Red Sea Convoy Battle
What’s Going on With Shipping?
Jan. 9, 2024
In this episode, Sal Mercogliano – maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner – discusses the battle between the Houthi and US and Royal Navy forces of Operation Prosperity Guardian on Jan 9, 2024. A first-hand report of the battle, the role of an Iranian spy ship, and how China is promoting their flag as a defense.
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00:00 Introduction
01:40 Convoy Battle of January 9
04:00 Where American Ships Targeted?
05:26 Iranian Base/Spy Ship Used to Target Ships?
07:39 Embarkation of Private Armed Security Detachments
09:15 View Of the Convoy Battle!
13:47 China Will Defend You
14:57 Conclusion – Asymmetric Warfare
Marine Traffic
www.marinetraffic.com
Greyhound Day: World War II Combat Tactics Return To The Red Sea
https://gcaptain.com/greyhound-day-naval-combat-red-sea/
US Merchant Marine Sailors Were Target Of Houthi Attack
https://gcaptain.com/us-merchant-marine-sailors-were-target-of-houthi-attack/
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What goes around … comes around. 🙃 Isn't it a Strange thing that Russian Shipping is passing through unharassed ? . ? 😛
All I can say is My god!!! It’s a powder keg!!!
Sure sounds like a global threat that needs resolution by force. Some fights can't be postponed forever.
how can you be attacked by a spy ship? wtf is a spy ship? 🤡
America, the Big Yellow Stain on the Lands!
Here it is, folks… Our Government pissin' down our backs and tellin' us "It's just raining".
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
Our Tax Dollar$ At Work! GIVING Israel the Power and the Munitions to turn Palestine into the Parking Lot Of Their Dreams!!!
Gaslighting… It is all about the Benjamin'$. Gaza Marine is a natural gas field off the coast of the Gaza Strip. The Gaza Marine natural gas field is located in water about 36 kilometers (22 mi) offshore at a depth of 610 meters (2,000 ft). The field was discovered in 2000 by BP Group and it is estimated to contain more than 1 trillion+ cubic feet of natural gas. The DEAL with BP and the USA that NOBODY will discuss… and the 2 canals that they have been quietly planning that will run from the N. Gaza coast into the Sea of Galilee, and the lower canal that will run from S. Gaza coast through to the Dead Sea at Jerusalem, and down to the Gulf of Aqaba, to the Red Sea. The Suez Canal is out of the question… because, again… those Benjamin'$. Nobody will say a thing about the actual plan of "leveling Palestine" that the USA calls The Parking Lot. This has been planned for so long now… and to think, the propaganda used to distract the WORLD has forced the President of Harvard to resign.
Firing Harvard's Claudine Gay won't cure the cancer at this elite university, nor distract from and silence the Genocide Israel is committing.
"From the river to the sea"? Really? Cornell, Stanford, Smith, Harvard… who's next?
"Do concentration camp guards have the right to self-defense?" – Norman Finkelstein
"Do the Palestinians have the right to free themselves from the largest open air prison in the world?" – Norman Flinkelstein
"If Israelis don't want to be accused of behaving like the Nazis, they simply need to stop behaving like Nazis.." – Norman Finkelstein
“The biggest insult to the memory of the Holocaust is not denying it but using it to commit genocide against the Palestinian people.” Norman Finkelstein
“Most Zionists don't believe that God exists but they do believe that he promised them Palestine” — Ilan Pappe
"The tragedy of the people of Palestine is that their country was “given” by a foreign power to another people for the creation of a new state. The result was that many hundreds of thousands of innocent people were made permanently homeless. With every new conflict their numbers increased. How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?" ~ Bertrand Russell
“Since its establishment, Israel has engaged in brutal oppression of the rights of Palestinians. Thousands of Palestinians are imprisoned, beaten and tortured; children are taken from their beds and beaten by soldiers who are armed to the teeth.”-Miko Peled.
"We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians." – Nelson Mandela
“we’re surrounded , they’re on our left, they’re on our right, they’re behind us and they’re in front of us. They can’t get away this time”!
"Now we really have 'em distracted"!
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It is a concern that's for sure. I feel for the mariners onboard vessels travelling through the Red Sea. Political will, or the lack thereof, can determine the fate of so many innocent people, and I find that disturbing. After all, the mariners who sail in the merchant fleet are the backbone of global commerce, and they should be fully protected no matter what the political landscape dictates are!
