BREAKING:  If the U.S. conducts a “military attack” on the strategically critical Kharg Island, Iran says it will threaten shipping in the Bab el Mandeb Strait. With the Strait of Hormuz already effectively shut down, disrupting roughly 20% of global oil flows, this escalation would be devastating for the United States and the global economy. […] The post If the U.S. conducts a “military attack” on the strategically critical Kharg Island, Iran says it will threaten shipping in the Bab el Mandeb Strait first appeared on The Zambian Observer .