Houthis claim FOUR ‘direct hits’ on US ships in 4 days! Demand END to US backed and funded Gaza Genocide

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In yet another successful Houthi coup a US chemical tanker sailing from Saudi Arabia to Kuwait came under attack.  President Joe Biden has admitted that the US blasts have not stopped the Houthis, and WILL NOT stop them, but said their own bombing and genocide support will continue.

Houthis Flaunt ‘Direct Hit’ On Israel-bound Ship the Zografia With Missiles In Red Sea | ‘Victory For Palestine’

The Ansar Allah movement (Houthis) have survived a nine year war and naval blockade by Saudi colonists, backed and directed by the US and suffered an estimated 77,000 deaths, and have militant solidarity with Palestinians suffering US backed Israeli genocide.

The Houthis ship attacks have so far reportedly NOT KILLED ANYONE while the US/UK replies have reportedly killed dozens in Yemen.

The attack Wednesday and another on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday targeted U.S. owned ships, apparently in defiance of the U.S. led strikes conducted last Thursday and an additional three mass bombing attacks by the U.S./UK since then. 

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U.S. owned bulker Genco Picardy hit by Houthi drone Less than a day after the latest series of US-led airstrikes on Yemen, the Houthis targeted yet another American ship with naval missiles, Saree said in a televised address on Thursday, claiming the attack resulted in “direct hits.”

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“The Yemeni Armed Forces confirm that a retaliation to the American and British attacks is inevitable, and that any new aggression will not go unpunished,” he declared.

The Ansar Allah Houthi army have a a long history of developing their own drones and missiles during the 9 year resistance to the US backed Saudi colonial war.

The M/V Chem Ranger, looking the worse for wear.- Houthi militants in Yemen have carried out a missile strike on the US-owned tanker Chem Ranger in the Gulf of Aden, the group’s spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree has claimed.

In fact the Houthi drone attacks on the Saudi military across 1000’s of kms were a big factor in finally blocking and defeating the Saudis from installing their candidate Hadi as president, and this despite US technical bombing aid and the Saudi purchase of up to $100 billion in US armaments. 

Despite 4 nights already of bombing the US/UK have not stopped the Houthi blockade attacks in defense of Gaza, which is not surprising, as the Saudis could not find their missiles in 9 years of war.

Ship ‘hit by missile’ off Yemen coast despite US and UK airstrikes Ambrey said three missiles were reportedly launched by the Houthis, with two not reaching the sea and the third striking the bulk carrier.

On Monday, Houthi rebels struck another U.S.-owned ship in the Gulf of Aden.– the Gibraltar Eagle, causing a fire, but the vessel remains seaworthy, according to Sky News.

The ZOGRAFIA en route to Israel

16th Jan 24.. Yemen’s Houthis target the ship “Zografía” headed to Israel M/V Zografia, a Maltese-flagged bulk carrier reported they were struck but still seaworthy, the MT Zografia sustained material damage, but there were no injuries after it was hit near the Yemeni Red Sea port of Saleef,

The US Central Command has confirmed the incident, but reported no injuries . The Ansar Allah Houthi movement, the de facto Yemen government, rebels “launched two anti-ship ballistic missiles at M/V Chem Ranger, a Marshall Island-flagged, US-owned, Greek-operated tanker ship,” CENTCOM posted on X (formerly Twitter), stating that the ship continued its journey after the “crew observed the missiles impact the water near the ship.”

U.S. owned bulker Genco Picardy hit by Houthi drone“There were no injuries but damage reported,” Jan 15, 2024 19:35

The Yemeni militants have carried out dozens of drone and missile attacks in the region since the beginning of the war in Gaza, vowing to continue targeting Israeli-linked vessels until the blockade of Gaza is lifted, and the killing of Palestinians is stopped.

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The increased risks faced by ships in the Red Sea have forced the world’s biggest freight firms to avoid the Suez Canal and sent insurance costs soaring. Instead of Suez – the quickest cargo route from Asia to Europe – many vessels are now diverting round the Cape of Good Hope, incurring higher expenses on fuel, maintenance and wages.

US Warship Laboon ATTACKED

U.S. jet shots down Houthi missiles that was heading for USS Laboon Houthi fire went in the direction of the Laboon, a destroyer operating in the Red Sea, the U.S. military said.

The US reacted by leading airstrikes on Yemen last Thursday, as part of the so-called Operation Prosperity Guardian – an international maritime coalition with the stated goal of protecting commercial shipping.

While US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby claimed the airstrikes had a “good effect,” a New York Times report alleged that the majority of Houthi military assets remained functional.

US says Houthis launched missiles at tanker ship, the M/V Chem Ranger

Today– WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (Reuters) – The Iran-backed Houthi militia launched two anti-ship ballistic missiles at a U.S.-owned tanker ship late on Thursday that hit the water near the vessel but…

In an interview with Russian newspaper Izvestiya published on Friday, Muhammad al-Buheiti – a member of the Houthi politburo – stated that “Israeli ships or those in any way connected with Israel will not have the slightest opportunity to sail through the Red Sea. The attacks on them will continue.” 

“As for all other countries, including Russia and China, their ships will not be threatened,” al-Buheiti added. He insisted that the Houthis are prepared to provide “security guarantees for their safe passage through the Red Sea because free navigation plays a significant role in our country.” 

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Al-Buheiti stressed that the militants’ aim is not to capture or sink any particular ship, but rather “to raise the economic costs for the Jewish state to stop the carnage in Gaza.” 

US attacks on Yemen aimed at guarding Israel, not world – Ansarallah

Press TV – January 19, 2024

Yemen’s Ansarullah movement has condemned in the strongest terms the “unjustified” US airstrikes on the Yemeni territory, saying they’re aimed at “guarding Israel, not the world.”

Mohammed Abdulsalam, the Ansarullah spokesman, made the comment in an interview with Reuters.

The United States and Britain launched airstrikes on Yemen on January 12 in what they called an intervention to protect international shipping in the Red Sea.

“What the Yemeni people did, in the beginning, was to target Israeli ships heading to Israel without causing any human or even significant material losses, just preventing ships from passing as a natural right,” Abdulsalam said.

“We imposed rules of engagement in which not a single drop of blood was shed or major material losses.”

“It represented pressure on Israel only, it did not represent pressure on any country in the world.”

The Yemeni official said the US intervention has further escalated the situation and that the movement will continue to respond to the US attacks.

“Now, when America joined in and escalated the situation further, there is no doubt that Yemen will respond.”

“The strikes on Yemen, from our perspective, are a blatant violation of Yemen’s sovereignty and a serious aggression against the Yemeni people,” Abdulsalam said.

Yemen, he added, does not intend to expand the attacks on shipping in and around the Red Sea beyond their stated aim of blockading Israel and retaliating against the United States and Britain for airstrikes.

“We do not want the conflict to expand in the region, and we are still working on non-escalation, but the decision is up to the Americans, as long as they continue to attack.”

The Yemeni official said the decision to target Israeli-linked ships was a response to popular demands. “It came after great popular pressure not only in Yemen but in the region, demanding that the governments of the region and their leaders take a position towards the Palestinians facing a genocidal campaign.”

Referring to the Persian Gulf’s Arab countries, the Yemeni official said Ansarullah calls on them “to reject the militarization of the Red Sea or the presence of military forces inside the region.”

Abdulsalam said the Yemenis have made their own decisions in the conflict and do not take orders from Tehran, though they maintain a close relationship.

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