A cargo ship that was struck by a Houthi ballistic missile on Monday has created an 18-mile long oil slick in the Red Sea as it continues to take on water, two US officials said Friday.
The M/V Rubymar — a Belize-flagged, UK-registered, Lebanese-owned vessel — was carrying 41,000 tons of fertilizer when it was struck on Monday by one of two ballistic missiles fired from Houthi territory in Yemen.
US Central Command said the ship is currently anchored as it takes on water. “The Houthis continue to demonstrate disregard for the regional impact of their indiscriminate attacks, threatening the fishing industry, coastal communities, and imports of food supplies,” US Central Command said.
This is especially annoying because 6 months ago there was an amazing collaboration between both sides in the Red Sea to enable an international team to remove oil from a wrecked tanker.
All the people involved thought it was a great framework for more peaceful negotiations.
But now Israel has got its genocide on the Houthis are kicking off and saving the environment is no longer anyone’s priority.
Please note it is not so much Israel as Nyet N’ Yahoo. This is the work of a desperate criminal trying to remain in power.
And then 72 percent of Israelis say aid shouldn’t be allowed in until prisoners are released.
I’m sorry. But starving people en masse is not it. It’s time to treat Israel the same way we treated Germany. Disarm, occupy, hang the war criminals, and force a government representative of everyone from the river to the sea. And yes that means an end to their ethnostate. That’s the point. They’ve fucked around. It’s time for the find out.
72% of the people they asked. Lots of Israelis are not happy with this war.
Yeah. It looks like around 28 percent. Unfortunately that’s not enough. When 2/3rds of a country believes in Genocide the world needs to intervene.
The Houthis have been ridiculous about their justifications for attacks, but where was this ship headed? It doesn’t say in the article.
Doesn’t matter. It’s civil disobedience with missiles. The point is less to destroy an enemy, and more to cause enough fuss that the various Western powers - almost all of whom are supporting the genocide in Palestine - change their behavior under the pressure.
Civil disobedience doesn’t include violence. Much less military power.
Insert whatever word you prefer. Agitation, strong-arm tactics… go nuts.
Attention seeking destruction.
It isn’t civil disobedience because it’s trying to influence international politics. Civil disobedience isn’t always non-violent though. In fact I’d argue it requires a certain amount of violence, usually because it’s met with violence. Non-violent protest has never made a change happen on its own. It always at least requires a threat of violence.
It’s an act of war. The Houthis are not a rogue operation; they are part of a much larger global march to war. Any view other than this is the opening 2 years of a new global conflict is incomplete.
We are quite certainly in the beginning-ish of WW3.
funny way to spell terrorism.
Lemmy probably defended ISIS too.
Hit em with the old “proportional response” CENTCOM
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A cargo ship that was struck by a Houthi ballistic missile on Monday has created an 18-mile long oil slick in the Red Sea as it continues to take on water, two US officials said Friday.
The M/V Rubymar — a Belize-flagged, UK-registered, Lebanese-owned vessel — was carrying 41,000 tons of fertilizer when it was struck on Monday by one of two ballistic missiles fired from Houthi territory in Yemen.
“The Houthis continue to demonstrate disregard for the regional impact of their indiscriminate attacks, threatening the fishing industry, coastal communities, and imports of food supplies,” US Central Command said.
One of the US officials said the threat of more Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, combined with the condition of the water, makes it incredibly difficult to safely get to the ship and attempt to tow it to a port.
The damage sustained by the Rubymar is potentially the most significant to a vessel caused by an attack launched by the Houthis, who have been targeting commercial shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden for months.
The Houthis’ attacks have been ongoing for months, and despite several rounds of strikes by the US and UK on their capabilities, US officials told CNN it’s unclear how much weaponry the militia group still has.
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BP.
What does this have to do with BP? A cargo ship was hit by a ballistic missile you fucking moron. Are you trying to suggest all cargo ships be retrofitted with missile defense systems or you just saying shit to be heard?
BP.
AmericaBritain blows up all of Palestine but suddenly they really care about the environment when others try to stop them.America isn’t blowing up Palestine. That is a fascist talking point, to try and shoehorn the US and NATO as the villains into any and every situation.
Where’d the bombs come from? Who fund’s the Israeli military?
Israel wouldn’t have a single fricking bullet without the funding of the US and other Western powers. It is very much America that is committing genocide in Palestine, we’re just letting someone else’s finger pull the trigger.
It’s also someone else aiming the gun. You don’t charge the guy in Walmart for a customer shooting someone.
This just in, different things have differences.
Exactly. There is plenty of blame to put on the people who - in the face of a freaking climate crisis - still decide to ship
shitloadsshiploads of fossil fuel through a warzone.You misspelled Israeli fuckheads using American weapons that were supplied by the dumb fuck in chief
America, israel and Britain
But in this case it’s a
AmericanBritish ship which is why I’m referencing them specifically.It isn’t an American ship, the ship has literally nothing to do with America.
Whoops my bad you are right. Thanks for correcting me.
I read US central command and was confused thinking this was the Star Iris which was also attacked recently.
I will correct my comments.
Belize-flagged, UK-registered, Lebanese-owned vessel
I have zero fucks to give.
About who owns or runs the ship? If this is the case i agree, doesnt matter whos ship it is, these dickheads are just polluting the environment for the sake of it.
It’s just a thing. I don’t care.
The Houthis are trying to stop moving polluting ships through those waters. Are you blaming the ship or the ones trying to stop the ship?
This isn’t about pollution or the environment, everyone knows that.
Trying to shoehorn environmentalism as a justification to keep bombing Yemen is a hilarious mental leap into the abyss.
Start by asking “the coalition” to clear up the depleted uranium they leave lying around the place in the middle east.
Your belief is that the Houthis are doing this to stop pollution? I thought it was supposed to be on behalf of Palestinians.
I don’t believe that at all.
I stated that as an absurdist position in comparison to the absurdist position of complaining about an oil slick in a war.
So why do you believe that they are actually doing it?
You stating what I apparently believe is one of the red flags for someone not engaging in critical thinking.
I’ve told you I don’t believe that, if you still believe I do you’re trying to construct an argument against the evidence.
I am asking why you think the houthis are shooting the missiles.
You said that you don’t believe their stated reason, so I am asking what you believe the reason is, the next question is why you believe that, I am asking your side and for evidence.
No side in this is perfect by far, other than the innocents, who by definition have done nothing wrong
I don’t see what reason the houthis have to lie about this, what would they have to gain by lying?
