DUBAI, Apr 23: President Donald Trump today said he has ordered the US military to “shoot and kill” small Iranian boats that deploy mines to choke traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp Trump’s post on social media came shortly after the US military seized another tanker associated with the smuggling of Iranian oil, ratcheting up a standoff with Tehran over the strait through which 20 per cent of all crude oil and natural gas traded passes. “I have ordered the United States Navy to shoot and kill any boat, small boats though they…
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