988, where the U.S. Navy and Iran engaged in a\u2063 significant naval battle, armed guards were not deployed on commercial ships. However, the current\u200d plan\u200d comes as thousands of Marines and\u2064 sailors from the USS Bataan \u2064and\u200b USS Carter Hall are en route \u2064to the Persian Gulf, potentially forming the backbone \u200dof any armed guard mission in the strait. This \u200bstrategic waterway \u200daccounts for 20 percent of the world&#8217;s crude oil transportation.<\/p>\n<p>While \u200ddetails of the plan remain\u200b scarce, the proposal has caught \u2063Iran&#8217;s attention. The country&#8217;s mission to the United Nations has \u2064not yet responded to the U.S. \u200bproposal. However, four U.S. officials, speaking anonymously, confirmed the broad details of \u200cthe plan. They emphasized that no final decision has been made and that\u2063 discussions are ongoing between U.S. military\u200d officials and America&#8217;s Gulf Arab allies in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The security provided by \u2064the Marines and Navy sailors would only be offered upon the\u2064 request of the ships involved. The\u2064 USS Bataan\u2063 and USS Carter Hall embarked on\u2062 their mission from Norfolk, Virginia, on July 10,\u2064 in response to Iran&#8217;s recent attempts to\u2063 disrupt commerce in the Strait of Hormuz. The Bataan has already passed\u200b through \u2064the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea on its way to the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>In addition \u200dto the potential deployment of armed troops, the U.S. has already sent various military \u200dassets to the region, including\u2062 A-10 Thunderbolt II warplanes, F-16 and F-35 fighters, and the destroyer \u200cUSS \u2062Thomas Hudner. \u200bThese actions have drawn Iran&#8217;s attention,\u200d with its chief diplomat expressing opposition \u2063to foreign nations providing\u200c security in the region. As a show of force, Iran&#8217;s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard conducted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-eu-plans-russian-oil-ban-ukraine-sees-heavy-eastern-assault\/\" title=\"As EU Plans Russian Oil Ban, Ukraine Sees Heavy Eastern Assault\">surprise military drill<\/a> in the Persian Gulf, involving small fast boats, paratroopers, and missile \u2062units.<\/p>\n<p>These escalating tensions coincide with Iran&#8217;s recent decision to enrich uranium closer to \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-continues-nuclear-program-aims-to-enrich-uranium-to-20\/\" title=\"Iran continues nuclear program, aims to enrich uranium to 20%\">weapons-grade levels<\/a> following the collapse\u200b of the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. Furthermore, the U.S. has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-considers-unprecedented-move-of-putting-armed-troops-on-commercial-ships-traveling-near-iran\/\" title=\"US mulls deploying armed troops on commercial ships near Iran.\">actively pursuing ships worldwide suspected<\/a> of carrying sanctioned Iranian oil. Concerns \u2063within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">oil industry<\/a> about potential seizures by Iran have led to a stranded ship allegedly carrying \u2063Iranian oil off \u200dthe Texas coast, as no company has been willing to unload it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may \u200dhave altered it prior to publication to\u200c ensure that it meets our editorial\u200d standards.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-us-considers-unprecedented-move-putting-armed-troops-commercial-ships-traveling-near-iran\/\">US Considers Unprecedented Move of Putting Armed Troops on Commercial Ships Traveling Near Iran<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US military may deploy armed personnel on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz to prevent Iran from seizing or harassing civilian vessels. This unprecedented action was not taken even during the &#8220;Tanker War,&#8221; according to four American officials speaking to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":1990142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1990141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1990141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1990141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1990141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1990142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1990141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1990141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1990141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}