Thanks for the info, and excellent analysis of the asymmetrical warfare being waged by Iran and China.
We sometimes know where the sec of defense is sometimes we don't . Sometimes we know where the president is ( a Delaware basement ) sometimes we don't .
Sal just viewed this documentary re:Yemen. Your viewers may find this interesting. Some trivia. The Houthis are named after a prominent Yemeni family. Religion and oil are the driving factors in the conflict.
https://youtu.be/oofiu-D7szg?si=-ugBdZ5sjgVK8EyI.
Houthis meet the blowfish action
The Yemen issue has been one of piracy on the high seas for decades. Do a search on the Iranian ship Bershad, a container ship sitting in the Red Sea and spotting targets for the pirates, starting well before the current Israel conflict. It's about making money for the pirates, nothing else. The only way to stop it is to stop the pirates leaving their ports. The historic solution is not something the Western World will now emulate.
Amazing report sir thanks for the update
In case you went to sleep early Thursday, a coalition struck the Houthis tonight; US, UK, Bahrain, AUS, CAN, Netherlands. Battle damage assessment will probably commence at first light. Reportedly a combination of air-launched, ship-launched and submarine launched, probably missiles. We live in 'interesting' times.
Kinda mind blowing that the best navies in the world haven't put a stop to these shenanigans by a third world country with few friends and a terrorist group they support. Makes you wonder what else is going on. 🤔
You also missed one important event, Iran captured a tanker carrying Iraqi oil for US, in retaliation for US confiscating Iranian oil. Also note that US ships have a limited anti-air defense missiles which are expensive and not easy to replenish; this is a point Scott Ritter also mentioned. Finally if it comes to that point of escalation, it would not be hard for Iran to sink US ships. AnsarAllah (hooties) act as a sword of Damocles over Saudis and other Arab artificial states around Persian Gulf.
Well, its a whole new day! Since you posted this the US and the UK have attacked the Iran backed Houthis on Yemeni soil, including Sana'a the capital of Yemen…according to US presidential announcement. I think youre gonna be busy Sal, i think also the free flow of merchant ships in the area is going to be dramatically impeded in the near future.
Did he just manage to do a whole video without saying Bab Al-Mandab?
Thanks for covering this.
Interesting review providing a lot of details the mainstream corporate media do not cover. I wonder if the US-UK forces are going to find a way to disable or jam the Iranian spotter ship. The fact that the Chinese seem to be informed of the whole campaign is even more intriguing: what is their goal with this?
So informative! Thank you!
Super fascinating information. You provided a much better report of what is going on than any of the media outlets. Thanks!
13:54, it's not about Chinese shielding. Rather it's about China's standing on the Isreal-Palestine issue. The same goes with Russian ships. From what I heard, the Houthis are only attacking ships with Isreali interest (as reported by different market sources and that might be false info sometimes) or have anchored at Isreali ports.
Radio operater
One of best most unbiased videos I've seen in years
If U.S. AN U.K. can drop bombs on civilians why they judge Russia?????
Uk aiding and abetting a genocide
The Western media and their governments are downplaying the strikes on Houthis and the fear of escalation of War in the Red Sea and the Arabian peninsula, mostly due to the Global Energy and Equity markets' reactions.
The Equity and especially the Energy markets around the world are very concerned about the global energy supplies and fear of a wider war.
If the conflict in the Red Sea continues to escalate markets around the world will react and Oil/LNG prices start to rise and so as the inflation numbers in an already fragile post-COVID global economy.
The Global market is very nervous and is watching the events as develop in the West Asia/Mid East.
Hello dude, one thing that you need to know ok.
It has nothing to do with China at the Red Sea ok.
This that evils country theirown problem to deal with.
Pls you don't try to confused people
Samo, how are you enjoy that nice Russian oil 🤣
https://youtu.be/ii7SNtEw7gM?si=hWzqXx4OyR4Jq8-_
81 million virtual voters are sure Joe Biden will get right on this…
What is this guys deal with Tom Hanks?
YANQUIS AT HOME….
Free Palestine🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
"I can excuse genocide, but I draw the line at delays on shipping"
You have nothing to apologize for, Sal. Your's is the best, and really, only objective reporting on this super-tangled situation. Many thanks & Semper Paratus
Why does the image on the crew in the beginning look like they are geared up for fighting in the arctic? Partly the color but also seemingly fully bundled up.