An oil tanker carrying four times as much crude oil as the *Exxon Valdez*, which infamously spilled oil across 2,100 km (1,300 miles) of Alaskan coastline in 1989, is currently burning 65 km off the coast of Eritrea.
The Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned, Russian-captained, Filipino-crewed, Monaco-managed ship was sailing from Iraq to Cyprus when it came under attack.
The Houthi movement of Yemen has claimed responsibility for the attack on the ship*, MV Sounion,* claiming it belongs to a company that has delivered cargo to Israel.
SandwichOk4242 on
The red sea being one of the most important trade passages, is now being held ransom by an islamic guerilla, and the US unable to stop them.
Interesting times we live in.
Almondrian on
Fafo
littleredpinto on
oil spill? use the headline “Houthi’s cause massive oil spill…again”..It didn’t ‘spill’ accidentally. It was targeted by the country.
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An oil tanker carrying four times as much crude oil as the *Exxon Valdez*, which infamously spilled oil across 2,100 km (1,300 miles) of Alaskan coastline in 1989, is currently burning 65 km off the coast of Eritrea.
The Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned, Russian-captained, Filipino-crewed, Monaco-managed ship was sailing from Iraq to Cyprus when it came under attack.
The Houthi movement of Yemen has claimed responsibility for the attack on the ship*, MV Sounion,* claiming it belongs to a company that has delivered cargo to Israel.
The red sea being one of the most important trade passages, is now being held ransom by an islamic guerilla, and the US unable to stop them.
Interesting times we live in.
Fafo
oil spill? use the headline “Houthi’s cause massive oil spill…again”..It didn’t ‘spill’ accidentally. It was targeted by the country.