A cargo ship that was struck by a Houthi ballistic missile on Monday has created an 18-mile long oil slick in the Red Sea as it continues to take on water, two US officials said Friday.

The M/V Rubymar — a Belize-flagged, UK-registered, Lebanese-owned vessel — was carrying 41,000 tons of fertilizer when it was struck on Monday by one of two ballistic missiles fired from Houthi territory in Yemen.

US Central Command said the ship is currently anchored as it takes on water. “The Houthis continue to demonstrate disregard for the regional impact of their indiscriminate attacks, threatening the fishing industry, coastal communities, and imports of food supplies,” US Central Command said.

  • @hglman
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    811 months ago

    It’s an act of war. The Houthis are not a rogue operation; they are part of a much larger global march to war. Any view other than this is the opening 2 years of a new global conflict is incomplete.

    • Cethin
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      511 months ago

      I was just commenting on why it isn’t civil disobedience, because the other comment was wrong in why. Civil disobedience doesn’t necessarily mean non-violent, but it does mean internal to your country. It’s the same root as civics. It isn’t from the meaning of civil meaning polite, just like a civil war isn’t polite.

    • @bbkpr
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      211 months ago

      We are quite certainly in the beginning-ish of WW3.

      • @feedum_sneedson
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        I call them the Poopy… Poopies. The Poopies.

        • @mriormro
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          411 months ago

          Infantilizing the precarious scenario the world currently finds itself in isn’t going to make it go away.

          • @feedum_sneedson
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            11 months ago

            I don’t really do that. But that’s what people that say “Putler” sound like to me. Or “Drumpf” or any of that bullshit. Or use the term “pissbaby”. I mean, come on.

            • Cethin
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              211 months ago

              Drumpf isn’t quite the same as the others. That was literally his family name until they changed it to sound less foreign. I think it’s somewhat fair to point out the anti-immigrant guy is himself an immigrant.

              • @feedum_sneedson
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                -111 months ago

                Yeah, but it’s America. I guess 99% of people are.