U.S. Attacks and Seizes Cargo Ship Near Iran, and a First Step Toward Tariff Refunds

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  I'm Tracy Mumford.

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  Today's Monday, April 20th.

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  Here's what we're covering.

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  Off the coast of Iran yesterday, the U.S. Navy carried out what appeared to be its first attack on a ship

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  trying to get around the American blockade, striking and seizing an Iranian cargo vessel.

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  The Pentagon posted a video of the incident along with a statement saying an American destroyer opened fire

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  on the cargo ship's engine room, disabling the vessel after it ignored demands to stop sailing toward an Iranian port.

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  Marines then dropped in from a helicopter to seize it.

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  Early this morning, Iran's military warned it would retaliate for the attack,

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  which it called armed piracy, according to an Iranian media report.

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  The strike capped off what had already been a chaotic weekend in the critical waterways around Iran.

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