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How the Houthis mined commercial intelligence to sabotage global trade
- Qem 3y agoArchived: https://web.archive.org/web/20240206005920/https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-houthis-mined-commercial-intelligence-sabotage-global-trade https://web.archive.org/web/20240206005920/https://www.middl...
- KingOfCoders 3y agoThere is also this Iranian spy vessel mentioned but not in the headline [0] [0] https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/details/9167289 https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/details/9167289
- seo-speedwagon 3y ago> The US has asked China to use its ties with Iran to try and rein in the Houthis, but on Thursday, US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin said Washington had seen “no visible evidence” Beijing was doing so. How do they think this works, that Iran is bigger than Yemen, so Yemen takes orders from it, and China is bigger than Iran so Iran takes orders from it? This asking to talk to the manager shtick is very telling about the US’s own views on its allies
- jfengel 3y agoThe Houthis are funded by Iran, and are using Iranian weapons. Iran might not have the ability to give orders, but they certainly have a lot of influence. China's connections to Iran are less direct, but they do have a loose allyship. That's how diplomacy works. People talk to each other. When they refuse to talk directly, they use intermediaries. It sucks, but it's better than the alternatives. As Churchill supposedly said, jaw-jaw is better than war-war.
- coldtea 3y ago"How a group of people obtained trivial to obtain public and commercially available information, news at 11"
- simonblack 3y agoIt's not 'global' trade. It started off being against Israeli trade only, but now also includes British and US Trade after the British and the US militaries attacked the Houtis. Other vessels are passing freely through the Straits.