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    "excerpt": "The motive behind the US strikes on Sunday, which hit Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz, appears to have been the prevention of a new threat to shipping in the vital waterway.",
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    "title": "Has Iran modified its rocket systems to fire mines into the Strait of Hormuz?"
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