Yemen’s Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, said Wednesday that its forces attacked a US ship in the Red Sea as part of an “initial response” to a recent incident where the US military sank three Houthis boats, killing 10 Yemenis.
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said Ansar Allah forces “executed a joint military operation involving a large number of ballistic and naval missiles and drones, targeting an American ship that was providing support to the Zionist entity.”
US Central Command said that US fighter jets, several US warships, and a British naval vessel downed 18 Houthi drones, two anti-ship cruise missiles, and one anti-ship ballistic missile. It’s unclear if the attack is the same incident Sarea referenced. CENTCOM said the attack targeted “commercial shipping” and that there was no damage or injuries.
The Associated Press reported the drone and missile barrage reported by CENTCOM marked the largest Houthi attack in the Red Sea. The Houthis started targeting Israeli-linked commercial shipping in response to the onslaught in Gaza and have vowed not to back down in the face of the US military.
Also on Wednesday, the UN Security Council voted to condemn the Houthi attacks “in the strongest terms.” Eleven countries voted in favor of the resolution, and four abstained: China, Russia, Algeria, and Mozambique. The Houthis dismissed the resolution as a “political game.”
Sarea reaffirmed that the Houthis would continue to “prevent Israeli ships or those headed to the ports of occupied Palestine from navigating in the Arabian and Red Seas until the aggression stops and the siege on our steadfast brothers in the Gaza Strip is lifted.”
Instead of pressuring Israel to end its brutal assault on Gaza, the Biden administration is opting for regional escalation. The US is considering bombing Yemen, which risks shattering the fragile peace in the country between the Houthis and the US-backed Saudi-led coalition.
These Houthis guys are nuts. Firing on an US Warship is dangerous.
Remember the Liberty?
The Liberty was not a man of war. If was a spy ship with limited defensive abilities build in World War 2. So what is your point?
My point is not everyone has to worry about the consequences of firing on the US Navy…
Are you really that dim?
Not as dim as you. Israel immediately took responsibility for their mistake. Big difference between a friendly fire attack and a hostile attack.
Not so immediate.. We had to slip the money under the table before they made any reparations…
And “friendly fire attacks” don’t usually go on for hours.
‘”friendly fire attacks” don’t usually go on for hours’
Especially in broad daylight, on a clear day, against a ship displaying the flag of a supposed friend. Some friendly fire.
Your first sentence makes a really good point, too good not to deserve an edit,
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“…not everyone has to worry about the consequences…”
I hadn’t thought of it that way before.
Yes. It could start another Vietnam.
That said, the Houthi’s could give pause to those in the US who think that an attack on Iran or China would be a piece of cake. The Houthi’s are disrupting shipping in the Red Sea. If US Neo-Cons talk Biden into attacking Iran, shipping in the Persian Gulf would be disrupted. An attack on China would disrupt shipping to Europe from South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan.
I don’t see how if would start another Vietnam. The US does not need to invade Yemen to protect international shipping. The Gulf of Token incident does not extrapolate in this situation.
President Johnson used the attack by torpedo boat against a US Destroyer to justify starting a war. Surely you realize that any excuse is a good excuse for whatever Biden intends to do. Some people think he’s 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 for an excuse to attack Iran.
I am fully aware of what Johnson did. Very dumb. Vietnam was a ground civil war. I don’t see the USA entering into a ground war in Iran.
US/NATO will up patrols and maybe target and fire on the suspected launch areas.
The Saudis and their allies in the Yemeni civil war would do most if not all the ground fighting.
That will be an escalation, but in a different league than attacking Iran, and China is a well above Iran in stature as an opponent.
The matter of international shipping needs to be taken into account. The nations of the world should vote to impose a weapons embargo on Israel, otherwise, the attacks will continue to be treated as lawless piracy within international law.
This and the genocide are doing damage to Israel’s economy. Or more accurately, Israel is damaging its own economy.
“”Houthis Claim Attack on US Ship””
right then. dim-wits can’t even feed themselfs and their families but they can manage to take claim for blowing up an uncle sam derelict barge.
what
The Supporters of God in Yemen and the Party of God in Lebanon are the only ones actually doing something to help the Palestinians.
US ships are supporting genocide of Palestinians. The US government is tasking many Americans with dishonor and should cease the entire dishonorable, thieving West Asian war.
That is insane. They are protecting international shipping.
The Chinese aren’t complaining… Or being shot at.
Look forward to a major reflagging of vessels.
So? Are you claiming that ships bound for Israel would not be fired on it the were flagged as Chinese? Well if that is true, problem solved.
I doubt the Hoots would be deceived by an Israeli false flag op.
They’re not as gullible as Americans.
Even if the Houthis dont spare them, China is more self sufficient. It doesn’t need that blood money.
I’m not an expert but, there’s not that much cargo moving through Suez to or from the US. Europe can ship to and from the Americas via the Atlantic.
Also the US is a net exporter of oil; so doesn’t need Persian Gulf oil.
The Yemenis are brave, but this may lead to the Saudis resuming their butcherous attacks on Yemen, if Uncle Sammy let’s them.
True we export oil but the price of oil is set globally. The Dems don’t want $10 a gallon in an election year so Biden repeatedly dips into the Strategic Reserve and has recently made nice with Venezuela to turn the taps on there.
If the Saudis want to jump back in the fray with Yemen on behalf of Uncle Sam they can but do they really want to?.. I have my doubts.
The Chinese have miraculously worked out a rapprochement between the Kingdom and the Republic of Iran and thats what does more to guarantee Saudi security than any toys our MIC can sell them.
The US is considering bombing Yemen, which risks shattering the fragile peace in the country between the Houthis and the US-backed Saudi-led coalition.
Maybe not as risky as all that. The Saudis have been drifting away from the US orbit for a while now. I wouldn’t be surprised if the US bombing of Yemen would drive them closer together.
That is not going to happen. Next fantasy.
Next fantasy
You hanging from the nearest lampost.
Now now };-)>
Yes now.
Wow, someone has problems handling a different view point.
“. The US is considering bombing Yemen, which risks shattering the fragile peace in the country between the Houthis and the US-backed Saudi-led coalition.”
Risks shattering? Will shatter.
Will Uncle Sam just unleash the Saudis, letting the butchery in Yemen resume? US or European bombing of the Arabian peninsula could create monumental blowback.
One could get to thinking that Uncle Sammy’s been killing Muslims since 2001, with deaths due to US destruction totaling in the millions,
Gaza is an open air prison. The Israeli GOVERNMENT is guilty of war crimes, as is the USSA (United Nations) government. God (and Allah) damn them.
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