Houthis knock out underwater cables linking Europe to Asia - report
(www.jpost.com)
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Four underwater communications cables between Saudi Arabia and Djibouti have been struck out of commission in recent months, presumably as a result of attacks by Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, according to an exclusive report in the Israeli news site Globes.
The successful targeting of the four cables, which are believed to belong to the AAE-1, Seacom, EIG, and TGN systems, marks a serious disruption of communications between Europe and Asia.
Most of the immediate harm will be absorbed by the Gulf states and India, Globes said.
The Europe India Gateway (EIG) cable system connects southern Europe to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, the UAE, and India.
Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi movement, which is not the internationally recognized government of the Arab country but which controls its most populous segments, has been attacking international trade for months, proclaiming solidarity with Palestinians as Israel wages war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The United States, United Kingdom, and allies have begun in recent months to take offensive actions against the Houthis in response to attacks, but the missile, helicopter, and underwater drone assaults on merchant ships have continued.
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So much for the we are supporting Gaza myth.
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Good, now move to Yemen.
You don’t fuck with the internet. It’s where we get our porn and pirated movies.
and cat pics
Some sand is about to get turned into glass.
The sixth century didn’t have that so you don’t need it. It’s probably harom or something
If true they cut off Internet to themselves, some powerful Arab neighbors, and Mumbai. Seems like a spectacularly stupid move. The bar is low for these idiots and yet they keep finding ways under it.
Some asshole called me a genocide lover cause I posted this!
I called you a genocide lover for this comment
And this comment
And some comments insulting Aaron Bushnell’s sacrifice that have since been removed by a mod.
Also, you didn’t post that link, you just commented on it with that bullshit above, but it doesn’t seem like accuracy is too important to you.
I’m also happy to be called an asshole by you. I’ve seen what you like.
I still haven’t seen independent confirmation of the cable cutting from a non Israeli source, nor have I seen indications of a cut line on any of the looking glass servers I’ve checked. This bit is important, because we should be able to independently see the results of a cut sea cable.
Like, if jpost said the moon exploded, you should be able to go outside and see it the moon exploded yourself.
EDIT:
Or how about this comment:
in response to:
About Aaron Bushnell.
I called you a genocide lover because you are actively cheerleading genocide, and doing so in threads about a person that self-immolated in protest of the active, intentional genocide Israel is committing.
Did you look?
Seacom, however, has seemingly confirmed in the African press that it is having cable issues, but didn’t go so far as to point the blame at any group.
Seacom Confirms Cable Outage in Red Sea
This source links to some other sources, some Israeli and some not.
I think the overall takeaway is that at least some cables took some kind of damage. Blaming Yemeni rebels might be nonsense, though - other actors in the area might have done it.
I did, in fact, look. Only your second link, however, is independent confirmation, and I did not see that announcement at the time of my post.
The other two links are to articles reporting what jpost, and globe reported, which is not independent confirmation.
Brain so burguer that fat sips out of the ears
Because India was totally supporting Palestine up till now lmao
War on Gaza: Indian-made Israeli ‘killer’ drones set to make their way to Gaza
Truly the will of Allah and a good representive action of his followers.
Man, that Allah guy sure is one hell of a fucking asshole.
His messenger did rape a nine year old multiple times and did sexually explicit stuff with her when she was even under that age.
Allah THESE NUTS.
Considering he's also Yahweh, yes he is.
Yeah, I guess God can be a prick. Knocking up Mary was also a scumbag thing to do.
That’s a quick way to get on the entire world’s shit list.
You assume they weren’t already on that list?
Another very based action killing zero people while causing massive inconveniences.