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A commercial cargo ship has just been struck by an unidentified projectile in the Gulf, triggering a massive explosion. The UK Maritime Trade Operations issued an emergency warning after a container ship, identified by local Iraqi sources as the Panama-flagged 'MSC SARISKA V', was hit on its starboard side. The blast occurred 40 nautical miles southeast of Iraq's Umm Qasr port near buoy number five. As stray projectiles, drone strikes, and underwater mines turn the northern Gulf into a lawless free-fire zone, the line between an industrial accident and an act of war is dangerously disappearing. Watch the full report.