Charlie Campbell
On Tuesday, reports that an enormous Kuwaiti oil tanker had been set ablaze by an Iranian drone attack at Dubai Port made headlines across the globe. Cable news anchors pontificated on the possible environmental toll were the Al Salmi’s cargo of two million barrels of crude discharged into the blockaded Strait of Hormuz.
In the end, the fire was contained without any significant spill, according to local authorities, and the vessel’s 24 crew members emerged uninjured. Still, it was one of the most significant strikes by Tehran of the war so far—and remarkable for another reason: despite its prominent location, virtually no footage of the ship ablaze emerged at all.
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