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.
The Houthis are trying to stop moving polluting ships through those waters. Are you blaming the ship or the ones trying to stop the ship?
This isn’t about pollution or the environment, everyone knows that.
Trying to shoehorn environmentalism as a justification to keep bombing Yemen is a hilarious mental leap into the abyss.
Start by asking “the coalition” to clear up the depleted uranium they leave lying around the place in the middle east.
Your belief is that the Houthis are doing this to stop pollution? I thought it was supposed to be on behalf of Palestinians.
I don’t believe that at all.
I stated that as an absurdist position in comparison to the absurdist position of complaining about an oil slick in a war.