"Suspicion immediately fell on the Houthis...."
Posted on 01/15/2024 7:05:23 AM PST by Red Badger
The British military says a missile struck a ship just off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden, less than a day after Yemen’s Houthi rebels fired an anti-ship cruise missile toward an American destroyer in the Red Sea
JERUSALEM -- A missile struck a ship Monday just off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden, less than a day after Yemen's Houthi rebels fired an anti-ship cruise missile toward an American destroyer in the Red Sea, officials said.
Details remained scarce on the missile strike, though it marked the latest attack roiling global shipping amid Israel's war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Suspicion immediately fell on the Houthis — a Shiite rebel group allied with Iran that seized Yemen’s capital in 2014.
They have targeted that crucial corridor linking Asian and Mideast energy and cargo shipments to the Suez Canal onward to Europe over the war, attacks that threaten to widen that conflict into a regional conflagration.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, which oversees Mideast waters, said the attack on the ship Monday happened some 110 miles (177 kilometers) miles southeast of Aden.
It offered few details, other than to say the ship’s captain reported that the “port side of vessel hit from above by a missile.” It did not identify the ship or elaborate.
The U.S. Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Yemen’s Houthi rebels did not acknowledge any attack, though they have fired missiles previously in that area.
Sunday's attack toward the American warship also marked the first U.S.-acknowledged fire by the Houthis since America and allied nations began strikes Friday on the rebels following weeks of assaults on shipping in the Red Sea.
The Houthis did not immediately acknowledge the attack.
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With the number fired, one was bound to get thru (if true).
“Rebels, rebels, rebels, and more rebels”
Come on, ABC News. They are “freedom fighters”!! Use your Style Guide!
“Houthi hell are those guys?”
</ Butch Cassidy>
"Suspicion immediately fell on the Houthis...."
A missile fired from Yemen struck a U.S.-owned ship in the Gulf of Aden on Monday, private security firms told The Associated Press.
Ambrey and Dryad Global identified the vessel as the Eagle Gibraltar, a Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier. The ship is owned by Eagle Bulk, a Stamford, Connecticut-based firm traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The firm did not respond to repeated requests for comment.
"Hello, Houthi Headquarters, this is Waleed, how may I be of service?"
Go stand in the corner.
The End Game:
Zechariah 12:1-3
King James Version
1 The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel, saith the Lord, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Zechariah+12%3A1-3&version=KJV
We’re paying top dollar for that kind of intelligence. I’m glad we’re getting our money’s worth.
Well how pissed is grrrrrreta? Don’t these people care about the environment? You know, oil spills,haz waste, rubber ducks.....
> the Eagle Gibraltar, a Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier <
Ah, yes. Another American ship flying a foreign flag of convenience. All to avoid paying US taxes, and to avoid following US regulations.
I wonder if the owner called the Marshall Islands navy first.🤔
Clearest explanation is a false flag op to get us bogged down in a war against the Houthis. Who would do that. I know. How about the Ruzzians. Damn Rooskies are responsible for everything.
Some people did something.
+1
I guess we need to send Iran another billion......................
One for one: One Houthi missile, one SLCM against an Iranian oil platform. My guess is single digits fixes the problem.
Video of aftermath here
Missile hits US-owned ship near Yemen
https://rumble.com/v47501f-missile-hits-us-owned-ship-near-yemen.html
This is a loosing engagement for us. The rebs only need one hit out of -100 missiles and we need 100 shoot downs to stay alive. So Maersk and other owners know this.
Ship versus shore fire favors shore in duels. NVN taught me that In Tonkin gulf.
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