The US on Friday released newly declassified intelligence that suggests Iran has been “deeply involved in planning the operations against commercial vessels in the Red Sea,” National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson told CNN.

The Iran-backed Houthi rebels have launched more than 100 attacks against about a dozen commercial and merchant ships transiting the Red Sea over the past four weeks, CNN previously reported. The newly declassified intelligence suggests that “Iranian support throughout the Gaza crisis has enabled the Houthis to launch attacks against Israel and maritime targets, though Iran has often deferred operational decision-making authority to the Houthis,” Watson said.

On Tuesday, a senior US military official said the Iranians are operating in the Red Sea when asked whether Iran is helping the Houthis select targets. But that official said the Houthi attacks have been broadly indiscriminate.

  • magnetosphere
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    1611 months ago

    Screwing with international commerce is a great way to get a lot of attention. Unfortunately, it’s also a great way to piss people off. This will lead to more violence than we want - except for the most bloodthirsty and deranged, that is.

      • magnetosphere
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        211 months ago

        As a yankee, my official response is a cynical LMAO. My government is insane.

      • @rodolfo@lemmy.world
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        -411 months ago

        the perfect reply. thank you.

        for them there’s lots of dangerous and deranged terrorists (in many cases known elsewhere as kids) or dictators (in many cases known elsewhere as regularly elected politician), but they ain’t able to see the most dangerous of all: the USers themselves.

        • @wandermind@sopuli.xyz
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          111 months ago

          Ah yes, good guy regularly elected politicians ordering random strikes on civilian shipping, bad guy US complaining about this totally reasonable and peace-loving behavior.