Reuters doesn’t do propaganda. Very straightforward facts from that lot.
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Reuters doesn’t do propaganda. Very straightforward facts from that lot.
Two Bulkers in Danger of Sinking After Houthi Attacks
The Houthi issued an unverified claim on Saturday, June 15, that one of the two bulkers attacked last week has now sunk in the Gulf of Aden and a second is in danger of sinking in the Red Sea. Western officials have acknowledged that both vessels were abandoned and taking on water but did not confirm at this time that either has sunk.
The Houthi are saying that both vessels were targeted with multiple attacks which happened in the past 72 hours. They are asserting that the shipping companies had “violated the ban on access to the ports” of Israel.
The vessel which they are claiming to have sunk, Verbena (11,400 dwt) is reported to be owned by Ukrainian interests and managed from Poland. The general cargo ship was built in 2008 and is currently registered in Palau. According to the reports, the ship was carrying a cargo of wood construction material from Malaysia to Italy.
Two anti-ship cruise missiles hit the vessel while it was in the Gulf of Aden and it was struck for a second time in 24 hours, by one anti-ship ballistic missile. An unconfirmed video circulating online shows a large hole above the waterline. Reports said that there were fires aboard and one crewmember was seriously injured. EUNAVFOR Aspides reports the crewmember was airlifted to the Dutch support vessel HLMNS Karel Doorman for life saving surgery. Aspides reported the sailor was from Nepal although other reports have identified the nationality as Polish.
After initially saying the fires had been extinguished, UK Maritime Trade Operations in its update on Saturday reported the master of the ship said the fires were still burning and that the ship was sinking. The crew was evacuated from the vessel with the last confirmed reports that it was drifting 30 nautical miles northeast of Djibouti. Other ships were being warned that it was unlit and a danger to navigation. he Anna-Meta (56,280 dwt bulker registered in Cayman Islands) responded to the distress call and rescued the crew as it was abandoning ship. CENTCOM is reporting that the Iranian frigate IRIN Jamaran was eight nautical miles from the Verbena and did not respond to the distress call.
If the vessel has sunk, it would be the second lost during the conflict. In March, the bulker Rubymar sank several days after it was attacked. It had also been abandoned and was drifting in the Red Sea.
Additionally, they are reporting the Tutor, a Greek-owned bulker registered in Liberia, is in danger of sinking. France released a photo of the vessel showing it down at the stern.
The vessel was attacked on June 12 with a drone boat as well as missiles. Reports are that salvage tugs are proceeding to the vessel and are expected to arrive on Monday. The USS Philippine Sea and a French air defense frigate used helicopters to evacuate the 21 crewmembers, mostly Filipino from the vessel on Friday. One Filipino remains missing presumed deceased in the flooded engine room of the vessel.
CENTCOM acknowledged “severe flooding and damage to the engine room,” caused by the drone boat. They are reporting the Tutor remains in the Red Sea and is slowly taking on water.
The Philippine government on Friday expressed its outrage at the attacks including from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. who released a video assuring the country that they were doing everything possible to protect the country’s seafarers. The reports said the crew of the Tutor was being evacuated to Djibouti. The Philippines said it would review the work rules for seafarers. The IMO also issued a strong statement calling for further actions to immediately stop the attacks.
In response to the latest escalation, U.S. Central Command reports in the past 24 hours forces destroyed seven radars in Yemen. According to the statement, the radars allowed the Houthis to target maritime vessels and endanger commercial shipping. CENTCOM also reported that two more uncrewed surface vessels were destroyed in the Red Sea and that forces successfully destroyed one uncrewed aerial system launched from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen over the Red Sea.
Two Bulkers in Danger of Sinking After Houthi Attacks
That is absolutely not true. For months, they regurgitated ruzzian MOD lies without any fact checking at all, currently they continue to post the fake casualty numbers in gaza put out by HAMAS terrorists. They lost all journalistic integrity sometime ago. Several so-called journalists under their employ are shills for the ruzzians.Quote:
Originally Posted by misskit
OhDoh is too stupid to realize they are actually working for his side.
Reuters v Snubbie, - I wonder who we should believe? Decisions, decisions, decisions
And here comes a rarityQuote:
Originally Posted by bsnub
I agree with BSnub :)
Misskit's post and opinion is quite ridicoulous and I would like to see her back up that "Reuters doesn't do propaganda"
Is this organisation a respected source?Quote:
Originally Posted by OhOh
Reuters think so.Quote:
Originally Posted by OhOh
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Is this company a respected source:
The Maritime Executive, LLCQuote:
Originally Posted by misskit
PO Box 643610
Vero Beach, FL 32964, USA
Tel: +1 (954) 848 9955
Toll-Free: +1 (866) 884 9034
Email: [email protected]
Is this company a respected source?
MK thinks so.
:chitown:
They may be a respected source, but the headline is clickbait that seems to have forgotten a few major wars since WW2.
A bit different than what's in the article.Quote:
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Apparently not.
