Statement from National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on the Terrorist Designation of the Houthis | The White House
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Over the past months, Yemen-based Houthi militants have engaged in unprecedented attacks against United States military forces and international maritime vessels operating in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. These attacks fit the textbook definition of terrorism.  They have endangered U.S. personnel, civilian mariners, and our partners, jeopardized global trade, and threatened freedom of…
  • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    10 months ago

    This sounds like preparations for a blockade of Yemen’s ports. Am I reading this right?

  • VikingHippie@lemmy.wtfEnglish
    18·
    10 months ago

    So much fucking stereotyping!

    Houthis are a mostly political movement and the de facto government of the most populous parts of Yemen.

    Saying “our action targets the Houthis and not the people of Yemen” is straight nonsense deliberately designed to paint the chosen government of most of the Yemeni people as identical to small groups of terrorists within the large movement.

    It’s straight out of the Dubya/Cheney/Rumsfeld playbook of manufacturing consent for war crimes.

    • jordanlund@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      While true the US has no business calling anyone else a terrorist, they are NOT facing charges at the Hague. Removed for misinformation.