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General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on December 15, 2023, 03:59:49 PM

Title: Red Sea shipping and Iranian Strikes
Post by: Nearly Sane on December 15, 2023, 03:59:49 PM
Worrying, will be interesting to see what is happening here.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67731853
Title: Re: Red Sea shipping and Iranian Strikes
Post by: Nearly Sane on December 16, 2023, 05:46:23 PM
And Navy shoot down a drone


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67738032
Title: Re: Red Sea shipping and Iranian Strikes
Post by: Nearly Sane on December 18, 2023, 02:12:50 PM
Quote from: Nearly Sane on December 15, 2023, 03:59:49 PM
Worrying, will be interesting to see what is happening here.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67731853
BP pausing all Red Sea shipments


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67748605
Title: Re: Red Sea shipping and Iranian Strikes
Post by: Nearly Sane on December 19, 2023, 11:11:26 AM
Impact likely on oil prices


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67758126
Title: Re: Red Sea shipping and Iranian Strikes
Post by: Nearly Sane on December 31, 2023, 10:58:30 AM

More attacks

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67851897
Title: Re: Red Sea shipping and Iranian Strikes
Post by: Nearly Sane on January 12, 2024, 06:44:00 AM
At the time of starting this thread I had wondered whether to put it on the Hamas Israel one due to the obvious relationship but felt that it was its own story. It gets ever more entwined though.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-67952029
Title: Re: Red Sea shipping and Iranian Strikes
Post by: Nearly Sane on January 13, 2024, 06:05:58 PM
Laura Kuenssberg on the action taken against the Houthis by the UK and the implications. Fascinating quote from Conservative former minister Neil O'Brien : "Given our main interventions of the last 25 years have been failures, let's be clear up front - what counts as success, realistically, how far would we need to go to achieve this? How will we avoid being dragged into something we don't want?"

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67843756
Title: Re: Red Sea shipping and Iranian Strikes
Post by: Nearly Sane on January 14, 2024, 03:13:11 PM
I see Starmer seems to think that bombing peopke using the military is not military action


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67973868
Title: Re: Red Sea shipping and Iranian Strikes
Post by: Nearly Sane on January 15, 2024, 03:01:05 PM
US cargo ship hit. I presume this will result in retaljation

Title: Re: Red Sea shipping and Iranian Strikes
Post by: Nearly Sane on January 16, 2024, 09:10:46 PM
Greek ship hit by Houthis


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67992600
Title: Re: Red Sea shipping and Iranian Strikes
Post by: Nearly Sane on January 17, 2024, 03:03:02 AM
And Iran bombs Iraq, Syria, and Pakistan - let's keep '24 going with a bang


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-67999465
Title: Re: Red Sea shipping and Iranian Strikes
Post by: Nearly Sane on January 17, 2024, 10:52:29 PM
And another US ship hit


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68001762
Title: Re: Red Sea shipping and Iranian Strikes
Post by: Nearly Sane on January 18, 2024, 06:34:15 AM
Pakistan returns some fizz bangs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-68014882
Title: Re: Red Sea shipping and Iranian Strikes
Post by: Nearly Sane on January 21, 2024, 05:34:10 AM
And US troops in Iraq injured by missiles from group supported by Iran.

I am worried that the Israel/Hamas thread, the Houthi thread, and this are all going to join up in one great thread to emd all threads. 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68045254
Title: Re: Red Sea shipping and Iranian Strikes
Post by: Nearly Sane on January 21, 2024, 08:19:02 AM
Quote from: Nearly Sane on January 21, 2024, 05:34:10 AM
And US troops in Iraq injured by missiles from group supported by Iran.

I am worried that the Israel/Hamas thread, the Houthi thread, and this are all going to join up in one great thread to emd all threads. 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68045254
BBC trying to help out those of us getting confused by who's zoomin' who


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68017051
Title: Re: Red Sea shipping and Iranian Strikes
Post by: Nearly Sane on January 23, 2024, 04:23:15 AM
Tit for tat, and tat for tit
Bombs for drones, and bangs for fizz


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68064422
Title: Re: Red Sea shipping and Iranian Strikes
Post by: Nearly Sane on January 23, 2024, 04:29:40 AM
Even for tangled webs, this is webbily tangled.


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67945137
Title: Re: Red Sea shipping and Iranian Strikes
Post by: Nearly Sane on January 24, 2024, 08:56:38 AM
US attacks targets in Iraq that are backed by Iran. Games Without Frontiers, war without tears.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68077560
Title: Re: Red Sea shipping and Iranian Strikes
Post by: Nearly Sane on January 27, 2024, 10:11:15 AM

This is like some incredibly slow children's game, but then I suppose that is what war is.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68110358
Title: Re: Red Sea shipping and Iranian Strikes
Post by: Nearly Sane on January 28, 2024, 04:43:55 PM
US troops killed in Jordan


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68122706
Title: Re: Red Sea shipping and Iranian Strikes
Post by: Nearly Sane on January 29, 2024, 11:10:35 AM
Difficult to see what options Biden has. Will be interesting to see what if any impact this has on the election. It's difficult to remain isolationist when troops are being killed, and hard for parts of the American right to remain isolationist as regards Israel.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68125186
Title: Re: Red Sea shipping and Iranian Strikes
Post by: Gordon on January 30, 2024, 07:25:59 AM
Moderator

This thread is a merge of the earlier threads about Red Sea shipping and Iranian air strikes.
Title: Re: Red Sea shipping and Iranian Strikes
Post by: Nearly Sane on January 30, 2024, 08:22:23 AM
The complexity here may be one thing that means it does not become more than a series of flashpoints. Action is harder when an option to coalesce around is not clear. That may be me searching for a reason for some optimism.
Title: Re: Red Sea shipping and Iranian Strikes
Post by: Nearly Sane on February 03, 2024, 03:52:46 AM

And the US retaliation. The 'need' to be tough in an election year may be an issue.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-68189567
Title: Re: Red Sea shipping and Iranian Strikes
Post by: Nearly Sane on February 03, 2024, 10:58:23 PM

To quote Baldrick:


Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom,

Boom, Boom, Boom,

Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom,

Boom, Boom, Boom

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-68144478