History of the Korean Navies.
By Lieutenant Commander Joseph F. Bouchard, U. S. Navy
March 1988 Proceedings Vol. 114/3/1,021
"The North Korean Navy did not play a major role in the Korean War, except with mining.
The only North Korean surface action against the U. S. Navy occurred one week after the war began and resulted in the loss of three Korean torpedo boats. The North Koreans laid Soviet-supplied contact and magnetic influence mines which remained a serious threat throughout the war."
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If one is to believe recent "reports" that a USA carrier has been "damaged" just recently. Possible much more significant.
Photos Purport To Show Damage To U.S. Aircraft Carrier After Missile Strike
Peter Suciu Contributor
Jun 7, 2024,02:16pm EDT
"For more than a week, photos have circulated on social media that purport to show the United States Navy's nuclear-powered Nimitz-class supercarrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) in port for repairs to damage taken in the Red Sea after being struck by missiles fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen. At least one video also alleged to show the carrier on fire after taking a direct hit.
Although some of the posts were meant as humor, it can be at times difficult to tell on social media."
Photos Purport To Show Damage To U.S. Aircraft Carrier After Houthi Missile Strike
Snubs/MKs posts on TD ?
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Hang on here. Let’s see some links for this. This is what I found. Just a moment...Quote:
Originally Posted by bsnub
Time to call in the B-52s.
This little problem can be sorted with a teensy, tiny, little bit of carpet bombing.
Send them a bill..
US aircraft carrier counters false Houthi claims with 'Taco Tuesdays' as deployment stretches on
ABOARD THE USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER IN THE RED SEA (AP) — The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower may be one of the oldest aircraft carriers in the U.S. Navy, but it's still fighting — despite repeated false claims by Yemen's Houthi rebels.
The Houthis and online accounts supporting them repeatedly have alleged they hit or even sank the carrier in the Red Sea as it leads the U.S. response to the rebels' ongoing attacks targeting both commercial vessels and warships in the crucial waterway.
That's put its leader, Capt. Christopher “Chowdah” Hill, and his social media profile directly in what has become an increasingly bizarre internet front line as the campaign goes on. And while he shrugs off his posts, they represent the new level of information warfare the Navy is having to fight as it faces its most intense combat since World War II and tries to keep the morale of the nearly 5,000 personnel aboard the Eisenhower high and munitions ready as their deployment stretches on.
“I think it’s been about two or three times in the past six months we’ve allegedly been sunk, which we have not been," Hill told The Associated Press during a recent visit to the carrier. "It is almost comical at this point. They’re attempting to maybe inspire themselves through misinformation, but it doesn’t work on us.”
The visit by two AP journalists and others to the Eisenhower represents part of the effort the Navy has made to try to counter the Houthi claims. While on board for about a day and a half, journalists escorted by sailors crisscrossed the nuclear-powered ship's 1,092-foot (332-meter) length. AP journalists also repeatedly circled the Eisenhower from the air in a Seahawk helicopter.
Other than rust on its side from the hot, humid Red Sea air and water apparently leaking from a pipe in a dining room, the ship appeared no worse for wear. Its flight deck bore no blast damage or gaping holes, just the stink of jet fuel, pooled puddles of oily water and the scream of engines before its F/A-18 fighter jets took flight.
The other half of the information warfare effort has been Hill himself, a native of Quincy, Massachusetts, something noticeable immediately in his South Boston accent. While even the secretive leader of the Houthis, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, has name-dropped the carrier in speeches while making false claims about the vessel, Hill has offered ceaselessly positive messages online about his sailors on board.
Videos of flight operations from the bridge and images of sailors eating cookies in the captain's chair are constant staple. After one false Houthi claim, Hill responded by posting images of cinnamon rolls and muffins in the bakery on board the Eisenhower — a subtle jab at the claims.
“The whole intent of the social media outreach was to connect with families, to bring them closer to the ship,” Hill said. "So if I can post pictures of sons and daughters, husbands and wives out here, or even fathers and mothers, get it out there, it just kind of brings the family closer to us. And again, that’s our support network. But it also took on another role because everyone else was watching to see what we’re doing.”
Then there's the “Star Wars” memes and images of Captain Demo, the Labrador-golden retriever mix who roams the ship as a support animal for sailors. And as far as the Houthi forces watching his postings, Hill takes special pleasure in writing about “Taco Tuesday” on the ship.
“We’re going to celebrate ‘Taco Tuesdays’ because it’s my absolute favorite day of the week. That will never end," the captain said. "If you call that an information warfare campaign, you can. It’s just who I am, you know, at the end of the day.”
But morale remains a deep concern for Hill and other leaders on board the ship. The Eisenhower and its allied ships have gotten just one short port call during the eight-month rotation so far to Greece. The carrier also has been the most-deployed carrier among the U.S.'s entire fleet over the last five years, according to an analysis by the U.S. Naval Institute's news service.
