US control of Kharg Island would cripple Iran's oil industry, prompting Tehran, the US hopes, to reopen the Straits of Hormuz, through which roughly a fifth of the world's oil normally flows. President Donald Trump is reportedly deploying an additional 2,500 Marines and sailors to the Persian Gulf as the war with Iran enters it fourth week. And as the mullahs in Tehran continue restricting oil tanker traffic through the critical Straits o... [4071 chars]
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