Saudi Media Claims Houthis Are Holding 19 Oil Tankers Hostage Off Yemeni Coast

The Yemeni Houthis have captured 19 oil tankers and are keeping them from entering the Hodeidah port, according to reports from Saudi media quoting the Kingdom’s ambassador in Yemen.

The ambassador suggested three possible reasons for the detention, including an attempt to extract money from the owners of the vessels, “the continued starvation of the Yemeni people”, and a plan to destroy the tankers, causing major environmental damage to the Red Sea.

However, the only media sources reporting the tanker seizure are Saudi sources and there has been no confirmation from an external source that the Houthis have indeed seized any tankers yet. No details have been disclosed as to the origin of the vessels, either.

According to Saudi Arabia, the Houthis - a Shiite militia backed by Iran - are holding the port of Hodeidah as “a tool of war”. The port is one of the largest in the war-torn country, and it is the destination for many oil tankers and humanitarian aid. It is also controlled by the Houthis unlike other large ports, which the Saudi-led coalition closed earlier, worsening the plight of starving Yemenis.

At the end of last year, the Houthis threatened that they would start attacking oil tankers and warships sailing under enemy flags if the Gulf coalition fighting it in the country does not reopen its ports. Since then, there have been multiple reports of Houthis strikes against Saudi targets, including civilian targets, but no real damage has been done.

Even so, following the latest missile strike report, Human Rights Watch said that “Houthi forces in Yemen violated the laws of war by launching ballistic missiles indiscriminately at populated areas in Saudi Arabia on March 25, 2018.”

“But just as unlawful coalition airstrikes don’t justify the Houthi’s indiscriminate attacks, the Saudis can’t use Houthi rockets to justify impeding life-saving goods for Yemen’s civilian population,” Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, said.

Yemen lies along one of the main global oil chokepoints in the Red Sea. Millions of barrels of crude oil pass Yemeni shores from the Suez Canal en route to Europe every day.

https:// www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04-23/saudi-media-claims-houthis-are-holding-19-oil-tankers-hostage-yemeni-coast

IS THIS PART OF THE PLAN? Along with Kanye

President Trump to Grant Posthumous Pardon to Heavyweight Champ Jack Johnson

President Trump had recently suggested he was “seriously considering” granting a posthumous pardon to America's first African-American Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Johnson.

Johnson was a legendary star, who achieved the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship at the height of the Jim Crow era when racism was alive and prevalent in every aspect of society.

With a stunning 104 total fights, 73 victories, and 40 of which came by way of a knockout; the “Galveston Giant” shook up the boxing scene forever with his 1910 fight against James J. Jeffries dubbed the "fight of the century."

In 1912, Johnson was arrested by for literally driving in a vehicle with a white female, a so-called violation of the “Mann-Act,” which was a law that said the transportation of "any woman or girl for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose" was a criminal act.

Because of the fact that Johnson was a black male in a prejudice society, he would later be convicted.

Son of two former slaves, Johnson had changed the way the professional boxing circlet would be viewed and still depicted during modern times, by changing the ability of Championships being awarded to the best athletes with the most capability.

"Sylvester Stallone called me with the story of heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson," President Trump tweeted. "His trials and tribulations were great, his life complex and controversial. Others have looked at this over the years, most thought it would be done, but yes, I am considering a Full Pardon!”

Despite the enormous act of compassion from the President to commence to right a wrong of American history, numerous “fake news” outlets such as CNN have of course failed to acknowledge what the President is doing for humanity, where Obama was also asked to issue this pardon and failed to do so.

Regardless, this maneuver from President Trump is the correct the decision to make, and it's going to no doubt be considered a wrong finally righted, that Barack Obama failed to make during his eight years in office.

The family and relatives of Jack Johnson will forever be grateful for this decision, placing Johnson to the rightful glory of history in which his legacy belongs.

https:// thegoldwater.com/news/23949-President-Trump-to-Grant-Posthumous-Pardon-to-Heavyweight-Champ-Jack-Johnson

Trump Asked Netanyahu: "Do You Actually Care About Peace?"

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