DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States attacked Iran early Sunday morning over an Iranian strike on a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz that set the container ship ablaze and forced its crew to abandon it. Iran apparently responded with attacks targeting Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman.
The strait has become the key sticking point in any further negotiations between Iran and the United States to reach a permanent end to the war that began on Feb. 28. About a fifth of all traded oil and natural gas passed through the strait before
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