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The Houthis (Ansar Allah) had attacked a Chinese-owned oil tanker in the Red Sea on March 23, the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) announced.
In a statement released on March 24, the command said that the Houthis first fired four anti-ship ballistic missiles from their area of control in Yemen at the vicinity of the Panamanian-flagged, Chinese-owned, Chinese-operated Huang Pu, and later a fifth missile launched by group struck the oil tanker.
“The ship issued a distress call but did not request assistance. M/V Huang Pu suffered minimal damage, and a fire on board was extinguished within 30 minutes. No casualties were reported, and the vessel resumed its course,” CETNCOM said. “The Houthis attacked the MV Huang despite previously stating they would not attack Chinese vessels.”
The United Kingdom Marine Trade Operations (UKMTO), a detachment of the Royal Navy, confirmed that a fire had broken out on board the tanker but was extinguished within 30 minutes. According to UKMTO, the tank was struck 23 nautical miles west of the Yemeni port of Mokha.
The Marinetraffic tracking website later had the vessel sailing out of the Red Sea into the Gulf of Aden heading for its next port of call which, according to the British maritime security agency Ambrey, was New Mangalore in India.
Ambrey also said in a statement that “the tanker’s registration details, including name and operator, had been changed as recently as February 2024”.
CENTCOM announced in the same statement that its forces, including the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Carney, engaged six Houthi drones over the southern Red Sea on March 23. Five drones crashed into the Red Sea, and one flew inland into Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.
“It was determined these UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles] presented an imminent threat to U.S., coalition, and merchant vessels in the region. These actions are taken to protect freedom of navigation and make international waters safer and more secure for U.S, coalition, and merchant vessels,” the command said.
The Houthis have attacked more than 60 of Israel-affiliated vessels and others owned by the U.S. and the United Kingdom in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since last November in response to the Israeli war and siege on Gaza. The group is yet to claim responsibility for the attack on Huang Pu.
It’s worth noting that the U.S. and the UK carried out hundreds of strikes against Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen in recent months. At least 34 people were killed in the strikes. Still, the Houthis remain undeterred.
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mmmm, i wonder if a us/uk ‘false flag’ attack was blamed on the houthi’s?
just a thought.
if the us comes out with this news it was probably them who struck the oil tanker. they have a habit of attacking the chinese. lets not forget the bombing of the embassy.
how dare you suggest that the zuk and uza, like israel would ever do such things. they are the most (im)moral war-mongering regimes on earth—with macaroni and the kraut oaf olaf trailing not far behind.
another usa plan to divert chinees attention to their flop red sea blockade.how to their now it is chinees ships just because their are monitoring and plan against it.sandal boys are not that stupid like nato liars.
us cargo ships are known to change their identity to chinese ships to pass through the strait before. us is finished as a global naval power.
the saanaa government should establish a safe passage corridor within is 12 nautical miles territorial waters for neutralships non aligned with the zionists enslaved genocidal regimes. that way every other zionists linked vessel can become fair game in and around the red see.
why does southfront damage it’s own reputation like this by spreading news from unreliable and mostly bogus sources like centcom?
because this bastard is a lover of american propaganda, he reproduces all the rubbish they publish
this is just the beginning. the indian ocean needs to be full of nato ships as well then the massive attack will come. the fish have to swim in the net and houthi have patience for the right moment to strike.
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wrong thread? there is huthis and chinese ship here. and iran delivering weapons to huthis. no russia here.
tom sawyer=child rape
i don’t have no more money to buy more diapers, i sent it all to elensky
“from the inception of amerikuntistan it has been informed by ubiquitous sleaze and hustling” walter amcdougal
well it seems that the houthis are fireing with some old stuff so it is possible they will hit a wrong target now and then. if china wants to avoid it perhaps they can do what the usa does to urkaine and send them proper weapons. but nah they would rather wait until it fits better into the usa plan to fight them.
i don’t trust the american liars.
“amerikunts are 300 million used car salesmen…” hunter thompson
centcom said so? oh, that must be truth indeed. maybe they whack that ship and blame to yemenis? we shall arm yemenis with sams and for every pilot captured demand release of big guys from fatah.
when centcom says anything you know immediately many children were raped!!!
fuck the colonialistic scum. this gutter rats declare themselves heros after “serving” time in jails or during a couple of tours overseas, spreading death and destruction. the lowest of the low
at this point, who is the retarded person who still believes in what one of the most corrupt armies in the world says?
amerikan army claimed they could defeat taliban—sawyer clown show
until the houthi’s claim responsibility for this attack, centcom are blowing it out their arses, because they are desperate. the attacks won’t stop and western shysters who own our military commanders like they were bitches are getting poorer by the day.
only reality for me is in gay amerikunt brothel–now they only accept yuan
“us army says”….you can stop reading
our lgbt military in recent war game was able to prevent total pygmy victory we waved homosexual flag and they were terrified we would pollute their superior culture