Houthi terrorists, backed by Iran, have destroyed yet another oil tanker in the Red Sea this week. In March, a similar event took place, and this week’s attack is the third large commercial ship that the Islamic terrorist group has destroyed during the past year.
The attack on the Sounion occurred Wednesday. The tanker was was first hit by gunfire from small boats that approached it near the Yemeni port of Hudaydah, said the UK Maritime Trade Operations office.
Later, the ship was struck by three unidentified projectiles and fire broke out on board. At that point the engine was disabled and the crew evacuated, prior to a massive explosion, which was recorded by Houthis. The video was released Friday.
There was said to be 150,000 tons of crude oil on board, which is three times the amount that was carried by the Exxon Valdez when it struck Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989, spilling nearly 11 million gallons into the Sound, the equivalent of about 39,000 metric tons.
The Houthi terrorists support Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Although U.S. warships are in the region, it has not fully deterred them. The nearby port of Hudaydah was subjected to a missile attack by Israel last month in retaliation for a drone strike on the city of Tel Aviv.
The Sounion was transporting oil from the Iraqi port of Basra.
They claim to want to be martyrs. Let’s accommodate them.
One of the very last actions of the Trump administration, in January of 2021, was to designate the Houthis (still embroiled in civil war) a terrorist organization. Just a month later, the Biden administration reversed the designation, at the whining and crying of the international aid industry. They called the designation “diplomatic vandalism”.
The Houthis have since proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are a terrorist organization, repeatedly attacking global shipping on international waters.
Waste them with prejudice. Then send the aid NGOs to save the survivors.
I am sure it will be whitewashed by the mainstream news media because the poor oppressed muslims are just fighting back against the worldwide oppression they suffer under.
I don’t care one iota about what goes on over there. Let’s stick to things that affect Alalska.
Nobody forced your choice of what to read here. BTY it’s spelled ALASKA.
Confused what stories don’t effect Alaska?
Ikr?
They (Houthis) are here in Alaska also along with other terrorists from all over this small world..
Um, last time I checked, Alaska’s economy was driven by awl. A supply chain disruption involving a major producer seems relevant to your universal basic income entitlement.
Looking forward to AOC and the like condemning the Houthis for their total disregard of the environment and Red Sea corral reefs. 🦗 🦗🦗
Send Green Peace over to have a discussion with the terrorists.
Ecological disaster, anything to raise the price of oil huh…..another reason we should be drilling here and not held hostage so to speak by a backwards country and their way of thinking.
Probably one of the worst manmade environmental disasters – oh wait, I forgot about Sloppy Joe blowing up the Nordstream Pipeline!
Ikr?
“Although U.S. warships are in the region, it has not fully deterred them.”
Along with UK ships are unable to defeat the Houthis, yet our Pentagon is itching to go to war with both Iran and China. The factions within the permanent government just can’t agree which war to prioritize and don’t have the capabilities to win any of them. Commercial shipping companies need to avoid the Red Sea shipping lanes, relying on the US for security is not feasible.
“……..our Pentagon is itching to go to war with both Iran and China………”
A war with the Houthis/Hamas/ISIS/Hezbollah IS the war with Iran, it’s being waged by the U.S. as a minor skirmish primarily fought by Israel, and it’s going to escalate soon…………
Actually the sketchy variants of “ISIS” and “ISIS-K” was originally created by our CIA, as was al-Qaeda. They are Sunni based, not Shia. You grouped them in with Shia based groups that are not funded, armed and manipulated for our global projects. ISIS groups were/are used to create chaos in Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, Iraq, along with various African nations. More recently the terror attack on children in Moscow’s Crockus City Hall shopping mall. Our government is very active in changing governments and creating conflicts, for which we spend trillions to conduct, but “win” none. It is illegal and immoral to engage our military against anyone without declaring war, which hasn’t been done since December 1941.
Ikr?
