Pirates -- now cutting off the British tea supply

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Khomeni was one Evil Wizard looking dude
 
UN: Houthi rebels in Yemen recruited teenage girls

Nice bunch of folks, these Houthis...

"It said the Iran-aligned Houthi rebels recruited boys as young as seven years old from schools, poor urban areas, and detention centres through monetary incentives, abduction, recruitment by peers and indoctrination.

“The group also received credible reports regarding Houthi recruitment of 34 girls [ages 13-17] between June 2015 and June 2020 for use as spies, recruiters of other children, guards, medics, and members of the Zainabiyat,” the report said, referring to the female force created by the rebels – an unusual phenomenon in a conservative society such as Yemen.

“Twelve of these girls allegedly survived sexual violence and/or a forced and early marriage directly linked to their recruitment,” it said."
 
Issue some Letters of Marque and Reprisal. These pirates must have something of value.
 
Chop said:
U.S. says it seized Iran missile parts bound for the Houthis after SEALs went overboard

"A team of Navy SEALs that lost two sailors overboard while searching a small boat off the coast of Somalia went on to find Iranian missile parts bound for Tehran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, the U.S. military said Tuesday.

American ships and aircraft are continuing a huge search and rescue mission in the Gulf of Aden, between Yemen and Somalia, after the two SEALs disappeared into rough, nighttime seas during the boarding operation last Thursday.

Despite losing their two crew members, the team went on to find "Iranian-made ballistic missile and cruise missiles components" including propulsion, guidance, and warheads for medium-range ballistic missiles and anti-ship cruise missiles, U.S. Central Command, which oversees the military in the Middle East and parts of Asia, said in a statement posted on X.

CENTCOM said that the arms discovered by the SEALs were the same type of weapons that the Houthis have used to attack international merchant shipping in the Red Sea — jeopardizing a vital maritime artery in what the militant group says is a protest against Israel's war in the Gaza Strip."
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And here is the colorful watercraft shipping Iranian missile parts to the Houthis.

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This undated photograph released by the U.S. military's Central Command shows what it is described as the vessel that carried Iranian-made missile components bound for Yemen's Houthi in the Arabian Sea. U.S. Navy SEALs seized Iranian-made missile parts and other weaponry from a ship bound for Yemen's Houthi rebels in a raid that saw two of its commandos go missing, the U.S. military said Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024.
 
'I've been drinking it ever since I was a baby': Brits left 'genuinely distraught' by prospect of tea shortages caused by disruption in the Red Sea - as supermarkets reassure shoppers that empty shelves in stores are 'minimal' | Daily Mail Online

Now the pirates are cutting off the British tea supply.

"Terrified British shoppers have said the prospect of a national tea shortage is making them 'genuinely distraught' with some revealing their 12 cuppa a-day tendencies stem from being fed the hot beverage as babies.

Yesterday consumers were warned that supermarket shelves could soon be empty due to 'supply issues' linked to disruption of shipments through the Red Sea, which are partly linked to the attacks on cargo boats by Houthi rebels in Yemen. "

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guy4321 said:
I wanna see this so hate to say, but I'm rooting for the pirates temporarily.
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Don’t feel bad. I’ve rooted for the Pirates of the Allegheny over the orange birds of the Chesapeake before.


But that was in the 1970s. Different oil crisis.
 
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