Ansarallah, the Shiite jihadist terror organization commonly known as the Houthis, published a video on Thursday that it claimed showed its members boarding the Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion and planting bombs while chanting, “Allahu akbar.”
The Houthis, who control the Yemeni capital of Sana’a and launched a terrorist campaign to disrupt commercial shipping in the Red Sea late in 2023, attacked the Sounion on August 21, reportedly using projectiles and a private attack at sea. The attack necessitated the evacuation of the ship’s crew, leaving the oil tanker and its cargo of 150,000 tons of crude oil abandoned, a floating ecological disaster waiting to happen in the Red Sea. Reports differ over whether the Sounion is leaking oil — European officials say it is not, while the Pentagon suggested it is — and rescuers have not approached the ship to mitigate the damage out of fear that the Houthis will, in turn, attack them.
Houthi leaders suggested, though did not confirm, that they would allow rescue efforts to prevent an environmental catastrophe, but such efforts do not appear to have begun at press time.
Houthi leaders appeared to publish the video on Thursday to show that they had boarded the ship after the rescue of its crew and planted explosives, demonstrating the level of control they have over the waters of the Red Sea. International efforts to stop Houthi terrorists from attacking commercial ships — most notably President Joe Biden’s effort, known as “Operation Prosperity Guardian” — have categorically failed to stop the terror campaign. […]
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