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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 12008769" data-attributes="member: 92282">Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard began military exercises Saturday  in the country's south, the latest show of force after threats to close  the strategic Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for tougher Western  sanctions.   The latest military manoeuvrs got under way following stern  warnings by Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, about any  possible U.S. or Israeli attacks against Tehran's nuclear facilities.  Western forces also have boosted their naval presence in the Gulf led by  the American aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.    Iranian officials and lawmakers repeatedly have threatened to  close the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf in  retaliation for sanctions that affect Iran's oil exports. But they have  as yet made no attempts to disrupt shipping through the waterway, the  route for one-fifth of the world's crude oil, and the U.S. and allies  have warned they would respond swiftly to any attempts at a blockade. <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Associated_Press_logo.svg/120px-Associated_Press_logo.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </blockquote>

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