Inside ‘Project Freedom,’ Trump’s Aborted Bid to Reopen the Persian Gulf

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The Alliance Fairfax, a towering black and white car-carrier ship that had been stranded in the Persian Gulf for over two months, was finally making a break for it. “You are all set to go,” a U.S. military officer radioed as the ship glided through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday and swung around the peninsula at the northern end of Oman. “Safe travels.” Soon after, Iran launched a barrage of missiles and drones at commercial ships, at the U.S. Navy—and at one of America’s allies, the United Arab Emirates, where an oil transit hub was set ablaze. U.S. helicopters…

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