The Iran-backed group says it targeted the Marlin Luanda in response to "American-British aggression".
  • Rapidcreek@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    5 months ago

    From US Central Command:

    Yesterday, the Iranian-backed Houthis struck the Marshall Islands-flagged, Bermuda-owned M/V Marlin Luanda with an Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile (ASBM) in the Gulf of Aden. Marlin Luanda is transporting for commercial use a cargo of Naphtha, a highly flammable liquid hydrogen mixture. Following the missile strike, a major fire ensued in one of the cargo holds. USS Carney (DDG 64), the French Navy Frigate FS Alsace (D656) and Indian Navy Frigate INS Visakhapatnam (DD66) all responded quickly, providing critical firefighting material and assistance to the civilian crew, who had depleted their organic firefighting capability. The multinational crew, the lives of which the Houthis endangered, was made up of 22 Indian and 1 Bangladeshi crew members.

    Thanks to this rapid response by the U.S., Indian and French navies, the fire is now extinguished. There were no casualties in the attack, the ship remains seaworthy, and has returned to its previous course.

    Many thanks to our Combined Maritime Forces partners for their great teamwork at sea, averting a disaster that threatened lives and the seaworthiness of the ship and risked major environmental damage.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
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    5 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    The US and UK have launched air strikes on Houthi targets in response to attacks on ships in the Red Sea region.

    The tanker flies under the flag of the Marshall Islands and is operated on behalf of Trafigura - a multinational trading company.

    In a statement, a Houthi spokesperson claimed the Marlin Luanda was a British ship and was targeted in response to “American-British aggression against our country”.

    The UK government said attacks on commercial shipping are “completely unacceptable” and that Britain and its allies “reserve the right to respond appropriately”.

    Later, the US Central Command said its forces had conducted a strike at 03:45 local time (00:45 GMT) on Saturday “against a Houthi anti-ship missile aimed into the Red Sea and which was prepared to launch”.

    Since November, the Houthis have launched dozens of attacks on commercial vessels travelling through the Red Sea, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.

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