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Houthis enforce embargo on ships heading to or leaving Israel (peoplesdispatch.org)

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[–] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 2 years ago (43 children)

In full seriousness, beyond posturing and making an ideological statement, how will the Houthi Movement enforce this blockade in any way? They have no navy, no modern anti-ship missiles, no naval Air Force, or any meaningful way to affect shipping in the Red Sea without getting wiped off the face of the Earth by UN anti-piracy naval and air forces in stationed in Djibouti.

[–] neeshie@lemmygrad.ml 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They launched an anti ship missile a few hours ago so clearly they've got something

[–] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It missed the US ship they were aiming at by 10 km…

[–] neeshie@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I was talking about the norwegian tanker they hit yesterday

[–] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

My mistake, there have been a few missile attacks.

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