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Multiple attacks targeted a commercial vessel in the Red Sea on August 21 leaving it “not under command,” according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), a detachment of the Royal Navy.
In an advisory notice, the British military office said that one of the attacks saw men on small boats opening fire with small arms some 90 nautical miles west of the Yemeni port city of al-Hodeida, which is held by the Iran-backed Houthis (Ansar Allah).
Three projectiles later struck the vessel, the office added. It wasn’t immediately clear if the projectiles were drones or missiles.
“The vessel reports being not under command,” the UKMTO said, likely meaning it lost all power. “No casualties reported.”
The Houthis (Ansar Allah) in Yemen have not yet acknowledged the attack reported by the UKMTO, though it typically takes them a few days to issue a claim.
Since November, the Houthis have attacked dozens of vessels affiliated with Israel or owned by the United States and the UK in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea in response to the Israeli war and siege on the Palestinian enclave of the Gaza Strip.
In addition, the group launched dozens of drones and missiles at Israel and shot down six American-made combat drones over Yemen and nearby waters.
The U.S. and the UK have carried out hundreds of strikes against Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen since January in an attempt to deter the group. Israel also launched an attack against al-Hodeidah last month after a deadly Houthi drone strike on the city of Tel Aviv. However, the group remains undeterred.
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so what does this mean? the crew abandonded ship or what?
fire from small arms … missiles or drones…. it is really funny how sf contradicts itself in one article about the attack. so what really happened? did they opened fire from assault rifles and then launched missiles ? if so, the crew probably refused to abandon ship, otherwise they would kidnapped them to extort ransom.. but you never know for sure what is happening. these houthis are crazy, attacking chinese, russian ships, maybe they attack even their own.
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for a second there i thought you had a brain. ‘crazy houthi’s’? attack even their own? chinese? russian? reread the article, maybe then you’ll have a clue. or not. earlier reports of russian ship hit was a lie. the real crazies are the coalition of western zionists. houthi’s are stand-up fighters.
the presstitute hacks of the lying corporate media often claim that the ships targeted are nothing to do with talmudistan. this is a bog standard lie. the ownership of these vessels is deliberately opaque. they are owned by a shell company in bermuda which is owned by another shell company in panama, which is owned by yet another shell company in malta. but the real owner is always mr. shlomo shekelstein or some other jew billionaire.
it means not under control. the ship must be damaged to the extent that the crew cant guide her movement.
the fun loving houthi brothers destroying the disgusting anglozionazi empire of filth as the bea$t in khazar occupied palestine squirms like a maggot drying up in the sun. karma is a most wonderful thing to behold.
oded yinon new khazharia the synagogue of satan the donmeh sabbattai zvi and jacob frank is not real is conterfeit simulated state rothstein run until haifa is on fire this is all fake
give those houthis a coconut!!!
insurance rates are normally 0.1% of the value of a ship and its cargo. this immediately shot up tenfold when ansar allah began targeting the shlomos and their us and uk stooges. insurance is now virtually unobtainable for any ship docking in talmudistan. eilat and the other ports are bankrupt ghost towns. and there’s absolutely nothing uncle sugar and his uk poodle can do about it.