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  1. Trump’s Hormuz Toll Plan Looks a Lot Like a Protection Racket

    Trump's Hormuz toll plan would charge ships 20 percent of cargo value for U.S. protection, raising legal, constitutional, and international law questions.

    thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-

  2. @kali @X31Andy
    The #Ayatollah #TollBooth cannot be allowed to work. If #Iran gets away with this then #Turkey and #China will do something worse in case of #Bosporus and #SouthChinaSea.

    The Strait of #Hormuz is a natural waterway. It is not Suez, nor Panama. Nor is it the #Kiel canal. It is natural and not man made. It is governed under #UNCLOS. It cannot have a toll. It cannot be allowed to have a toll.

  3. China's continued disregard for the Philippines-China South China Sea arbitral tribunal ruling highlights its willingness to flout international law, signaling troubling intentions. japantimes.co.jp/commentary/20 #commentary #japan #philippines #china #southchinasea #unclos #mischiefreef #secondthomasshoal #spratlyislands

  4. It boggles the mind that #Nauru isn't learning from past mistakes. Also, 10,000 people, who will barely profit from #DeepSeaMining, are buying the hype while #DeepGreen and #GerardBarron disrupts #DeepSeaLife, possibly permanently! Not good...

    "#Australia, #NewZealand and #Britain had nearly exhausted the viable deposits of #phosphate by 1968 when Australia granted Nauru sovereignty, leaving behind one of the world’s worst #environmental #disasters."

    #Corruption, incompetence and a musical: Nauru’s cursed history

    The once-wealthy island now barely survives on income from Australia’s #detention regime and is pinning its economic hopes on #UnderseaMining

    Anne Davies and Ben Doherty
    Mon 3 Sep 2018

    "During the 1990s it transformed into a #moneylaundering haven selling banking licences and passports, including diplomatic passports, which confer immunity. Customers included the #RussianMafia and al-Qaida."
    amp.theguardian.com/world/2018

    #WaterIsLife #NoDeepSeaMining #Extinction #Environment #UNConventionLawOfTheSea #LawOfTheSeaConvention #UNCLOS #OceansAreLife #RecycleMetals #FindAlternatives #Corruption