from thefreeonline on 6 Mar, 2024 info from HomeWorld and SouthFront
Yemen-based ‘Houthi heroes’ could have cut underwater cables in the Red Sea, as ongoing blockade sabotages economy of Genocidal aggressorsç
The Houthis claimed responsibility for the attack on Wednesday, which set US/Greek ‘True Confidence ablaze off the coast of Yemen.`” The ship is now abandoned. Western media lamented the reported deaths of the first 2 innocent sailors, while celebrating deaths of 100’s of Yemenis in their own Bombing raids.
Popular internet platforms owned by Meta – including Facebook, Instagram, and Threads – experienced global disruptions lasting for over two hours on Tuesday. Google services were affected to a lesser extent, with reports claiming that the outrages may have been caused by Houthi militants severing Red Sea cables.
What the internet looks like: Underwater cables in the Middle East …
But the Houthis denied cutting the internet cables and lack technology to do so and select from the mass of cables under the western fleets., blaming the damage on the multiple armadas of US, British and EU fleets and submarines now cramming the key narrow waterway and bombing them in a failed attempt to protect their Israeli “clients”.“We have no intention of targeting sea cables providing internet to countries in the region..” said the Ansarallah spokesman.
6th March 24..An Indian naval warship has assisted a Liberia-flagged Swiss owned container ship #MSCSkyII to turn tail and flee after it caught fire after being hit by a projectile near Yemen’s port city of Aden on Monday
Several Asia-based telecom operators warned as early as last week that four underwater internet cables had been severed in the Red Sea.
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The west has backed or refused to sanction their Israeli ‘moneypot’ despite their ongoing atrocities in murdering nearly 15,000 kiddies so far to steal their land, etc… Only the ‘Houthi heroes’ in Yemen the poorest country in the middle East have hit back at Israeli, British and US ships, despite being endlessly bombed for doing so.
In recent months, the area has seen repeated attacks on civilian cargo ships by Yemeni ‘Houthi’ militants of the ruling Ansarallah revolution, as retaliation for Israel’s genocidal atrocities against civilians in Gaza. The Houthis, however, have denied cutting the many crucial internet cables passing their coast.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday, Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said the company was “aware people are having trouble accessing our services.” In a subsequent message, he put the disruptions down to a “technical issue,” without providing further details.
BRIT SHIP SUNK TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA
Around the same time, TeamYouTube, part of the broader Google group, said it had received “reports of loading issues” with the platform and was working to address the problem.
On Monday, HGC Communications, a Hong Kong-based telecom operator, reported that four submarine internet cables had been “cut,” namely SEACOM, TGN, Africa Asia Europe-One, and the Europe India Gateway.
According to the company’s estimates, the incident affected 25% of its internet traffic. HGC Communications assured customers that it had a contingency plan in place, with traffic being rerouted through mainland China and the US.
The telecom operator released its first public statement on the incident last Thursday, describing it as an “exceptionally rare occurrence” that had caused a “significant impact on communication networks in the Middle East.”
Tata Communications, part of the Indian conglomerate behind the Seacom-TGN-Gulf line, also confirmed to AP that the line had been severed, with “immediate and appropriate remedial actions” underway.
The pro-Palestinians have disrupted global supply chains by attacking commercial vessels in the crucial waterway.
Yemen’s Houthi-controlled Telecom Ministry issued a statement denying reports “by the Zionist-linked media outlets” that the armed group was responsible for damage to the cables. The Houthis are “keen to keep all submarine telecom cables… away from any possible risks,” the statement added.
The new attack on the Carney involved bomb-carrying drones and one antitank ballistic missile, the US military’s Central Command said.The US later launched an air raid destroying three antiship missiles and three bomb-carrying drone boats, Central Command claimed.
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