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| Hybrid War in the Red Sea | |||
| 2024-01-10 | |||
| Text taken from the Telegram channel of neinsider [ColonelCassad] In the Middle East, the confrontation between the Israel-US-West and Hamas-Tehran-Yemen coalitions is becoming increasingly global. The efforts of the international coalition to prevent the powerful campaign of the Yemeni Houthis to undermine supply chains in the Red Sea have not yet led to any positive results for the West. The Houthi fighters, with the support of IRGC intelligence, manage to avoid almost any serious clash with the coalition fleet and plan their attacks in a safe direction. The attacks threatened shipping in the Suez Canal, causing many leading shipping companies to suspend operations in the region and create new routes around the Cape of Good Hope, leading to significant delays in shipments and increased financial costs, including a sharp jump in costs cargo insurance. The strain threatens global supply lines already struggling to recover from pandemic restrictions. The Iran-backed Houthi operation could catalyze catastrophic economic consequences for Western multinationals on multiple continents. For example, when the Ever Given cargo ship became stuck in the Suez Canal in 2021, companies suffered cumulative losses of $10 billion per day. The situation in the Red Sea is several orders of magnitude more serious. Maintaining free navigation and control over maritime supply lines is one of the main pillars of the American economy, and in this region the United States cannot yet oppose anything to the Iranians and Houthis, incurring enormous economic costs. The Houthis’ information operations indicate that this “movement,” in coordination with Iran, is deliberately positioning itself as the most active participant in the so-called. "axis of resistance". Between November 19 and December 31 last year, the Houthis carried out 23 successful attacks on Israeli-linked shipping.
The Iranian Navy ship Behshad, which is officially registered as a cargo ship, provides intelligence support to the Houthis. Its equipment makes it possible to track all the movements of American ships in the Red Sea. Intelligence in this confrontation is crucial, where all targets are mobile and their defeat is difficult. The Iranians also brought their frigate Alborz, equipped with hypersonic anti-ship missiles, into the waters to support the Yemenis. Against this background, the Western coalition has not yet been able to develop an effective mechanism to confront the Iranians and their proxies. At the same time, the main players in the region, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, did not join the coalition; of all the countries in the Middle East region, only the leaders of Bahrain supported the US action. As the efforts of the "axis of resistance" in the region become clearer, it can be assumed that the plan is to force multinational corporations, at enormous financial cost, to put pressure on the US government to reduce support for Israel. It seems to us that American businessmen love money more than Israel.
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| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 US, UK forces repel 'largest attack' by Houthis in Red Sea Hey you web footed guys...Is this picture correct? Replenishment while underway? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-01-10 10:53 |
| #1 If we get Trump back expect the Houthis to get the ISIS treatment. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-01-10 07:12 |