Iranian-Backed Terrorists Fire Ballistic Missiles At U.S. Destroyer | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of the The Daily Wire. The author of this post is Ryan Saavedra.

    Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen fired two ballistic missiles at a U.S. destroyer in the Gulf of Aden just after midnight on Monday after the vessel thwarted an attempt by terrorists to seize a tanker connected to an Israeli businessman.

    The Liberian-flagged Central Park chemical tanker - which is managed by Zodiac Maritime, a U.K. based firm that is part of Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer's Zodiac Group - was believed to have been seized earlier in the day.

    However, the USS Mason and associated aircraft received a distress call from the vessel that the crew was under attack. Upon arrival, the destroyer demanded that the crew be released and the five terrorists who boarded the ship got back on their small boat and attempted to outrun U.S. forces but quickly failed.

    "At approximately 0141 on Nov. 27 Sanaa time, two ballistic missiles were fired from Houthi controlled areas in Yemen toward the general location of the USS MASON (DDG 87) and M/V CENTRAL PARK," U.S. Central Command said in a statement. "The USS MASON (DDG87), which is part of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, was concluding its response to the M/V CENTRAL PARK distress call at the time of the missile launches. There was no damage or reported injuries from either vessel during this incident."

    The missiles did not reach the destroyer; it is not clear if they were shot down.

    "Maritime domain security is essential to regional stability," said Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, USCENTCOM commander. "We will continue to work with allies and partners to ensure the safety and security of international shipping lanes."

    U.S. forces in the region have been attacked at least 66 times by various Iranian-backed terrorists since October 17, just 10 days after Hamas terrorists, who are also backed by Iran, launched an unprecedented terrorist attack against Israel.

    Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said on Sunday that the only way to stop the attacks would be to launch a "massive retaliation to make it clear we will not tolerate these attacks on Americans."

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26 days after the October 7th Terror attacks on Israel, where over 1400 Jewish men, women and children were gruesomely murdered, and hundreds more made hostage: Should the Biden /Harris administration finally state that the administration's primary Middle East negotiating partner, Iran, is behind the funding and strategy of the aggressors, the Hamas Terrorists, or continue to take the more moderate position of "Don't," which is clearly not working?

  Yes, name Iran as the funding /strategy culprit, and begin to enforce the President Trump era sanctions to END Iran's ability to prosecute this war against Israel and the United States.

  No, Iran is a valuable partner in the motives of the Biden / Harris administration, and must not be named as the culprit and our enemy.

  I have larger concerns just to survive in this economy.

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