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Pentagon blasts Houthis for striking oil tanker, creating ‘environmental disaster’
The Hill ^ | 08/22/2024 | Brad Dress

Posted on 08/22/2024 2:15:57 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

The Pentagon on Thursday blasted Houthi rebels for striking an oil tanker and creating an “environmental disaster” in the Red Sea after the merchant vessel was lit ablaze with a million barrels of crude oil on board.

Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters the Houthis striking the Greek-owned merchant vessel Sounion on Wednesday was threatening a “catastrophe” in Yemen’s backyard.

“That is an environmental disaster that they are going to have to deal with,” she said, also slamming the group’s motives in the attack. “What exactly does this accomplish? They said they were launching these attacks to help the people of Gaza, not sure how that helps anyone in Gaza.”

The Houthi attack on the Sounion sparked a fire that was extinguished, but it also led to engine failure, forcing the crew to evacuate to Djibouti.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: blast; criticize; disaster; environmental; houthis; nordstream; nukethehooothees; oiltanker; pentagon; redsea; striking
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Arab terrorists are exempt from the laws and morality that binds the rest of mankind. Every standard and ethical protocol is now situational.


21 posted on 08/22/2024 3:32:01 PM PDT by Spok (Lots of protocol but nothing gets done.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Quit talking.

Linebacker 2 (google it)

Houthis and supporters


22 posted on 08/22/2024 3:37:39 PM PDT by dagunk
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To: Red6

Egypt revenue at risk so their military should be dealing with Houthis.


23 posted on 08/22/2024 3:48:55 PM PDT by RitchieAprile (available monkeys looking for the change..)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Right. They blow up a multi million dollar vessel full of millions of dollars worth of petroleum, and all they can say is that those naughty Houthis causes an environmental disaster. In terms of the earth itself the disaster is tiny. The oul will get absorbed by the ocean and the ship will sink to the bottom of the sea and a year from now nobody will even remember and there will be very little evidence that anything ever happened. Stick to the important stuff: they blew up a ship, they get blown up.


24 posted on 08/22/2024 4:10:26 PM PDT by webheart
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yet China…


25 posted on 08/22/2024 4:58:31 PM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (The only good commie is one that's dead - Country Joe McDonald )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Send them a strongly worded letter! Send them a strongly worded letter!


26 posted on 08/22/2024 5:11:17 PM PDT by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
From the article: What exactly does this accomplish?

U.S. taxpayers will be forced to pay for the cleanup, that's what it accomplished.

27 posted on 08/22/2024 5:32:54 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

“You Will Have To Answer To The Coco Cola Company”


28 posted on 08/22/2024 5:43:57 PM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show host to me.... Sting)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Wrong kind of blast, GlobalHomo US military.


29 posted on 08/22/2024 6:41:25 PM PDT by dadgum (“”)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Sabrina Singh

30 posted on 08/22/2024 6:44:05 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Where are all these foreigners coming from!


31 posted on 08/22/2024 6:48:33 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Farmer blames fox for eating unfenced chickens.


32 posted on 08/22/2024 10:16:56 PM PDT by FrozenAssets (You don't have to be crazy to live here, but it helps)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Again I am forced to ask: why has Yemen not been turned into a parking lot?

We cannot allow commerce to be impeded by islamo fascists.


33 posted on 08/22/2024 10:52:28 PM PDT by KingofZion
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