Red Sea / Houthi rebels situation

[Sankari]

The Houthis sure know how to pick their friends.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1770844348818637028

 

[alchal]

The Houthis sure know how to pick their friends.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1770844348818637028

Shock horror.
Yet we still can't increase a defense budget despite the obvious axis that's going head on into democracy with the aim to destroy it.

Clearly shows Iran is behind it all

 

[BongoHunter]

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ai...6/mmsi:636020659/imo:9400112/vessel:pINOCCHIO

I guess it's easy to confuse Liberia flag with US flag ?

I'm probably wrong (and can't be arsed to check) - but wasn't Liberia founded by the USA as somewhere for all the free slaves to go if they wanted to after the civil war?

Like some sort of America 2.0

Edit: I was wrong - founded before the civil war

 

[The Funktopus]

The Houthis sure know how to pick their friends.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1770844348818637028

Ironic, given how Russia and China treat their own Muslim minorities.

 

[ianh]

13 more airstrikes by US and UK last night -

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1796291845565141444

Britain and American forces strike Houthi targets after spike in attacks on shipping

The US Central Command said in a statement that US and British forces had hit 13 targets in Yemen.

news.sky.com

The MoD said intelligence confirmed two locations near Hudaydah were involved in the anti-shipping attacks, with buildings identified as housing drone ground control facilities and storage for long range drones. A set of Houthi facilities at Ghulayfiqah, further south on the Yemeni coast, were also identified as being involved in the command and control of the group's anti-shipping campaign.

RAF Typhoon FGR4s conducted strikes on the target buildings at the three locations, using Paveway IV guided bombs.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

I thought it had all gone a bit quiet. Good training.

 

[Stu999]

I thought it had all gone a bit quiet. Good training.

Yeah, haven’t heard much about attacks on shipping.

 

[Sankari]

The Houthis have just crossed a line. I doubt this will help their international reputation.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1799006863641473519

 

[VincentHanna]

The Houthis have just crossed a line. I doubt this will help their international reputation.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1799006863641473519

Is that much of a line?

190 UN workers have been killed in Gaza, and yet Israel still seem to have the support of many countries.

 

[Sankari]

Is that much of a line?

I think it's a line for the UN, and I think it will be a line for most UN members.

190 UN workers have been killed in Gaza, and yet Israel still seem to have the support of many countries.

Israel has lost support from all but a tiny handful of die hards. UN votes on Gaza are consistently and overwhelmingly against her.

 

[Sankari]

The Houthis have sunk a second cargo vessel.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1803369673271980406

ATHENS, June 19 (Reuters) - The Greek-owned Tutor coal carrier attacked by Yemen's Houthi militants in the Red Sea last week has sunk, salvagers confirmed on Wednesday.

The Tutor was struck with missiles and an explosive-laden remote-controlled boat on June 12 and had been taking on water, according to sources including maritime security companies and the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO).

The UKMTO said on Tuesday that the vessel was believed to have become the second ship sunk by the Iran-aligned Houthis in the region since November.

 

[SPG]

They will be gone soon.

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Here's hoping.

 

[Grim5]

Only way is to get rid of the source, that's always been the case in war. You can bomb the Houthis as much as you want but it won't fix the problem because they are not the source c the source of these weapons is Iran

 

[plasmahal]

Only way is to get rid of the source, that's always been the case in war. You can bomb the Houthis as much as you want but it won't fix the problem because they are not the source c the source of these weapons is Iran

Sounds like the Hamas situation.....

 

[Stu999]

That’s gotta hurt:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1814685937013596252

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Wow, definitely the find out stage.

 

[Stu999]

Series of strikes launched against Houthi-held Yemeni city - reports

A series of strikes have been launched against oil refineries in the Houthi-controlled port city of Hodeidah in Yemen, according to reports.

news.sky.com

Probably precipitated by this:

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Series of strikes launched against Houthi-held Yemeni city - reports

A series of strikes have been launched against oil refineries in the Houthi-controlled port city of Hodeidah in Yemen, according to reports.

news.sky.com

I guess they figured out where the drone equipment was being assembled.

 

[Ayahuasca]

**** around and find out at its finest.