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Two points of interest today on April reported by the NYT and others.\u00a0 \u201cIran War Live Updates: Two Ships Are Fired On As Iran Says the Strait of Hormuz is Closed,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 4-18-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps on Saturday declared it was closing the Strait of Hormuz, the nation\u2019s state media said, shortly after two Indian-flagged ships reported coming under fire while they were trying to pass through. Just a day before, the Iranian foreign minister said it was reopened, according to state media.\u00a0 President Trump also said the strait was open but left in place an American blockade on ships from Iranian ports. That seemed to raise the ire of the Guards, who said Saturday the strait would remain closed until the U.S. lifted its blockade.\u201d\u00a0 Also, \u201cNaim Qassem also said Hezbollah was \u201cfully open to cooperation with the Lebanese authorities in a new chapter built on achieving Lebanon\u2019s sovereignty.\u201d Lebanon has long struggled to curb Hezbollah, an Iran-backed armed group, which is thought to be stronger than the country\u2019s own military. In a statement announcing the cease-fire deal between Israel and and Lebanon, the U.S. State Department said that the two countries had agreed that Hezbollah should be completely disarmed.\u201d\u00a0 Terrorists don\u2019t like giving up their weapons.\u00a0 What Hezbollah and the Regime simply don\u2019t get is that they are being asked to be shopkeepers and accountants and professors and mechanics and bakers and merchants and bureaucrats and \u2026.\u00a0 Not terrorists.\u00a0 They need to find a new line of work.<\/p>\n

Good overview.\u00a0 \u201cHow Iran\u2019s Cheap, Low-Tech Drones Have Cost the U.S.,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 4-18-26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two points of interest today on April reported by the NYT and others.\u00a0 \u201cIran War Live Updates: Two Ships Are Fired On As Iran Says the Strait of Hormuz is Closed,\u201d NYT, 4-18-26.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps on Saturday declared it was closing the Strait of Hormuz, the nation\u2019s state media said, shortly after two … <\/p>\n

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