What in the actual heck is wrong with the United States in 2024? Back in 1805 we had a group of surly Potentate’s operating off of the Barbary Coast harassing American Commerce and taking our citizens as slaves. I was a part of a determined group of the U.S. Navy that sailed to Mediterranean Sea and severely spanked this group of Islamic Pirates, thereby stopping said violence on American Commerce… We accomplished this mission the old fashion way, which included boarding their Galley’s and cutting them to ribbons with our sabers. The Brits were amazed by our Pluck and Bravery and even Lord Nelson agreed that one of my missions was the greatest naval combat action known to him…
I think the proper use of force brought to bear upon an enemy target can yield positive and substantial results.
1805? What’s your secret to staying young? 😉
Exactly, I want some of that.
Stephen, we need more than to spank them with sabers – but our current admin has so weakened us that we can’t vaporize Hudaydah without doing the same to Tehran, thus igniting WWIII, as the Persians will continue to up the ante defending their proxies. Peace through strength – the towelheads must fear us, not laugh at us until their sides split. Try sending out John Kerry and his swift boat heroes… – the real swifties might actually help in this situation.
Why do they still exist? Nuke’em from orbit.
It’s sure Interesting how the Democratic Party Loons support all these lunatics in the Middle East who have done this type of destruction time and time again for decades, but yet they support and are totally in bed with the biggest polluters on the globe , and then they preach their global warming and climate change nonsense to Our own country who have done more for saving our planet then any other Country in the world . This is Just more solid proof this climate change nonsense has never been about saving our planet from its beginning, it’s always been entirely about enriching figure heads and countless globalist who are willing to steal and confiscate trillions of dollars from the American tax payer for personal gain. Anyone who partakes in all this Green Energy and Climate change nonsense has some kinda stake in the pillaging of the American taxpayer in some form, they all have previously situated themselves to cash in somehow in investments or some other bogus non profits organization etc . These peolple are totally in Climate Change for Profit, Profit and more Profit! China, India and South Africa and several other areas are by far the most responsible for the worlds
man made environmental issues, yet it’s always
Crickets from all the climate change Loons when they are confronted with that fact, their all frauds and theives! So who if anyone will be responsible for cleaning up another mess made by these Middle East lunatics, Good old Uncle Sam. But what company’s are standing in line to go anywhere on the planet to clean things like this up, I’d suggest that people follow the money trail and see who’s in line to profit from this global vandalism, I’ll Guarentee you 100 percent they are a bunch of green energy, climate change activist and profiteers who will cash in on it. You want More proof, just look closer to home, who’s profiting off the self made border crisis , homeless and drug pandemics, the same people!! Behind the Scenes it’s clearly an organized Shady business we’re dealing with, not a environmental or climate crisis…
So this is the kind of thing going on while the media inundates us with crap about Kamala Harris and the elections. I figured there had to be something going on to “distract” the American public with garbage non-news.
Grandpa Bloodstains strikes again.
“Although U.S. warships are in the region, it has not fully deterred them.”
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Imagine what Russian and Chinese leaders learned from this non-deterrence.
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NORAD reports four Russian, Chinese military jets patrolling Alaska coast hours before Biden address,
Russian -and- Chinese warships show up near Alaska’s coast*,
Iranians, knowing “U.S. warships are in the region”, blow up a supertanker anyway,
Regiments of military-age males invade America’s southern border with impunity,
Chinese fentanyl enough to kill every American is smuggled into the U.S.,
Cyber-attacks hit Halliburton and SeaTac Airport hard enough to get even the government’s attention.
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*”Murkowski, Sullivan remark on news of Chinese, Russian naval flotilla near Alaska coast”
(‘https://mustreadalaska.com/murkowski-sullivan-remark-on-news-of-chinese-russian-naval-flotilla-near-alaska-coast/)
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Did somebody rudely declare war on us without actually going through the formalities?
A “Sounion” redux in Alaska waters, absolutely can’t happen here, right?
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Perhaps Important People In Charge will tell us whether these things fit together, what’s been done to put the fear of God into the perpetrators?
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