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[Robin Hood]

Now the US is stirring it up in Yemen ......... in cooperation with their 'partners and allies' (the UK) against Yemen. What happens if, with THEIR partners and allies, Yemen brings down a couple of US/UK aircraft or sinks a war ship .......... with weapons supplied by their ‘partners and allies’? After all .... surely Yemen is entitled to act or retaliate in self defense.

What if with THEIR 'partners and allies' they decide to put Akrotiri out of action ?


https://news.antiwar.com/2024/01/11/uks-sunak-authorizes-joint-strikes-with-us-on-yemen/

https://news.antiwar.com/2024/01/11/us-and-uk-bomb-dozens-of-sites-in-yemen/

https://cyprus-mail.com/2024/01/12/uk-uses-cyprus-base-to-bomb-yemen/

[Robin Hood]

Another war started by the US ‘and its allies’ that they cannot win! This link fills in a few blanks that the MSM have left out of their reporting!

Major Escalation: Biden Launches War On Yemen MIKE WHITNEY • JANUARY 11, 2024

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It’s worth noting, that the Houthis do not need to defeat the US militarily to win the war in the Red Sea. They merely need disrupt traffic enough to negatively impact the global economy which they can do whether their cities have been razed to ground or not. This is not Afghanistan. Yemen represents a commercially vital shipping-lane that can be effectively shut down by well-armed guerillas who know how to exploit the vulnerabilities in the system. Brute force and superior firepower will not ‘carry the day’. Diplomacy and restraint are the way forward. Is anyone in Washington listening?

https://www.unz.com/mwhitney/major-esca ... -on-yemen/

[Lordo]

They have the means to defend the ships so attacking Yemen has another purpose. Sunak and Biden are in trouble at home politically so they think by attacking Yemen it may help them win their elections. It did Mrs Thatcher. But this is another miscalculation, this war will never end just like The Zionist war.

They also attacked Somalia because of their pirates and I seem to remember that did not end well and certainly it did not stop the attacks on the ships.

Iran also captured an oil tanker in reprisal for what the west did to her oil tanker. Not many mentions are made of that little piracy when the west stole the Iranian ship and its cargo of oil.

But this is different, this is effecting the economic life of the west. It will not have the desired effect back home.

[Robin Hood]

They have the means to defend the ships so attacking Yemen has another purpose. Sunak and Biden are in trouble at home politically so they think by attacking Yemen it may help them win their elections. It did Mrs Thatcher. But this is another miscalculation, this war will never end just like The Zionist war.

They also attacked Somalia because of their pirates and I seem to remember that did not end well and certainly it did not stop the attacks on the ships.

Iran also captured an oil tanker in reprisal for what the west did to her oil tanker. Not many mentions are made of that little piracy when the west stole the Iranian ship and its cargo of oil.

But this is different, this is effecting the economic life of the west. It will not have the desired effect back home.

If you read the MIKE WHITNEY article I posted ....... he points out that ........

On Tuesday, the Houthis launched their largest attack on ships in the Red Sea to date. 21 missiles and drones –that were launched from positions on mainland Yemen– were shot-down by US and British warships patrolling the area. No casualties were reported.

According to a Houthi spokesman, the attack was retaliation for the killing of 10 Houthi militants who were strafed by US helicopter gunships while trying to board the Maersk Hangzhou on Sunday.

The western media has omitted this critical fact from their reporting in order to conceal the provocation that triggered Tuesday’s attack on US and UK warships. The Houthis say the Hangzhou refused to respond to radio calls inquiring whether the ship was bound for an Israeli port or not, which prompted their attempt to board the ship.

That’s when all Hell broke loose. (The Houthis require that commercial ships acknowledge whether they are linked to Israel or not. The Maersk Hangzhou failed to do so.)

Here is a brief summary of Tuesday’s incident from a post at Sputnik International:

“Yemeni Ansar Allah claimed responsibility for an attack on a US Navy ship in the Red Sea, after the US attacked Houthi forces, Houthi spokesperson Yahiah Sariah said in an official statement. What is also known:

Navy forces, missile forces and unmanned aircraft of Yemen’s Houthis conducted a joint military operation using a large number of ballistic and ship-based missiles and drones, targeting a US Navy ship providing support to Israel; This operation was the first response to an attack on the Houthi naval forces by the US Navy 10 days ago; Ansar Allah troops will continue to prevent ships from sailing to Israel, both in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, until the aggression against the Gaza Strip ends.@SputnikInt.”

