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That makes life difficult for shippers andatr fleet would havl with. actually, the most positive thing to come out of this is the statement by the arab states they are willing to replace iranian war on the market so maybe all of this back-and-forth prompted reassuring news from the middle east. >>trace: you say it is bluster but the markets now are so reactive and the threat of shutting it down or harassing the ships in the canals could, really, make changes in the price of oil around the world....

Bahrain. >>trace: the response from the u.s. navy? >>guest: we have a statement from a spokesman of the 5th fleet who says "anyone who threatens to disrupt the freedom of navigation in an national strait is outside the community of nations and any disruption will not be tolerated." irans threat coming in response to moves by the united states and europe to making it difficult for iran to sell four million barrels of oil a day on the world market. saudi arabia has two million barrels of excess oi...

Affairs at national security council and has served as special assistant to secretaries of state rice and powell. and the strait of hormuz is 34 miles wide but the shipping lanes are only six miles arm, so, iran could sink a tanker there and place mines or threaten to place mines and shut it down, but could the u.s. navy reverse that quickly? >>guest: well, that is right. it is worse than that, only two miles in either direction for the sea lanes which does make it quite narrow. it is a global c...

Bhutto. during a memorial service the current prime minister said the investigation into the murder has been completed and is under judgment. an iranian vice president has reportedly said his country will close the straight of hormuz if the west imposes sanctions on its oil shipments. a u.s. state department spokesman calls that bluster. irans news agency says the trial of front group is claiming responsibility for thursdays bombings that killed 69 people in baghdad. members of another group t...

Is the oil experts are making the calculations that this is a bluff. theyre doing the right thing by making it clear that this will not be tolerated. but the best guess is that this is the iranians rattling -- >> bluster? >> exactly. >> if iran does follow through on the threats, what could that potentially mean for the u.s. naval forces that are based right there? >> the u.s. has sizable çforce as you pointed out. the iranian navy is not, in military terms any match for any western navy, leas...

Million barrels of excess oil reserves. at the last opec meeting on december 24th said it would bring that production on-line to bring stability but none of this is taking into account irans threat to close the hormuz straight. the state department is calling the iranian threat a bluster. the u.s. fifth fleet put out a statement saying that it would not allow the straits to be closed. julie. julie: jennifer griffin reporting from the pentagon. thanks so much, jennifer. >> reporter: thank you. ju...

A top official was quoted by state media threatens too close the strait of hormuz to western traffic if they continue their plots against iran. as state department spokesman dismissed the threats as, quote, bluster. here is your "first look" at some other news going on around america today. michigan police were recently involved in a high speed pursuit of one of their own suv cruisers. wa wearing only his underwear, a suspect hopped behind the wheel after escaping from a backseat. it ended wit...

our latest polls on the republican race, they are just coming out this minute andy sho stunning change in fortune for two of the republican hopefuls. mitt romney still plead leads in iowa with 21%. ron paul is right behind at 22%. but look at this. rick santorum has jumped into third place with 16%. tripling his shows just three weeks ago. meantime, newt gingrich has fallen off a cliff. at least it seems like it now. hes at only 14% down from 33% in our last poll. rick perry is at 11%....

Bhutto. during a memorial service the current prime minister said the investigation into the murder has been completed and is under judgment. an iranian vice president has reportedly said his country will close the straight of hormuz if the west imposes sanctions on its oil shipments. a u.s. state department spokesman calls that bluster. irans news agency says the trial of front group is claiming responsibility for thursdays bombings that killed 69 people in baghdad. members of another group t...

there on christmas day. the white house condemning these blasts. nigerias president calling an end to the sectarian violence voug to catch those responsible. churches also bombed in nigeria last christmas season. more arab league observers are on their way to sir yeah heres why. an opposition group says security forces killed more than 20 people in the city of homs today. the observer planned to go there. u.n. says more than 5,000 people have died since syrias crackdown on protests b...