Two killed in Houthi missile attack on cargo ship - US officials

[Kennah]

Source: BBC

Two crew members have been killed in a Houthi missile strike on a cargo ship off southern Yemen, US officials say - the first deaths the group's attacks on merchant vessels have caused.

The Barbados-flagged True Confidence had been abandoned and was drifting with a fire on board, managers said.

It was hit in the Gulf of Aden at about 09:30 GMT, they added.

The Houthis say their attacks are to support the Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68490695

[Turbineguy]

1. And what support the Palestinians are getting!

They are all eating steak and lobster and living lives of ease.

[Kennah]

2. At the least the Hamas leaders in Qatar are

[Turbineguy]

3. That's all that counts.

[EX500rider]

4. Yes nothing says support like killing some innocent Filipino sailors on a Greek owned ship!

Morons

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. Details - carrying steel products and trucks from China to Saudi Arabia; mainly Filipino crew

It's thought it used to be US-owned, but that may no longer be the case (now registered to an address in Liberia). Almost no connection with Israel/Gaza, and its destination was the Red Sea, not the Suez Canal. I suppose the Houthi would say "Saudi Arabia can take all its imports via the Persian Gulf", but you have to wonder if this was just another way for the Houthi to fight the Saudis again.

I think they're going to suffer a ground invasion some time, and many non-Houthi Yemenis will suffer.

[former9thward]

6. The missile attacks against the Houthis have been useless.

They are thumbing their nose at the West.