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2024-09-04 Arabia

Rescue mission underway for oil ship off Yemen: CENTCOM …Never Mind - salvagers abandon attempt

[GEOTV] A rescue mission was underway Monday for an oil tanker still ablaze after being attacked by Houthi rebels off the coast of Yemen last month, according to US Central Command.

The Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion was hit by the Huthis off the coast of Hodeida on August 21 while carrying 150,000 metric tons of crude oil.

In a post on X, CENTCOM said "salvage efforts are underway" in the southern Red Sea for the disabled vessel, "which is still on fire and threatens the possibility of a major environmental disaster."

The rebels said they had booby-trapped and detonated charges on the ship.

Salvagers abandon effort to tow burning oil tanker in Red Sea attacked by Houthis

[IsraelTimes] EU mission says rescue attempt is ‘not safe to proceed,’ as US warns that a spill from the Sounion could be ‘four times the size of the Exxon Valdez disaster’ in 1989.

Such bad luck, Houthis. Fishing is going to be awful for a while, meaning your people will go even hungrier. Allah must really hates you.

Posted by Fred 2024-09-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top
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#1 Like I said about tug crews in a shooting zone: Nope.

Posted by ed in texas 2024-09-04 08:50|| 2024-09-04 08:50|| Front Page Top

#2 rescue attempt is ‘not safe to proceed’

Kinda makes me wonder what was in the hold.

while carrying 150,000 metric tons of crude oil.

Unless somebody has an invoice, that's just the vessel capacity.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-09-04 17:35|| 2024-09-04 17:35|| Front Page Top

#3 after being attacked by Houthi rebels

If Iran WAS shipping in a 'heavy' payload, and the optimal Plan B was a sinking, who better to blame? Anybody...who in the first world would shell a nuke?

Plan A would of course have been to capture and expose the vessel and it's contents, but 'sources would be compromised'.

I'll bet this would have been a payoff worthy of a Mossad banker traveling to Turkey.

It would seem that Turkey and Iran have different agendas for the region. Possibly a 'timing issue' due to the demise of Obama's token spokesman.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-09-04 17:50|| 2024-09-04 17:50|| Front Page Top

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