Houthi-claimed missile attack on Greek-owned, Barbados-flagged commercial ship kills two sailors off the coast of Yemen.

The Houthis claimed responsibility for the attack on Wednesday, which set the Greek-owned, Barbados-flagged ship True Confidence ablaze approximately 50 nautical miles (93km) off the coast of Yemen’s port of Aden.

“The targeting operation came after the ship’s crew rejected warning messages from the Yemeni naval forces,” the militia’s military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a televised speech.

The True Confidence is owned by the Liberian-registered company True Confidence Shipping and operated by the Greece-based Third January Maritime, both firms said in their joint statement. They said the ship had no link to the US.

However, it had previously been owned by Oaktree Capital Management, a Los Angeles-based fund that finances vessels on instalments.

The Houthis “will not stop until the aggression is stopped and the siege on the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip is lifted”, Saree said.

  • BombOmOm@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2612·
    10 months ago

    The ship they attacked is the True Confidence, a ship registered in Liberia and operated by Greece. The crew members were Indian, Vietnamese, and Filipino. The vessel had been sailing to Saudi Arabia from China.

    Where did you get the idea any of this has to do with Israel or the US? You don’t get to just murder random people and claim it is for some cause. The Houthis have become the monster they claim to fight.

    • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1018·
      10 months ago

      “The targeting operation came after the ship’s crew rejected warning messages from the Yemeni naval forces,” the militia’s military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a televised speech.

      The True Confidence is owned by the Liberian-registered company True Confidence Shipping and operated by the Greece-based Third January Maritime, both firms said in their joint statement. They said the ship had no link to the US.

      However, it had previously been owned by Oaktree Capital Management, a Los Angeles-based fund that finances vessels on instalments.

      If the Houthi’s truly told them to turn around it’s rather weird they decided to just continue after being warned.

      • TheFonz@lemmy.worldEnglish
        94·
        10 months ago

        it’s rather weird they decided to just continue

        Yeah, it’s really weird that operators of cargo frigates have to incur really high operating costs and have to weigh the risk/benefits of rerouting along THE ENTIRE CONTINENT OF AFRICA. Hmmm. It’s like these people depend on paychecks for their living. So weird!

        Also, these people have nothing to do with the ongoing conflict in Israel. They are just sailors trying to earn a living.

        And before you dare say it: I’m not defending Israel. Let me repeat: NOT. DEFENDING. ISRAEL. Israel no good. Israel: BAD. IDF: BAD. Houthi?? Also bad.

      • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        10 months ago

        Israel warned civilians before bombing the shit out of them. Why didn’t they just evacuate? /s

        This is no excuse. The Houthis just killed a bunch of innocent brown people because the brown people refused to heed their warning of violence. If we condemn Israel for that, we must condemn the Houthis for that as well.

        • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          13·
          10 months ago

          You’re right those ships had nowhere else to go but through the designated Red Sea evacuation route. They were literally forced there. It was an ethnic shipping cleansing.

    • hydroxideEnglish
      1120·
      10 months ago

      Where did you get the idea

      from their leader and troops

      sorry bud but if you’re really going to equate the death of two people to a genocide you lost me there.

      • TheFonz@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2010·
        10 months ago

        Are you out of your fucking mind? Should everyone go around killing random sailors because there are genocides happening in the world. What are in flying fuck are you smoking

        • hydroxideEnglish
          922·
          10 months ago

          Those waters aren’t safe. They are free to circumnavigate

          • GBU_28@lemm.eeEnglish
            122·
            10 months ago

            They are not. Many of these sailors have barely any agency in their lives, and certainly can’t just tell a multinational corporation they’re taking the long route

          • TheFonz@lemmy.worldEnglish
            63·
            10 months ago

            You want them to circumnavigate the ENTIRE CONTINENT OF AFRICA because a bunch of rebels are vying for political clout? Where were the Houthis when 100k people were being genocided right next door in Syria? Oh that’s right. That genocide doesnt matter, huh?

            • hydroxideEnglish
              32·
              10 months ago

              You mean while they were under complete siege and 80,000 died? You wanted them to attack their allies and also take on mass starvation/bombing raids from Saudi Arabia 😆

              • TheFonz@lemmy.worldEnglish
                33·
                10 months ago

                you wanted them to attack thei allies

                No, I want to see how consistent they are on the principle of genocide or if it’s only the more popular ones which give them more clout.

                In your world -if you have any logical consistency- ANY country has free reign to attack ANY civilian trade vessels in international waters on behalf of a genocide happening somewhere. Stop and think about that for a second.

                It just happens that the Houthis align with condemning this one particular genocide in Gaza so people like you come on and glaze for a bunch of disgusting people that are violating human rights in their own country left and right all day long but because Gaza is so hot in the news now it’s convenient to defend the Houthis actions. It’s sick and disgusting.