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2024-09-15 Arabia
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Salvage operation underway for stricken Red Sea tanker hit by Houthis
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[IsraelTimes] Greek-flagged Sounion was abandoned in August with 150,000 tons of crude oil, sparking warnings of potential environmental disaster
An operation to tow an abandoned tanker struck by 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 in August, threatening environmental disaster, began Saturday and is ongoing, a Greek defense ministry source told AFP. The Greek-flagged Sounion is being towed northwards under military escort, the source said.
The tanker was hit last month by Iran-backed Houthis off the coast of Hodeida while carrying 150,000 tons of crude oil.
"(The tugboat) Aigaion Pelagos has begun to gradually tow the tanker northwards, escorted by military vessels," the defense source told AFP, adding that the ships’ radars had been turned off for security reasons.
The official added that a rescue team had boarded the tanker and attached tow cables, overcoming "adverse conditions."
Once the tanker is safely out of the area, the source said that an update would be given on the operation.
Greek state news agency ANA said the tugboat was escorted by three frigates, helicopters and a special forces team, without disclosing the states of origin.
A Greek fireship also stood ready to lend assistance if required, ANA said.
The tanker had been anchored west of the rebel-held port city of Hodeida, midway between Yemen and Eritrea
...is run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), with about the amounts of democracy and justice you'd expect from a party with that name. National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. The president, Isaias Afewerki, has been in office since independence in 1993 and will probably die there of old age...
The European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
’s Red Sea naval mission, Aspides, said earlier Saturday that the salvage operation of the Sounion "is essential in order to avert a potential environmental disaster in the region."
"To achieve this, several public and private actors are working together," it added.
OIL SPILL FEARS
The Sounion was hit by missiles off the coast of Hodeida on August 21. After the initial strike, the Houthis returned and detonated charges on the ship’s deck, setting off new fires.
Damage to the vessel had threatened a Red Sea oil spill four times the size of the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster off Alaska.
The Sounion’s crew — made up of 23 Filipinos and two Russians — was rescued the day after the attack by a French frigate serving with the EU mission.
A salvage operation had been attempted earlier this month, but Aspides at the time had said that "the private companies responsible for the salvage operation have concluded that the conditions were not met to conduct the towing operation and that it was not safe to proceed."
The vessel was still on fire on September 12 but there were no signs of an oil spill from the main cargo hold, Aspides said Friday.
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