US forces disable cargo ship over Iran blockade, CENTCOM says
“disabled a commercial vessel in the Gulf of Oman, Nov. 7, after the ship’s civilian crew ignored repeated warnings and attempted to violate the naval blockade against Iran multiple times.”
“fired precision munitions at the stern of St. Kitts-flagged M/V Huda”
“redirecting 147 commercial vessels that complied and disabled five merchant ships that refused to comply.”
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) X post Sat 7 Nov, 15:37 ET (release dated Nov. 7, time not disclosed)
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Official post · not independently verified. US Central Command said its forces "disabled a commercial vessel in the Gulf of Oman, Nov. 7, after the ship’s civilian crew ignored repeated warnings and attempted to violate the naval blockade against Iran multiple times." It said a US military aircraft "fired precision munitions at the stern of St. Kitts-flagged M/V Huda". CENTCOM said enforcement actions since July have resulted in US forces "redirecting 147 commercial vessels that complied and disabled five merchant ships that refused to comply." On X: 933,701 views and 1,187 reposts as of Sun 8 Nov, 04:17 ET.