EXCLUSIVE : Pentagon believes attack on Saudi frigate meant for US warship

versions contradictoires

Yemen conflict : Rebels in deadly attack on Saudi warship - BBC News
▻http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38808345

A coalition statement said three Houthi “suicide boats” had approached a Saudi frigate west of Hudaydah on Monday.
One of the boats collided with the rear of the frigate and exploded, causing a fire, the statement added.
However, a rebel-controlled news agency cited a source as saying the warship had been hit by a guided missile.
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“The targeting of this warship comes within the framework of the legal right of Yemen to defend the homeland and its sovereignty,” the source added.

Coalition and pro-government forces are also currently attempting to advance up the west coast in an attempt to drive the rebels out of Hudaydah and other ports.

The coalition warned that the Houthis’ use of Hudaydah “as a launching pad for terrorist operations is a serious development that would affect the international navigation and the flow of humanitarian and medical assistance into the port”.

The coalition’s naval blockade and the wider conflict have caused a humanitarian crisis in Yemen, leaving more than seven million people severely food insecure.

par Fox News

EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon believes attack on Saudi frigate meant for US warship | Fox News
▻http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/01/31/exclusive-pentagon-believes-attack-on-saudi-frigate-meant-for-us-warship.ht

The Iranian-backed suicide attack targeting a Saudi frigate off the coast of Yemen on Monday may have been meant for an American warship, two defense officials told Fox News.

The incident in question occurred in the southern Red Sea and was carried out by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. Two Saudi sailors were killed and three were wounded. At first the ship was thought to have been struck by a missile.

But based on new analysis of a video showing the attack, American intelligence officials now believe this was, in fact, a suicide bomber whose small boat rammed the side of the Saudi vessel.

In the audio heard on the video, a voice narrating the attack shouts in Arabic, “Allahu akbar [God is great], death to America, death to Israel, a curse on the Jews and victory for Islam.”

U.S. defense analysts believe those behind the attack either thought the bomber was striking an American warship or that this was a “dress rehearsal” similar to the attack on the USS Cole, according to one official.

▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqXNPGH0ODQ

“Iranian-backed”... On s’éclate...

Tout puissant #fox_news

Je ne suis pas expert, mais de fait à 0:08, ça ressemble plus à du persan qu’à de l’arabe. Après, pas de doute, c’est de l’arabe (et c’est ce qui est traduit dans les articles)

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