'As long as there is significant ambiguity the attacks won’t produce a casus belli ... But Iran is demonstrating its capabilities. It is saying, ‘We can impose a cost on our adversaries in this confrontation, and it will be high.’
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Tankers Are Attacked in Mideast, and U.S. Says Video Shows Iran Was Involved Video
In The News, 13 June 2019Middle East and North Africa
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