One sailor, Lt. Joseph Hirl from Raleigh, North Carolina, wore a patch reading: “Go Navy, Beat Houthis.” While that's a play on the classic call for the annual Army-Navy football game, the naval flight officer stressed that he knew the combat was deadly serious.
“It’s pretty much the day-in, day-out stress of knowing that we are being shot at definitely gives a realism to the whole experience that this is not a normal deployment," Hirl said.
Meanwhile, munitions also remain a concern. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro told the U.S. Senate's Armed Services Committee in May the Navy had spent at least $1 billion in armaments to fight in the Red Sea. Every leader on board the Eisenhower that the AP spoke to acknowledged the Navy was trying to use the right weapon against the Houthis, whose asymmetrical warfare sees them use far cheaper munitions.
“My sailors, my ships are priceless — that’s not a calculus I want a captain to have," said Capt. David Wroe, the commodore overseeing the guided missile destroyers escorting the Eisenhower. "Now, using the appropriate effect weapon system on the appropriate threat to preserve magazine depth, to have more missiles, is certainly a germane tactical question.”
For now, the Eisenhower continues its patrol along with the USS Philippine Sea, a cruiser, and two destroyers, the USS Gravely and the USS Mason. It's been extended twice already and there's always the chance it could happen again. But Hill said his sailors remained ready to fight and he remained ready to continue to captain in his style.
“I came to a revelation at some point in my career that, one of the things that all humans require is to be loved and valued," Hill said. "So I shouldn’t be afraid, as a leader, to try to love and value everybody, and also to expect other leaders that I’m responsible for to love and value their sailors.”
US aircraft carrier counters false Houthi claims with 'Taco Tuesdays' as deployment stretches on
Well....guess this would be dependent on one's innocent perspectives and world views.Quote:
Originally Posted by misskit
Reuters is about as establishment as one can find - akin to numerous news and information sources.
All they do is bias and propaganda.
That being said, you can't find any sort of info/news/opinion source that isn't biased and propagandic.....by their very nature.
Regardless of their politics and agendas - mainstream, establishment, alternative, independent, proposed and invented identities, etc. shed their own sorted propaganda.
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:doglol:Quote:
Originally Posted by HuangLao
Best you can do, if you can find it, is reading news/background/business stuff meant for the business world/export-import/ investers etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by HuangLao
They have no time for propaganda and such. They want reality.
Might cost you to subsribe though. :)
@ Misskit: Reuters once had a bit of that going, so you aren't altogether wrong.
Mainstream are all more or less the same and their "scopps" picked up in the same hotel bars.
Reckon that you have to shop around and believe nothing
Waste of time. Unless you have personally been envolved, anything you see on mainstream or social media should be questioned.Quote:
Originally Posted by helge
Yemeni Houthis Vow USS Theodore Roosevelt 'Primary Target' Once it Enters Red Sea
15 hours ago
"The USS Theodore Roosevelt is set to take over duties in the region after Yemen's Ansar Allah movement (Houthis) targeted the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Red Sea with missiles and UAVs in response to earlier bombings, leading the supercarrier to exit after an eight-month posting.
Yemen's Houthi militia has released a video promising to sink the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt once it arrives in Red Sea waters.
The aircraft carrier is a "primary target for the Missile Forces of the Yemeni Army from now on, and will be subject to targeting upon its entry into the Red Sea," Ansar Allah leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi stated in the video.
"If they want to take the risk, get themselves into trouble, and put themselves into the same predicament that Eisenhower was, let them come," al-Houthi warned.
The Houthis have vowed to stop all Israeli-owned or bound naval traffic through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden until Israel halts its assault on the Palestinian Gaza Strip.
The armed forces have tried to strike the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier on several occasions, but the US Navy insists that those attacks caused no damage to the supercarrier or its escorts.
A missile and drone barrage targeted the vessel shortly before it departed the region in early June.
"In response to US and UK air strikes on some cities and civilian targets in Yemen, which killed and injured more than 58 people, most of whom were civilians, the USS Eisenhower aircraft carrier was attacked in the Red Sea with a large number of ballistic, cruise missiles and drones," Ansar Allah political office member Hezam al-Asad told Sputnik in May.
The Yemeni blockade of Usrael prompted the United States to send warships to the Res Sea along with a handful of ships from a 'coalition' of NATO member states including the UK. Those forces have attacked targets in Yemen."
Houthis Vow to Sink Aircraft Carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt Once it Enters Red Sea
With their existing "missiles and UAVs" ?
Or possibly obtained from other countries, which did have stockpiles of more advanced weapons, a la NATO, South Korea .....
:chitown:
Good luck with that.
:rofl:
Stupid raghead terrorists: "Look we made the big ship go away!"Quote:
The USS Theodore Roosevelt is set to take over duties in the region after Yemen's Ansar Allah movement (Houthis) targeted the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Red Sea with missiles and UAVs in response to earlier bombings, leading the supercarrier to exit after an eight-month posting
Also stupid raghead terrorists: "Oh, there's another replacing it".
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