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Shop NowHouthi terrorists didn’t actually blow up an oil tanker, simply filmed some synchronized explosions into a Hollywood-style production. The Ayatollah must have hired the goat humpers a public relations firm. They didn’t come close to sinking the Sounion but figuring out how to contain the potentially major spill we’re threatened with gives environmentalists nightmares.
No oil spill yet
The good news is that the Greek-flagged Sounion isn’t spewing oil into the Red Sea, yet. It’s also nice to report that the crew is safe and sound. They were evacuated the same day as the attack, August 22. Everyone knows who did it.
Yemen’s Houthis released a video which appears to show the pirates boarding the tanker to detonate some explosives. They attacked the same ship earlier in the month.
There’s fear in the international community “of a major oil spill.” Not only would there be an “environmental catastrophe,” it’s also a threat to navigation. The ship’s loaded with about “one million barrels of crude.” It was headed to Israel, which is what made it a target.
Yemen's Houthis released a video of the storming and burning of the Greek ship SOUNION. pic.twitter.com/p5NZsvLCHG
— Globe Eye News (@GlobeEyeNews) August 29, 2024
Houthi spokesperson Yahya Saree notes, according to Al Jazeera, “Sounion belonged to a company that had ‘violated‘ the blockade announced by the Yemeni group against Israel-bound ships in the Red Sea.”
The Houthi, by default since they’re the only ones with weapons, “present themselves as Yemen’s armed forces.” The radical Palestinian Arabs are using the war between Israel and their friends Hamas as an excuse to blow things up.
To them, anything is an excuse to blow things up. They don’t have much to watch on TV or any other recreational opportunities, so they shoot people and things for fun. Lighting up an oil tanker was the perfect way to spend an otherwise boring Thursday.
Assaults on shipping lanes
To the Houthis, “assaults on shipping lanes in the region” are their favorite hobby. They “started attacking ships linked to the United States and United Kingdom” after the two countries started targeting them in January.
The slick, high-dollar video production “appears to show drone footage of the exterior of the ship and a walkthrough of its cockpit before featuring a fighter holding an automatic weapon on board.” It concludes with “a series of explosions.” The experts were quick to point out “the footage did not show damage to the core of the ship where the oil is stored.”
The next step is tow the crippled vessel somewhere without causing any more leaks. Military forces with the European Union confirmed “multiple fires have been detected in several locations on the main deck” of the oil tanker.
The Yemeni armed forces first conducted an airborne operation onto the oil tanker SOUNION and then set it on fire…. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/ygH6X2jVfS
— Warfare Analysis (@warfareanalysis) August 29, 2024
They also note “the ship remains anchored.” Someone’s going to have to move it and that could get dicey.
“The Red Sea is not only one of the major sea routes for global transport but also a unique marine ecosystem, now under threat from potential pollution.” The EU is freaked out over that, more than the attack on the ship.
While the ship is already leaking oil, there’s a real chance the Houthis could be stupid enough to bomb it again. “We are aware of a third party that attempted to send two tugs to the vessel to help salvage, but they were warned away by the Houthis,” Pentagon spokesperson Patrick Ryder informs.
