Cargo ship attacked by Houthi rebels sinks in Red Sea
The sunken vessel spills fertiliser and oil into the Red Sea, threatening a vibrant fishing industry, some of the world’s largest coral reefs and desalination plants supplying millions with drinking water.
19m ago
roughbarked said:
Cargo ship attacked by Houthi rebels sinks in Red Sea
The sunken vessel spills fertiliser and oil into the Red Sea, threatening a vibrant fishing industry, some of the world’s largest coral reefs and desalination plants supplying millions with drinking water.
19m ago
Follow the money.
It’s another case of ‘who’s paying for the bullets?’. Or the anti-ship missiles. It’s not Yemen’s vibrant economy, which is even worse in the Houthi-controlled areas.
Mostly, it’s Iran. It’s another case of Iran’s war by proxy, against ‘the west’ in general, and particularly against the US and its aligned countries.
The Houthis and their stated aims don’t matter at all to the Iranians. They’re just convenient proxies, and if the Houthis were to be all wiped out, they’d shrug and find a new set of puppets.
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
Cargo ship attacked by Houthi rebels sinks in Red Sea
The sunken vessel spills fertiliser and oil into the Red Sea, threatening a vibrant fishing industry, some of the world’s largest coral reefs and desalination plants supplying millions with drinking water.
19m ago
Follow the money.
It’s another case of ‘who’s paying for the bullets?’. Or the anti-ship missiles. It’s not Yemen’s vibrant economy, which is even worse in the Houthi-controlled areas.
Mostly, it’s Iran. It’s another case of Iran’s war by proxy, against ‘the west’ in general, and particularly against the US and its aligned countries.
The Houthis and their stated aims don’t matter at all to the Iranians. They’re just convenient proxies, and if the Houthis were to be all wiped out, they’d shrug and find a new set of puppets.
Cannon fodder for Iran’s devious purposes.
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:
roughbarked said:
Cargo ship attacked by Houthi rebels sinks in Red Sea
The sunken vessel spills fertiliser and oil into the Red Sea, threatening a vibrant fishing industry, some of the world’s largest coral reefs and desalination plants supplying millions with drinking water.
19m ago
Follow the money.
It’s another case of ‘who’s paying for the bullets?’. Or the anti-ship missiles. It’s not Yemen’s vibrant economy, which is even worse in the Houthi-controlled areas.
Mostly, it’s Iran. It’s another case of Iran’s war by proxy, against ‘the west’ in general, and particularly against the US and its aligned countries.
The Houthis and their stated aims don’t matter at all to the Iranians. They’re just convenient proxies, and if the Houthis were to be all wiped out, they’d shrug and find a new set of puppets.
Cannon fodder for Iran’s devious purposes.
Tamb said:
roughbarked said:
captain_spalding said:Follow the money.
It’s another case of ‘who’s paying for the bullets?’. Or the anti-ship missiles. It’s not Yemen’s vibrant economy, which is even worse in the Houthi-controlled areas.
Mostly, it’s Iran. It’s another case of Iran’s war by proxy, against ‘the west’ in general, and particularly against the US and its aligned countries.
The Houthis and their stated aims don’t matter at all to the Iranians. They’re just convenient proxies, and if the Houthis were to be all wiped out, they’d shrug and find a new set of puppets.
Cannon fodder for Iran’s devious purposes.
That can’t be right. Islam is the religion of peace isn’t it?
It is if you read the Quran correctly.
Let’s start raiding Iran’s coast. Destroy a few villages and take all the people captive. That’ll focus their minds.
Piracy has been rife in the Red Sea since … since Moses crossed it.
OK, perhaps not, but for well over a thousand years.
mollwollfumble said:
Piracy has been rife in the Red Sea since … since Moses crossed it.
OK, perhaps not, but for well over a thousand years.
Sometimes it is just easier to pinch someone else’s stuff than make your own. Especially if you lack the means of making it.
roughbarked said:
Cargo ship attacked by Houthi rebels sinks in Red Sea
The sunken vessel spills fertiliser and oil into the Red Sea, threatening a vibrant fishing industry, some of the world’s largest coral reefs and desalination plants supplying millions with drinking water.
19m ago
it was an environmental disaster literally WAITING to Happen
why the hell hadn’t they off-load the cargo in all that time?
Ogmog said:
roughbarked said:
Cargo ship attacked by Houthi rebels sinks in Red Sea
The sunken vessel spills fertiliser and oil into the Red Sea, threatening a vibrant fishing industry, some of the world’s largest coral reefs and desalination plants supplying millions with drinking water.
19m ago
it was an environmental disaster literally WAITING to Happen
why the hell hadn’t they off-load the cargo in all that time?
Probably wasted too much time arguing about it.
roughbarked said:
Ogmog said:
roughbarked said:
Cargo ship attacked by Houthi rebels sinks in Red Sea
The sunken vessel spills fertiliser and oil into the Red Sea, threatening a vibrant fishing industry, some of the world’s largest coral reefs and desalination plants supplying millions with drinking water.
19m ago
it was an environmental disaster literally WAITING to Happen
why the hell hadn’t they off-load the cargo in all that time?
Probably wasted too much time arguing about it.
Pull another ship along side and unload 41,000 tonnes of fertiliser (likely explosive ammonium nitrate) while under potential fire from the rebels?
Not me!
Deaths, injuries, ship abandoned and on fire. No links to US or UK.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-07/houthi-missile-kills-two-sailors-in-first-fatal-shipping-attack/103557798