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Why the Iran-aligned Houthis Threatening Red Sea Shipping Could Mean More for the Oil Market This Time
gCaptain ^ | June 8, 2026 | Reuters

Posted on 06/08/2026 3:01:06 PM PDT by artichokegrower

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday that they would ban ships linked to Israel from the Red Sea after Israel renewed its military attacks on Iran, adding to concerns about global shipping and energy flows.

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So the Houthis are going to dictate to the rest of the world. I say it’s time to open a can of mushroom soup on Yemen
1 posted on 06/08/2026 3:01:06 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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Just another reason to keep the Straits of Hormuz closed permanently

Its foolish for any country to base one’s energy-security on peace between IRGC Iran on one side, and Wahabbists on the other, separated only by a 20 mile wide waterway.


2 posted on 06/08/2026 3:09:25 PM PDT by PGR88
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Desperate times here on FRAntifa if we’re placing our bets on the Huothis. 😂


3 posted on 06/08/2026 3:22:56 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the Change You Filthy Animal !)
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To: artichokegrower

Just kill them with extreme prejudice. They are really Iran.
Destroy their electrics, destroy all industry, destroy anything of strategic value. Just f ing kill them.

In Vietnam we let the enemy determine the rules of war. We won the war but lost. Do not make this mistake again.


4 posted on 06/08/2026 3:23:04 PM PDT by cpdiii (cane cutter, deckhand, oilfield roughneck, drilling fluid tech, geologist, pilot, pharmacist, MAGA)
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To: PGR88

A pipeline is currently under construction across UAE to bypass Hormuz.


5 posted on 06/08/2026 3:29:31 PM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy (That's)
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The Houthis are not going to start anything in the region.

If they do, the combined US and Arab air power will reduce Yemen to the Stone Age in record time. People are sick of their crap. We have already destroyed most of the assets in Yemen worth destroying so going full Stone Age is just a step away . And nobody gives a damn about rebuilding post war Yemen.

6 posted on 06/08/2026 3:30:42 PM PDT by rdcbn1 (..when poets buy guns, tourist season is over................Walter R. Mead)
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A pipeline is currently under construction across UAE to bypass Hormuz.

Is it missile/drone proof?

7 posted on 06/08/2026 3:31:30 PM PDT by Gunslingr3
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If the military would take out all the Houdis, we could probably get a lot of that 2.5 billion dollars that Timmy Tampon Kabuki gave to his knuckle dragging Somalis butt buddies.


8 posted on 06/08/2026 3:34:16 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (No Kings. No Fuhrers either. Tell the lobster to keep Adolph Platner out of Congress!!!)
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To: rdcbn1
On May 6, 2025, President Donald Trump announced a bilateral ceasefire agreement between the United States and Yemen's Houthis (Ansar Allah), brokered primarily by Oman.

This was not a comprehensive peace deal ending the broader Yemeni civil war or the Red Sea crisis entirely. It was a limited de-escalation focused on stopping direct US-Houthi hostilities, particularly attacks on U.S. vessels and U.S. strikes on Houthi targets.

Key Terms of the Deal:

U.S. commitments: Halt airstrikes and offensive operations against the Houthis in Yemen (ending the intensified campaign that began around March 2025, sometimes referred to as aspects of Operation Rough Rider or related to Operation Prosperity Guardian).

Houthi commitments: Stop targeting U.S. ships/vessels and American interests in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait. They agreed not to attack U.S. forces or commercial shipping linked to the U.S.

Scope limitations: The deal explicitly did not require the Houthis to stop attacks on Israel or Israeli-linked targets/shipping. Houthis publicly emphasized this and framed the agreement as not applying "in any way, shape, or form" to Israel.

9 posted on 06/08/2026 3:36:09 PM PDT by Gunslingr3
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Im not sure if there are drones capable of disanling an oil pipeline. They are pretty heavy duty, I imagine.


10 posted on 06/08/2026 3:36:24 PM PDT by desertsolitaire (w)
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To: cpdiii

That’s what I keep saying about Hezbollah. We keep being told Israel is the size of New Jersey. That makes Lebanon the size of Philadelphia and the four surrounding counties. That’s all the area we’re talking about. Just take the gloves off and annihilate them.


11 posted on 06/08/2026 3:41:08 PM PDT by Windcatcher
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To: artichokegrower

Light those m************ up!


12 posted on 06/08/2026 3:42:22 PM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: artichokegrower

Bkmk


13 posted on 06/08/2026 3:52:40 PM PDT by sauropod
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To: artichokegrower

Taco Trump will do nothing.


14 posted on 06/08/2026 4:09:08 PM PDT by ThinkingBuddha
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To: desertsolitaire

Some of the first armed drones were merely strapping a large artillery or tank shell to a quadcopter and ramming something. You also aim for the weak links like power transmission and pumping stations, you don’t have to hunt buried pipes. That’s how the Ukrainians took a Russia pipeline out of service.


15 posted on 06/08/2026 4:39:15 PM PDT by Gunslingr3
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To: ThinkingBuddha

Are you a Dimocrat too?


16 posted on 06/08/2026 4:58:15 PM PDT by bray (Thank God for Israel)
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To: artichokegrower

There’s plenty of oil in the rest of the world.

We should not be letting Iran hold the world hostage.


17 posted on 06/08/2026 5:10:51 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!)
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To: ThinkingBuddha

It’s amazing you were conceived. As your Momz was know a Buddha.🤡🤣


18 posted on 06/08/2026 6:50:37 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the Change You Filthy Animal !)
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To: Gunslingr3

You sound concerned. 😄😂


19 posted on 06/08/2026 6:52:08 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the Change You Filthy Animal !)
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“Desperate times here on FRAntifa if we’re placing our bets on the Huothis. 😂”


So why would it be different than last time when the USA decided there was not military solution and negotiated an end with the Houthis?

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/08/middleeast/israel-vows-to-defend-ourselves-alone-after-trump-strikes-truce-with-houthis-intl


20 posted on 06/08/2026 8:08:57 PM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Anschluss now !)
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