The targeting of another U.S.-owned commercial ship Wednesday shows the militant group remains intent on continuing its attacks in the face of multiple rounds of U.S. military airstrikes.

The Houthis launched anti-ship ballistic missiles at the U.S.-owned, flagged and operated commercial ship Maersk Detroit as it was transiting the Gulf of Aden, according to a statement from the U.S. Central Command. The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Gravely shot down two missiles and a third fell into the water. There were no indications of damage or injuries in the attack.

The U.S. military has been conducting airstrikes against the Houthis to degrade their capabilities since Jan.11, after several weeks of attacks on commercial ships by the militant group.

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    10 months ago

    ^This is what a villain would say

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      Actually a villian will subjugate women and minorites, force them to wear black robes and burkas in the fucking desert sun, and then launch rockets at civilians left and right. That’s your people! You should go fucking live with them.

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        10 months ago

        Why are you arguing that genocide is moral if it is done to an oppressed people?

        The taliban is an evil governing party. Does that mean we can murder all Afghans? The answer is no

        By that same logic, it is immaterial if Hamas is evil; that does not justify the genocide of Palestinians.

        All this does is create more anti-Zionist Palestinians from the survivors and make a permanent peace deal even less likely. Which is wrong, and is grounds for the imprisonment of Netanyahu and the ban of Likud