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Iran-backed Huthi terrorists claimed an attack earlier this week on an oil tanker in the Red Sea, the latest in a series of strikes leading to retaliation by Britain and the United States.<\/p>\n
Reporting from Breitbart:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The Huthis said the vessel was British, although the US military later said it was Danish.<\/em><\/p>\n Huthi naval forces \u201ccarried out an operation targeting the British oil tanker Pollux in the Red Sea\u201d with missiles, rebel spokesman Yahya Saree said in a statement.<\/em><\/p>\n The US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed that four anti-ship ballistic missiles were launched from Huthi-controlled areas of Yemen, between Friday afternoon and 1:00 am (2200 GMT) on Saturday.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cAt least three of the missiles were launched towards\u2026 MT Pollux, a Panamanian-flagged, Denmark-owned, Panamanian-registered vessel,\u201d CENTCOM said in a statement on social media.<\/em><\/p>\n It added that it had \u201csuccessfully conducted two self-defence strikes against one mobile anti-ship cruise missile and one mobile unmanned surface vessel\u201d in Yemen, which it said \u201cpresented an imminent threat to US Navy ships and merchant vessels in the region\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n The strike came on the same day that Washington\u2019s redesignation of the Huthis as a terrorist group and accompanying sanctions came into force.<\/em><\/p>\n A US State Department spokesperson said on Friday the vessel was able to continue on its voyage.<\/em><\/p>\n