Sinking ship hit by Houthi missile leaves 18-mile oil slick in Red Sea, US officials say | CNN Politics
www.cnn.com
A cargo ship that was struck by a Houthi ballistic missile on Monday has created an 18-mile long oil slick in the Red Sea as it continues to take on water, two US officials said Friday.

A cargo ship that was struck by a Houthi ballistic missile on Monday has created an 18-mile long oil slick in the Red Sea as it continues to take on water, two US officials said Friday.

The M/V Rubymar — a Belize-flagged, UK-registered, Lebanese-owned vessel — was carrying 41,000 tons of fertilizer when it was struck on Monday by one of two ballistic missiles fired from Houthi territory in Yemen.

US Central Command said the ship is currently anchored as it takes on water. “The Houthis continue to demonstrate disregard for the regional impact of their indiscriminate attacks, threatening the fishing industry, coastal communities, and imports of food supplies,” US Central Command said.

  • TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    11·
    8 months ago

    Idk, Gandhi and MLK Jr most definitely led peaceful movements that made change happen, and that’s just the two most obvious examples. You could say that civil disobedience can lead to violence, especially from the side of the oppressors, but one of the main tenets of civil disobedience is nonviolence.

    I would say that once the protestors or oppressed resort to violence, themselves, it is no longer just civil disobedience.

    I agree with you that the Houthi attack isn’t an example of this.

    • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      8 months ago

      I didn’t say it can’t be peaceful, I just said it doesn’t have to be. That isn’t why it’s called that. Also, MLK’s protests were constantly called riots by the racist media at the time. No one should let the people in power define how they can decent, because they would decide you aren’t allowed to at all.