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2023-12-03 Arabia

BREAKING: Pentagon: US warship and several commercial ships under attack in Red Sea

[IsraelTimes] An American warship and multiple fat merchantmen have come under attack in the Red Sea, the Pentagon says, potentially marking a major escalation in a series of maritime attacks in the Mideast linked to the Israel-Hamas
...a regional Iranian catspaw,...
war.

"We’re aware of reports regarding attacks on the USS Carney and commercial vessels in the Red Sea and will provide information as it becomes available," the Pentagon says.

The British military earlier said there had been a suspected drone attack and explosions in the Red Sea, without elaborating.

The Pentagon did not identify where it believed the fire came from.

However,
a hangover is the wrath of grapes...
Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
’s Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
rebels have been launching a series of attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, as well as launching drones and missiles targeting Israel as it wages war against Hamas in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip.

That earlier report:

A “potential explosion” has struck a key shipping route off the coast of Yemen, the British military says.

The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations issues a brief warning to shippers that the incident happened in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which separates East Africa from the Arabian Peninsula.

The UKMTO said drone activity also has been reported in the area.

The Bab el-Mandeb links the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. That area has seen a series of attacks in recent weeks attributed to Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, who have also launched missiles and drones toward Israel over its war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

The Houthis did not immediately acknowledge the incident.

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#1 The Pentagon says an American warship and multiple commercial vessels have come under attack in the Red Sea

Posted by Skidmark 2023-12-03 12:07|| 2023-12-03 12:07|| Front Page Top

#2 British-owned ship 'struck by rocket near Yemen' - after Iran-backed Houthi rebels seized Israeli cargo vessel amid spiralling tensions over Gaza

Posted by Skidmark 2023-12-03 12:39|| 2023-12-03 12:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Gee... if only we had a President...

Posted by CrazyFool in Texas 2023-12-03 13:26|| 2023-12-03 13:26|| Front Page Top

#4 Nothing to worry about. Our troops are well trained in the use of pronouns

Posted by Gerthudion Glaise9097 2023-12-03 13:34|| 2023-12-03 13:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, sometimes you get what you ask for.

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-12-03 13:53|| 2023-12-03 13:53|| Front Page Top

#6 You mean we must immediately attack Israel's enemies? A real "let's you and him fight" situation.

Posted by Ulimble Forkbeard2690 2023-12-03 14:12|| 2023-12-03 14:12|| Front Page Top

#7 we must immediately attack Israel's enemies

You have some relatives or friends in US military, Forkbeard?

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-12-03 14:20|| 2023-12-03 14:20|| Front Page Top

#8 We can hope that Churchill's dictum of "After exhausting all the other possibilities, the Americans will eventually do the right thing" when it comes to attacks from iran and its proxies.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-12-03 14:27|| 2023-12-03 14:27|| Front Page Top

#9 I'm STILL waiting for an honest-to-the-name ARCLIGHT strike on one of these #$$%^#*&%&%$$ shithole states, just to "enlighten" them on what we CAN and WILL do if they don't knock this sh$$ off. It would probably only need one, but with the lack of "D" model Buffs, it might take a larger cell than just three aircraft. A dozen should do it. Maybe over Al Hudayah -- or perhaps Sana'a.

Posted by Old Patriot 2023-12-03 14:34|| 2023-12-03 14:34|| Front Page Top

#10 Update from the Times of Israel at 3:30 p.m. ET: The Houthis claim it.

Posted by trailing wife 2023-12-03 15:30|| 2023-12-03 15:30|| Front Page Top

#11 We out to take it out on The Blowfish.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-12-03 15:32|| 2023-12-03 15:32|| Front Page Top

#12 Have the ask given the "general" similarity of the situation?

USS Liberty II or Iranian Drones this time?

Posted by NN2N1 2023-12-03 16:39|| 2023-12-03 16:39|| Front Page Top

#13 #11 - *snicker*

Posted by Frank G 2023-12-03 16:49|| 2023-12-03 16:49|| Front Page Top

#14 Ought

Posted by Super Hose 2023-12-03 16:49|| 2023-12-03 16:49|| Front Page Top

#15 *snicker * was for the Blowfish ref