CBS News<\/em> that the operation\u2019s objectives were \u201cvery complete,\u201d adding: \u201cWe\u2019re very far ahead of schedule.\u201d<\/p>\nBut the price, which had hovered around 72$ before the operation\u2019s launch on Feb. 28, went up by $10 to $93 after Trump added, in a later remark, that while the war would be over \u201cvery soon,\u201d it was not over yet.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve already won in many ways, but we haven\u2019t won enough,\u201d he told a gathering of Republican lawmakers in Florida in a later comment. \u201cWe go forward more determined than ever to achieve ultimate victory that will end this long-running danger once and for all.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to targeting Israel and U.S. forces in the Middle East, Iran has targeted the petroleum infrastructure of the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, among other countries, and threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz, which would cut off oil-producing Gulf states from the direct and quickest shipping route to major consumers, including India, China and Japan.<\/p>\n
The United States has said it would accompany ships in the Strait to protect them, but this has not persuaded major shipping companies to resume traffic, according to Shaul Chorev, director of the Research Center for Marine Policy and Strategy (MPS) at the National Center for the Blue Economy in Israel.<\/p>\n
Protective escort is \u201cnot simple to accomplish,\u201d Chorev, a rear admiral in the Israeli Navy reserves, told The Epoch Times<\/em> in an interview <\/a>published earlier this week. The strait is 20 miles across, and while the United States has taken out much of the Iranian navy, \u201cthe Iranians can hit passing vessels from land, using drones, rockets and fast boats that can attach mines to ships,\u201d he said. Chorev added he was not aware of shipping companies agreeing to transport Gulf oil through the Strait under American protection.<\/p>\nOn Monday, Iran continued targeting neighboring countries, including the United Arab Emirates, where authorities in Fujairah said they were dealing with a fire in the Foiz Petroleum area.<\/p>\n
Alarm sirens blared on Tuesday in the UAE, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, and Kuwaiti authorities said they intercepted several Iranian projectiles, the Associated Press <\/em>reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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