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it's Monday the 16th of March welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin I'm Mike
Baker your eyes and ears on the world stage all right let's get briefed first
up the fight for the Strait of Hormuz continues the White House is working
to assemble a multinational naval coalition aimed at reopening the
critical oil choke point but after loudly criticizing allies over the
past couple of weeks are there going to be any takers later in the show Israel
launches ground operations in southern Lebanon as clashes with
Hezbollah intensify along its northern border but first today's afternoon
bulletin with the Strait of Hormuz quickly becoming the most critical flash
point in the war against Iran the White House is now working behind the scenes
to assemble what officials are calling a quote Hormuz coalition at just rolls
off the tongue a multinational effort aimed at reopening the narrow water
way after tech rounds attacks have disrupted global oil shipments and of
course sent energy prices climbing according to reports the Trump
administration hopes to announce the coalition as soon as this week the ideas
to bring together a group of allied nations willing to escort commercial
tankers through the narrow waterway ensuring that oil and gas shipments
can once again move safely out of the Persian Gulf the stakes here are obidously
significant roughly 20% of the world's oil supply passes through that narrow
stretch of water every day but oil isn't the only thing moving through the
strait about one-fifth of the world's liquefied natural gas the LNG
shipments pass through it as well major energy exporters including Saudi
Arabia Iraq Kuwait the United Arab Emirates and Qatar all rely on this
strait to move their oil and gas to global markets as a result of the Iranian
regime's threats and attacks on commercial vessels
traffic to the strait has almost ground to a halt tankers carrying Iranian
crude are still being allowed through shocking while shipments from
neighboring Gulf states are being blocked that allows tech
round to keep its own oil flowing largely to china with some movie to
India while squeezing global supply and pushing prices higher the
proposed coalition would attempt to break that blockade by providing armed
escorts for commercial shipping countries participating in the mission
could contribute naval warships surveillance drones maritime patrol aircraft
or command control support for the operation president trump who frankly
spent the past couple of weeks criticizing allies for their failure to take
part in the US and Israeli offensive against Iran well he's now
pressing a wide range of allies to participate in this coalition including
NATO countries as well as major and Asian energy
importers such as Japan and South Korea he's also publicly called on China
to take part that's right arguing that much of the oil moving through the
strait is destined for foreign markets rather than the US
whether Beijing would be eager to help patrol those waters is another matter
entirely Chinese shipments are reportedly passing through the strait without much
interference and China remains one of the largest buyers of Iranian oil
that leaves Beijing with little incentive to send warships into a
confrontation with Tecron and the fact that the Chinese leadership only acts in
the best interests of the Chinese Communist Party well that makes it highly
unlikely that Xi Jinping will want to take part in any such coalition now for a
very interesting assessment of China's potential involvement in this conflict
give a listen to our most recent PDB situation report featuring insight from
retired admiral markment gumbry you can catch it on our youtube channel just go
to youtube of course and search up at president's daily brief now the US
actually receives very little oil directly through the strait of hormones
roughly two to three percent of american imports because the US now
produces much of its own oil domestically disruptions in the strait
tend to show up stateside primarily in the form of higher prices at the pump
but for europe and asia the stakes are significantly higher not only do they
depend heavily on middle eastern oil moving through the strait but many european
countries again also rely on liquefied natural gas shipments from cutter that pass through
those same waters with Russian energy supplies largely cut off europe has
become particularly vulnerable to disruptions in those shipments that reality
appears to be driving quiet discussions in Brussels about how europe might
contribute to reopening the strait european union foreign policy chief kaya kallas
said monday that EU officials are exploring options for naval involvement
noting that keeping the strait open is clearly in europe's interest
one option under discussion would expand the EU's existing regional naval mission
which currently protects commercial shipping in the red sea and extending its operations into
the Persian Gulf another possibility would be forming what officials described as a
quote coalition of the willing with individual european countries contributing ships and military
assets on an ad hoc basis so far no country has publicly committed forces to the mission
a fact that has drawn further criticism from trump but despite that official say governments
are quietly weighing their options as the situation in the Gulf continues to evolve
at the same time the trump administration is reportedly considering a far more aggressive option
if the blockade continues several US officials say the president has discussed the possibility
of seizing iran's key oil export hub on carg island so strategic terminal located about 15
miles off iran's southern coast that handles roughly 90 percent of the country's crude exports
taking control of carg island would effectively cut off the iranian regime's primary source of
revenue dealing what some officials have described as an economic knockout blow but and this won't
surprise you that option carries serious risks unlike a naval escort mission seizing the island
would require american troops on the ground positioned just off iran's coast and well within reach
of iranian missiles drones and fast attack craft all right coming up next israeli forces pushing
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welcome back to the pdb afternoon bulletin the Israeli military says its troops have begun
localized ground raids inside southern lebedon announcing today that the new effort is aimed at
dismantling chesbala infrastructure that threatens communities in northern israel according to
the israeli defense forces the idea of troops from its 91st division have begun with the army
describes as quote limited and targeted ground operations against chesbala strongholds along the
frontier the goal here from the idea appears to be straightforward destroy Iran backed terrorist
infrastructure eliminate fighters operating near the frontier and reduce the threat chesbala
poses to Jewish communities now it's important to focus on where this idea of operation is actually
unfolding one of the key flashpoints currently is the southern Lebanese city of kiam and if you
look at a map well the reason quickly becomes clear kiam sits on elevated terrain just a few kilometers
from the israeli border and the latani river giving whoever controls that ground a commanding view
over northern israel and the surrounding levities planes israeli strikes have already been reported
in and around the city with at least three airstrikes hitting kiam is the fighting intensifies
military analysts who spoke with al-Jazeera say the city is also widely seen as a gateway into southern
lebedon but kiam isn't the only place israeli forces are targeting the idea of have also been
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two additional airstrikes were reported there according to al-Jazeera and the specific
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directly toward the back of valley that's an area where chesbala maintains some of its most
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chesbala supply lines before the terror group can move additional weapons or fighters into
positions south of the latani river israeli defense minister israel cats confirm the operation
saying quote the idea has begun ground operations in lebedon to eliminate the threats and protect
the residents of gallilee and the north he also made clear that israel intends to maintain
pressure on the region until those threats are eliminated cat said hundreds of thousands of
residents of southern lebedon have been evacuated during the early stages of the ground operation
and that none of them will be able to return to areas south of the latani river until israel
believes its northern border is fully secure from chesbala threats as of now more than 800,000
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