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Iran’s chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz recalls the ‘Tanker War’ in 1980s (Video)

The United States once protected ships from Iranian attacks in the Strait of Hormuz in the 1980s -- something that provides lessons Washington may rely on today with Iran's chokehold on the strait. During the Iran-Iraq war in 1987 and 1988, the United States Navy guided Kuwaiti oil tankers out to the open seas, as Associated Press reporter Jon Gambrell explains.

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Iran's chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz recalls the 'Tanker War' in 1980s (Video)

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