20 Dec 06:50: The Times: (Online article; may include a paywall for some, sorry): US 🇺🇸🇮🇷👺🤮 draws up plans to strike Houthi rebels after Red Sea attacks: Britain joins US-led task force as militants threaten global oil crisis and demand full ceasefire in Gaza:
Richard Spencer, Tel Aviv | David Charter, Washington Tues Dec 19 2023, 11.50pm, The Times:
The United States is drawing up plans to strike back at the Houthis in Yemen after the Iran-backed group launched a series of attacks on naval and commercial ships in the Red Sea.
Pentagon officials have outlined options for a missile attack on Houthi positions after an increase in raids on shipping that has led western nations to scramble warships to the area.
The US has moved the Dwight D Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group from the Persian Gulf into the Gulf of Aden, off the coast of Yemen, as part of an international maritime task force to support a potential counterstrike, an official told Politico. The US military has also provided options to commanders to bomb Houthi positions, the official added.
A British destroyer, HMS Diamond, has arrived in the region to help protect commercial shipping and shot down a Houthi drone at the weekend:
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