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Houthis knock out underwater cables linking Europe to Asia - report
Jerusalem Post ^ | 02/26/2024

Posted on 02/26/2024 10:04:41 PM PST by SeekAndFind

The successful targeting of the four cables, which are believed to belong to the AAE-1, Seacom, EIG, and TGN systems, marks a serious disruption of communications between Europe and Asia.

Four underwater communications cables between Saudi Arabia and Djibouti have been struck out of commission in recent months, presumably as a result of attacks by Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, according to an exclusive report in the Israeli news site Globes.

The successful targeting of the four cables, which are believed to belong to the AAE-1, Seacom, EIG, and TGN systems, marks a serious disruption of communications between Europe and Asia.

Most of the immediate harm will be absorbed by the Gulf states and India, Globes said.

The AAE-1 cable connects East Asia to Europe via Egypt, connecting China to the West through countries such as Pakistan and Qatar.

The Europe India Gateway (EIG) cable system connects southern Europe to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, the UAE, and India.

The Seacom cable connects Europe, Africa, and India, and is connected to South Africa.

Houthi attacks continue despite Western responses

Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi movement, which is not the internationally recognized government of the Arab country but which controls its most populous segments, has been attacking international trade for months, proclaiming solidarity with Palestinians as Israel wages war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

The United States, United Kingdom, and allies have begun in recent months to take offensive actions against the Houthis in response to attacks, but the missile, helicopter, and underwater drone assaults on merchant ships have continued.


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror; Yemen
KEYWORDS: fundedbybiden; houthi; houthis; iran; mohammedan; nukethehooothees; terrorism; underseacables; yemen
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1 posted on 02/26/2024 10:04:41 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Well that was stupid, they just upset the money machine behind all the global unrest.

The hooothees may find out that was a bad idea.


2 posted on 02/26/2024 10:09:56 PM PST by Skwor
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To: SeekAndFind

Anyone involved, IN ANY WAY, with the destruction of ANY underseas infrastructure of a nation they are not in a declared war with is GUILTY OF TERRORISM and should be dealt with accordingly…WITHOUT EXCEPTION,


3 posted on 02/26/2024 10:10:56 PM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX)
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To: SeekAndFind

Just don’t call them the “T” word and hurt their feelings.


4 posted on 02/26/2024 10:12:18 PM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: SeekAndFind

How exactly were they able to do this without a submarine or proper equipment?. It was reported just a couple weeks ago they had no ability to do such a thing.


5 posted on 02/26/2024 10:17:35 PM PST by HollyB
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To: Skwor
The terrorists have evaded our reconnaissance by using non-technological means such as meeting face-to-face and traveling by non-descript cars and trucks.

They will get what communication, firepower, and supplies they need while the West's response will be hampered by the loss of our technological crutches.

6 posted on 02/26/2024 10:18:09 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (What is left around which to circle the wagons?)
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To: HollyB

If Iran can build sophisticated flying drones they are shipping to Russia, then they can build sophisticated underwater drones to take out undersea cables.


7 posted on 02/26/2024 10:18:58 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (What is left around which to circle the wagons?)
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To: House Atreides

LOL !


8 posted on 02/26/2024 10:22:05 PM PST by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: SeekAndFind

Nuke the Hooties


9 posted on 02/26/2024 10:24:11 PM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: Skwor
Darra Adam Khel, Pakistan is the notorious city where guns are made and sold in a bazaar. It is only 73 hrs by car to the capital of Yemen.

True, that route goes through Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, but they could take a boat as well.

So communication and transportation is doable if they want to fight Israel and the "Great Satan" without the benefit of undersea cables.

10 posted on 02/26/2024 10:29:15 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (What is left around which to circle the wagons?)
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To: Skwor

I don’t know. The power to destroy a thing means that you control it.


11 posted on 02/26/2024 10:34:41 PM PST by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Guess that means the Yemeni Freepers will not be able to post for a while... /s


12 posted on 02/26/2024 10:41:12 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperately need him)
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To: Skwor
The hooothees may find out that was a bad idea.

The Hooties are always two steps ahead of their powerful rivals. The Saudis seem to have given up on trying to control them. As Pasha Glubb wrote in 1976, "The new conquerors are normally poor, hardy and enterprising, and above all aggressive."

13 posted on 02/26/2024 10:44:57 PM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: SeekAndFind

A year or two ago if someone asked me about the Houthis, I woulda had an image of a goat humper on a camel, dressed like an Ewok, with a Lawrence of Arabia rifle, or maybe an AK.
Sophisticated never crossed my mind. And in the last month, they are hitting ships with missiles, survived being bombed, captured a Navy drone sub somehow, and now cut some undersea cables. And last fall they shot a missile at Israel that was intercepted in space in the first instance of “space combat”.

Exactly who the hell ARE these “Houthis” in reality?. I need to find a basic article or primer on them. Some kind of “know your enemy” kind of thing.

Getting nuts out there.


14 posted on 02/26/2024 10:50:27 PM PST by DesertRhino (16 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI)
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To: rktman

So we enter a new phase in the war. Cutting under sea cables as well as pipelines. Just another small step into WW III. The treaty with Germany and France to defend Ukraine is another. I predict an “Event” that will tug at the heart and get a declaration of war from the GOP/Prog/ Democrats. Summer war by June. Draft by July. Invasion of Russia by August. Americans will rally around Biden/Obama and reject Trump and MAGA as we go for Victory! See you at the ration lines, comrade.


15 posted on 02/26/2024 10:57:41 PM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (. )
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To: DesertRhino

The Saudis were taking care of them with weapons we sold them making us complicit. They didn’t do the job.


16 posted on 02/26/2024 10:59:13 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: DesertRhino

Remember the planeloads of cash Obama sent to Iran?


17 posted on 02/26/2024 10:59:22 PM PST by Rennes Templar (Come back, President Trump.)
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To: DesertRhino

I think you’ve got the right idea, but someone is using them
as proxies in that region.

Someone is supplying them with advanced weapons.

“You swing this around. Then you pull this up. Then you
point it in the general direction you want. Then you push
this button.”

As for the cable, I’m thinking an advanced nation did it,
and the Houthis took credit.


18 posted on 02/26/2024 11:24:15 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the USofA & to the Constitutional REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Egypt is already against them because Suez canal revenue has dropped. They have now managed to cheese off most of the other Mohammedan countries in the area. The only saving grace is that most of these guys have weak armies.

I think they are stirring up more trouble than they can handle.


19 posted on 02/26/2024 11:29:50 PM PST by CurlyDave
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To: DoughtyOne

It’s Russia and China.


20 posted on 02/26/2024 11:55:55 PM PST by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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