This article was originally published by Ethan Huff at Natural News.
Houthi rebels in Yemen are claiming credit for a recently “successful” missile attack on the USS Abraham Lincoln.
The attack occurred in the Arabian Sea, according to Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree. And a second attack targeting two American naval destroyers in the Red Sea happened around the same time, he also confirmed.
The strikes involved “a number of cruise missiles and drones,” Saree says. And they occurred “while the American enemy was preparing to carry out hostile operations” targeting Yemen, which is controlled, at least in the capital of Sanaa and in the northwest of the country, by the Houthi Shia group.
Since Oct. 7, 2023, Houthi rebels have been targeting both Israeli and Western shipping in the critical Red Sea for the purpose of pressuring Israel into stopping its attacks on the Gaza Strip.
According to Saree, the Houthi group “achieved its goals successfully” with a planned air attack by the U.S. ultimately being “thwarted.” The two attacks together lasted about eight hours.
(Related: Yemen’s Houthis are planning to stop their fighting against the U.S. NAVY now that Trump won the U.S. election.)
Pentagon denies Houthi attack on Abraham Lincoln
Ever since Israel decided to launch a second war on Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis have escalated their demands for stopping the Red Sea attacks to include an Israeli ceasefire with Lebanon.
The Houthis also recognize that Israel is not alone in its aggression, and quite frankly could not even act alone were it not for continued support from both the United States and the United Kingdom, which are “turning the Red Sea region into a zone of military tension” with their pro-Israel aggression.
The Houthis further blame the U.S. and the UK for causing “repercussions on maritime navigation” with their actions on behalf
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