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Commandos from Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard rappelled from helicopters Saturday in a dramatic raid and seizure of a British container ship near the Strait of Hormuz. The action was launched as Israel and its allies are preparing for an expected attack on Israel by Iran. Iran’s state-run IRNA said a special forces unit of the Iranian Guard’s navy carried out the attack. The ship was identified as the MSC Aries, a Portuguese-flagged container that’s associated with London-based Zodiac Maritime, the Associated Press reported. Zodiac Maritime is part of Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer’s Z…