A senior Houthi chief has namechecked newly-elected George Galloway in a message blaming Rishi Sunak for the primary sinking of a rebel-attacked vessel within the Red Sea.
The Belize-registered Rubymar was struck by an anti-ship ballistic missile on 18 February and sunk at round 2.15am on Saturday.
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Houthi rebels, who management components of Yemen, have been attacking vessels within the Red Sea since November in what they are saying is a present of solidarity for the folks of Gaza.
According to US Central Command: “The ship had been slowly taking over water because the unprovoked assault.
“The approximately 21,000 metric tons of ammonium phosphate sulphate fertiliser that the vessel was carrying presents an environmental risk in the Red Sea.
“As the ship sinks it additionally presents a subsurface affect danger to different ships transiting the busy transport lanes of the waterway.”
Senior Houthi chief Mohammed Ali al Houthi wrote on X that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the UK authorities are chargeable for the sinking – and the environmental catastrophe that may doubtless ensue.
“We say to Sunak you and your government bear responsibility Ship M/V Rubymar and the responsibility to support genocide and siege in Gaza.”
Having falsely claimed the vessel was UK-owned, the militant chief additionally mentioned Mr Sunak has a “chance to salvage” it, by “sending a letter of guarantee… signed by George Galloway, that the relief trucks agreed upon at that time would enter Gaza”.
Mr Galloway was elected MP for Rochdale in a by-election on Thursday, and proclaimed in his victory speech “this is for Gaza” and that he “despises” the prime minister.
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Al-Sawalmih, director of the Marine Science Station on the University of Jordan, warned that the overload of vitamins from the spilled fertiliser may end in extreme progress of algae, ravenous the remaining marine wildlife of oxygen.
“An urgent plan should be adopted by countries of the Red Sea to establish monitoring agenda of the polluted areas in the Red Sea as well as adopt a clean-up strategy,” he mentioned.
The general affect relies on how ocean currents deplete the fertiliser and the way it’s launched from the stricken vessel, Xingchen Tony Wang, assistant professor on the division of earth and environmental sciences at Boston College, added.
Yemeni international minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak, echoed considerations on X, writing: “The sinking of the Rubymar is an environmental catastrophe that Yemen and the region have never experienced before. It is a new tragedy for our country and our people.
“Every day we pay the worth for the adventures of the Houthi militia.”
Source: information.sky.com”