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2024-10-11 Arabia
Iran-backed Houthis attack chemical tanker in Red Sea; no injuries or fire reported
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[IsraelTimes] Yemen rebels claim they fired multiple ballistic missiles at Liberian-flagged Olympic Spirit; one projectile hits ship, causing some damage, as at least three more fall into water

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 attacked a Liberian-flagged chemical tanker on Thursday in the Red Sea, authorities said.

The attack comes as the rebels continue to threaten ships moving through the Red Sea, a waterway that once saw $1 trillion in goods move through it a year, over the ongoing conflicts in the Mideast stemming from 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 oppression and disproportionate response...
war, which began when Hamas
..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
attacked Israel on October 7, 2023.

The Olympic Spirit tanker in the Red Sea had been skirting the coast of East Africa when it found itself struck first by a projectile that damaged the vessel, but sparked no fire and caused no injuries, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said.

At least three more projectiles later fell in the waters around the vessel, which was a distance away from Hodeida, the Houthi-controlled port from which many of the rebels’ attacks have been launched.

Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, a Houthi military front man, claimed the attack on the Olympic Spirit in a prerecorded video message aired Thursday night. He claimed the rebels launched multiple ballistic missiles targeting the tanker.

In Thursday’s attack, the private security firm Ambrey said it “assessed the vessel to have a strong affiliation with the Houthi targeting profile,” without elaborating.

Yemen’s Houthis say they targeted two vessels in Red Sea and Indian Ocean
[IsraelTimes] The Houthi rebels in Yemen say they have targeted a ship it identified as the Olympic Spirit in the Red Sea and St. John vessel in the Indian Ocean, as they launch attacks on global shipping over Israel’s war in Gaza.

Posted by trailing wife 2024-10-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11140 views ]  Top
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#1 Iran's multi-front battle: How Tehran is feeding an octopus war against Israel - analysis
Posted by Skidmark 2024-10-11 01:34||   2024-10-11 01:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Notice that they stopped firing rockets at Israel - I wonder is there's a lesson here?
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-10-11 02:31||   2024-10-11 02:31|| Front Page Top

#3  octopus war against Israel

An interesting piece, Skidmark. Especially the bit about Russia getting more involved, which strikes me as unwise when they’re already overstretched.
Posted by trailing wife 2024-10-11 11:33||   2024-10-11 11:33|| Front Page Top

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