The Telegraph described the Greek tanker as an “environmental nuclear bomb waiting to go off” in the Red Sea.
Biden’s Red Sea coalition has been a complete failure, which sends a humiliating message of sheer weakness to the Houthis and Iran.
“Greek-flagged tanker in Red Sea still ablaze three days after Houthi attack,” Times of Israel, August 25, 2024:
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A Greek-flagged tanker repeatedly attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels in the Red Sea remains ablaze after it caught fire on August 23 but hasn’t sprung a major oil leak in the waterway, a European Union naval command said Monday.
The attack on the Sounion marks the most serious assault in weeks by the Iran-backed terrorists, who continue to target shipping through the Red Sea corridor in what they say is a show of solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war.
Images published by the EU’s Operation Aspides, whose mission is to protect shipping in the area, showed smoke rising from multiple points along the Sounion’s deck and bridge Sunday.
Fires could be seen burning in at least nine locations on the deck of the vessel, which had been loaded with 150,000 tons of Iraqi crude oil — roughly 1 million barrels. Some flames appeared near hatches of the tanker’s oil tanks…..
Mike says
This could be another Exxon-Valdez-type disaster in the making.
Steven says
Should have taken off the crew and set it on course to Yemen.
Seeing all that smoke, I can’t help but feel for John Kerry et al.
OLD GUY says
Not to worry American tax dollars to the rescue. We will spend billions for clean up but won’t spend what it takes to get rid of the problem.