...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...
i Armed Forces have carried out three military operations targeting three Israel-linked ships in the Arabian Sea and Red Sea, in support of the oppressed peoples in Paleostine and Leb
...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...and in support of the resistance in the two countries.
The armed forces front man, Brigadier General Yahya Sare'e, confirmed in a televised statement on Monday evening that the three military operations were part of the continuation of imposing a naval blockade on the Israeli enemy.
He explained that the first operation targeted the ship ''SC MONTREAL'' southern Arabian Sea with two drones and the hit was accurate.
''The second operation targeted the ship (MAERSK KOWLOON) in the Arabian Sea. The operation was carried out with a cruise missile, achieving a direct hit.''
Sare'e added that the third operation was carried out by the naval forces and the missile force, targeting the ship (MOTARO) in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab with a number of ballistic missiles, and the strikes were accurate and direct.
''The three ships were targeted because the companies they belong to violated the ban on sailing to Israeli ports,'' he elaborated.
''The Yemeni Armed Forces, while saluting the victories of the Islamic Resistance® in Lebanon, confirm their continuation in imposing a naval blockade on the Israeli enemy and targeting all ships linked to it, as well as targeting the Israeli enemy with missiles and drones,'' the statement read.
The statement stressed that ''the operations will continue until the aggression is stopped, the blockade on 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 a rusty 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
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
Strip is lifted, and the aggression on Lebanon is stopped.''
| The Times of Israel adds: |
According to the latest data from LSEG, all three targeted vessels were Liberia-registered.
One of the vessels, identified by the Houthis as Motaro, was last seen off Yemen’s western coast in the Red Sea, en route from Egypt’s Suez Canal to Shanghai, according to LSEG data.
Another vessel, the SC Montreal, was reportedly targeted in the Arabian Sea while travelling from Seychelles’ Port Victoria to Salalah, Oman.
The third vessel, the Maersk Kowloon, was tracked by LSEG in the western Indian Ocean, also en route from Salalah.
| In other words, once again the Houthis demonstrate a complete lack of geographic understanding. |
Ambrey’s report followed initial statements from the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency, which received information about three explosions related to an incident 25 nautical miles south of Yemen’s port of Mokha, but confirmed that the ship and crew were safe and had continued to their next port of call.
| It sounds like the Houthis once again swung and missed. |