A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden killed two of its crew members and forced survivors to abandon the vessel on Wednesday, authorities said, the first fatal strike in a campaign of assaults by the group over Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The attack on the Barbados-flagged bulk carrier True Confidence further escalates the conflict on a crucial maritime route linking Asia and the Middle East to Europe that has disrupted global shipping. The Iranian-backed Houthis have launched attacks since November, and the U.S. began an airstrike campaign in January that so far hasn’t halted the rebels’ attacks.
The attack Wednesday on the True Confidence came after it had been hailed over radio by individuals claiming to be the Yemeni military, officials said. The Houthis have been hailing ships over the radio in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden since launching their attacks, with analysts suspecting the rebels want to seize the vessels.
Two U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity as they didn’t have authorization to speak publicly, said that the anti-ship ballistic missile attack killed two of the crew members on board and wounded six others.
The full extent of the damage to the Liberian-owned ship remained unclear, but the crew abandoned the ship and deployed lifeboats.
@ISIDEWITH3mos3MO
To what extent should a nation go to defend its allies or interests in foreign conflicts, especially when civilians are harmed?
@9KN7XFLPeace and Freedom3mos3MO
if our allies get attacked then we should go the full 100% to help them, but the civilians should get evacuated
@9KMMJRBWomen’s Equality3mos3MO
Why isn't the U.S. helping Ukraine? Russia is obviously communist so why doesn't someone just kill him and the war will be over?
@9KLLSFBRepublican 3mos3MO
The action should be committed only if other avenues of action have been explored and decided to be less effective than the action taken. Also, the risk to civilians should be mitigated
@9KMG3HD3mos3MO
We should defend allies when civilians are being attacked.
@ISIDEWITH3mos3MO
@M0derateCamelDemocrat3mos3MO
In 1990 a coalition took care of matters in that region, where are they now? Why are they letting the Houthis terrorize the Red Sea?
United Nations dropping the ball yet again on their duty to secure the seaway. Ever since November there should have been a UN presence in both Gaza and the Red Sea.
@S0cialistOwlLibertarian3mos3MO
they gave all their old ammo to ukraine and are current stockpiling new production for a open conflict with russia
@MackerelRalphLibertarian3mos3MO
If I was Russia I’d be paying these groups to cause chaos, so that’s probably what’s happening
@S0cialistOwlLibertarian3mos3MO
America should stop being the world police. We are self sustainable if we'd stop spending so much **** ing money on every other country and kept every single cent here. There would literally be no uncontrollable crisis of any kind here! STOP ALL FOREIGN AID
@9KN7XFLPeace and Freedom3mos3MO
if our allies fell we would be next and if we got into trouble and couldn't call for help when we need it then this country would fall and everything would turn into even more chaos
@TreasuryYakRepublican3mos3MO
How many more innocent mariners would be dead if the US wasn’t shooting Houthi missiles and drones down every day?
How many more environmental disasters might there be?
The utter silence of humanitarians and environmentalists is obscene.
@M0derateJerkyGreen3mos3MO
Even if a 100 oil tankers are sunk or more then a 100 people die it's easily the better thing to do if it pressures Israel and its allies to stop the genocide although currently none of this has happened and houthis have been showing considerable restraint they can do much more.
@TreasuryYakRepublican3mos3MO
Are you dense? These are innocent PEOPLE who have NOTHING to do with Israel. How is this putting any pressure on Israel?
The only thing that will happen is that more missiles find their way onto Houthi sites, and this time without prior warnings.
@M0derateJerkyGreen3mos3MO
4 months of firing at ships and not even 10 people have died I would say houthis are doing a very good job at minimizing casualties.
Also I'm pretty sure houthis warn ships to re route and only attack if they continue and ignore there warnings so yeah.
@MagpieDeanSocialist3mos3MO
By the logic of humanitarian intervention it’s collateral damage in service of stopping a genocide. Cold comfort to the dead surely. Not sure there’s anything to do but stop Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
@SeagullGenesisPatriot3mos3MO
Joe Biden and his limp-wristed response to these terrorists has their blood on his hands.
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