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The targeting of another U.S.-owned commercial ship Wednesday shows the militant group remains intent on continuing its attacks in the face of multiple rounds of U.S. military airstrikes.

The Houthis launched anti-ship ballistic missiles at the U.S.-owned, flagged and operated commercial ship Maersk Detroit as it was transiting the Gulf of Aden, according to a statement from the U.S. Central Command. The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Gravely shot down two missiles and a third fell into the water. There were no indications of damage or injuries in the attack.

The U.S. military has been conducting airstrikes against the Houthis to degrade their capabilities since Jan.11, after several weeks of attacks on commercial ships by the militant group.

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[-] supercriticalcheese@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Yes cause the houthis are Bear loving kinda of Islamist militia, right. Definitely have never engaged in the same type of actions ever/s

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world -5 points 9 months ago

I don't recall the Houthis ever blockading the red sea before.

Somalia had some pirates but that was just literal theft and extortion. And that's not the Houthis.

Mind linking what you are talking about?

[-] supercriticalcheese@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

It's a militia islamic militia, do you think they haven't done the same thing as Israel does to their population, or a subset of their population?

It's just a way to grab the attention span of everyone which helps their recruitment.

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world -2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

You're really trying to defend israel's genocide in any possible way. "No they allowed to stop genocide, they are the bad guys!"

I'm not here to simp for whatever war crimes they did internally. Just this specific action isn't one you should denounce.

There was a Houthi spokesperson on BBC. They told him the same thing. His response was very simple.

If other groups want to enhance their popularity by stopping genocide they're very welcome to do so.

How about you go stop israel's genocide if you don't want the Houthi's to do it?

https://youtu.be/z4HguzMRW1M

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[-] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Somalian Pirates were actually often protecting their territorial waters from foreign opportunists plundering in the collapse of the Somalian government. The framing as pirates only works in the sense that these weren’t state-driven fleets, but rather civilian driven in order to protect their livelihoods against corporate raiders.

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago

I just checked the list of ships they attacked. You are right that they are almost all cargo but there was a cruise ship in there

Seabourn Spirit, a luxury cruise ship carrying 210 crew members and passengers, was attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia.[12] Riding in two small speedboats, the pirates fired at the ship with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, but the crew drove them off with a water hose and a long range acoustic device.

Do you have any good articles or videos explaining the situation with the Somali pirates? I might be wrong about it and would love to know what the actual deal was.

[-] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Sure, here’s an updated link from what I knew even.

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2015/10/6/illegal-overfishing-and-the-return-of-somalias-pirates

Hope you find it as interesting as I did just now, cheers!

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