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Iran's Navy Commander Habibulah Sayari points at a map during a news conference in Tehran December 22, 2011. Iran's navy will launch a 10-day war game in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, state television quoted Sayari as saying on Thursday.
REUTERS / Hamed Jafarnejad / Fars News

War of words Wed. over Iran threat to close Strait of Hormuz over further Western sanctions.

Bahrain-based U.S. 5th Fleet spox: "[Disruption] will not be tolerated."

Earlier: Iran navy commander Sayyari says closing strait “easier than drinking a glass of water.”

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