The Houthi's are doing what the US sanctions against Russia were intended to do. They failed and plunged the West into an economic crisis. The threats that the US/UK claim has so far killed no civilians. All they are doing is trying to prevent arms and other goods being shipped to Israel ......... the Houthi's support the Palestinians ..... like most countries in the World are, so preventing Israel receiving arms from the US and its 'partners and allies' would seem to be a move that could reasonably be considered self defense.

Any vessel that confirms it is not carrying goods for Israel can continue through to the Red Sea proper. If they refuse then Yemenie forces should have the right to board the ship and check the manifest. Now tell me the US and UK wouldn't do the same thing in the similar circumstances!

FYI: I believe that it is a requirement of the UK authorities that any Russian Warship that passes through the English Channel has to give advanced advice before they transit? What would happen if several Russia warships suddenly headed for the Channel without providing the information in advance? Even with this advanced warning the UK always sends one of their warships to 'escort' the Russian ships ....... !

So there was no attack on COMMRERCIAL SHIPPING ...... the Houthi's attack was on US/UK Warships, in retaliation for the previous US attack that killed 10 Houthis!

[Robin Hood]

They have the means to defend the ships so attacking Yemen has another purpose. Sunak and Biden are in trouble at home politically so they think by attacking Yemen it may help them win their elections. It did Mrs Thatcher. But this is another miscalculation, this war will never end just like The Zionist war.

They also attacked Somalia because of their pirates and I seem to remember that did not end well and certainly it did not stop the attacks on the ships.

Iran also captured an oil tanker in reprisal for what the west did to her oil tanker. Not many mentions are made of that little piracy when the west stole the Iranian ship and its cargo of oil.

But this is different, this is effecting the economic life of the west. It will not have the desired effect back home.

Is this the incident? Note: the Iranians are following the Russian principal of making their moves legal before they act ...... they had a Court Order!

Iran’s Navy seizes US oil tanker 'in retaliation' with court order -Thursday, 11 January 2024

The Navy of the Islamic Republic of Iran has announced the seizure of an American oil tanker with a court order in the Sea of Oman.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) identified the tanker Marshall Islands-flagged St Nikolas, saying it was boarded at about 7:30 am (0330 GMT) off Sohar in Oman and changed course towards Bandar-e-Jask in Iran.

Ambrey, a British maritime risk company, said the recently renamed tanker was previously prosecuted and fined for carrying Iranian oil, which was confiscated by US authorities.

https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/01/11/718018/Iran-Navy-seizes-US-oil-tanker-in-Sea-of-Oman

[Lordo]

There was a news report last night that the Amaricans bombed Yemen because of an attack on a ship. it turns out the ship was Russian and according to Americans it was sanction busting.

You would laugh at such thing if it was not so serious.

[repulsewarrior]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaKk-PI4jpE

...to answer some of your questions; it is a very complex issue having many layers of which only some are discussed in these videos. (...as for the "Russian" tanker, i too saw a (single) story about it, i only wonder if it is the one Lordo saw.)

...while Iran extends their influence to privateers off Yeman to provoke the ire of greater powers they also depend on having free and unfettered access to the (this) sea as well.

[repulsewarrior]

They have the means to defend the ships so attacking Yemen has another purpose. Sunak and Biden are in trouble at home politically so they think by attacking Yemen it may help them win their elections. It did Mrs Thatcher. But this is another miscalculation, this war will never end just like The Zionist war.

They also attacked Somalia because of their pirates and I seem to remember that did not end well and certainly it did not stop the attacks on the ships.

Iran also captured an oil tanker in reprisal for what the west did to her oil tanker. Not many mentions are made of that little piracy when the west stole the Iranian ship and its cargo of oil.

But this is different, this is effecting the economic life of the west. It will not have the desired effect back home.

Is this the incident? Note: the Iranians are following the Russian principal of making their moves legal before they act ...... they had a Court Order!

Iran’s Navy seizes US oil tanker 'in retaliation' with court order -Thursday, 11 January 2024

The Navy of the Islamic Republic of Iran has announced the seizure of an American oil tanker with a court order in the Sea of Oman.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) identified the tanker Marshall Islands-flagged St Nikolas, saying it was boarded at about 7:30 am (0330 GMT) off Sohar in Oman and changed course towards Bandar-e-Jask in Iran.

Ambrey, a British maritime risk company, said the recently renamed tanker was previously prosecuted and fined for carrying Iranian oil, which was confiscated by US authorities.

https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/01/11/718018/Iran-Navy-seizes-US-oil-tanker-in-Sea-of-Oman

...what is/was ''their'' oil, from their perspective; the oil originally seized by sanction in Houston, the ship sold and renamed filled returning to deliver in Turkey, taken back if you will.

...nothing to do with the Houthi in Yemen.

[repulsewarrior]

...this?

[Londonrake]

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