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Since November, the Iran-backed Houthis have launched dozens of attacks on commercial vessels travelling through the Red Sea, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza
Is that really the whole reason behind the recent attacks on ships? Seems like it's not serving any purpose aside from risking a direct military intervention in Yemen.
The Houthi's stated purpose is to attack the ships of any nation sending support to Israel (most of which are western or American aligned) as a show of force not specifically for Palestine, but anti Israel and pro Islam/hamas. At one point IIRC they said they were only attacking ships en route to Israel proper but that's clearly long gone.
Realistically it's Iran, maybe Russia, and likely SA providing the resources and "gentle direction" to a puppet because they want, and NEED, the oil markets to go haywire again. They're suddenly missing that sweet hit of wartime profiteering from insane price gouging, it's like heroin to their flailing economies.
Saudi Arabia seems the least likely to be puppeteering the launch of Iranian anti-ship missiles from Houthi territory of those three countries. There's easier ways for them to raise oil prices, and they aren't exactly allies with the Houthis.
Pretty sure that's what they want, destabilise the region with big wars and their brand of hate can have the victory it's currently having in Afghanistan and Iran where girls can't go to school and where they get beaten to death for showing their hair.
En Route from Greece to Singapore. Flagged in the Marshall Islands and owned by a MNC with no offices in Israel.
Any terrorist apologists wanna take a run at this one with your blockading Israel rhetoric? It wasn't even going the right way.
Sure, imperialism is the major cause of suffering in this world. Trading routes of the west symbolise it. If being righteous is defined as supremacy based on military might... then there's no greater terrorism in the world than that of Rich Oil Barrons and the Imperial nations that enable and protect it.
Terrorism is the label given to people who use violence for their political goals.. by people who use state-sponsored violence to maintain their version of "peace", the one in which they are righteous and thus can control others or commit the same atrocities... only their terrorism is accepted by a totally corrupt process such as voting. (Actually voting does nothing as all the important stuff is several layers removed from public office holders)
Which of those countries is the imperialist power again? Marshall Islands? Singapore? I suppose we’re holding grudges against Greece from a couple thousand years ago?
Countries selling stuff to each other is imperialism? Care to check the logic on that?
Dropping the world economy into the pot isn't going to make imperialism better. It just brings back colonialism, mercantilism, and trade wars with actual fighting. You can feel smug all day long in the rubble.
Seems to be a British oil tanker:
Shipping data suggests the vessel sails under the flag of the Marshall Islands. The British government has yet to comment on the claims but commodities group Trafigura said the vessel was operated on its behalf.'
Couldn't this produce an oil spill?
They are going to cause an environmental disaster and screw themselves once all the fish start dying off their coast.
Yemen has suffered enough, the Houthis should be crushed like the rest of the Iranian proxys so the people who deserve freedom can get it.