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Study Warns of Catastrophe if Explosion Takes Place at Yemen's Safer Oil Tanker
[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] A recent study has warned that the coastline of Yemen...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... ’s Red Sea and of its neighboring countries is at risk of an environmental disaster that could happen any day if an oil spill from or a kaboom takes place at the derelict FSO Safer oil tanker. "It is increasingly likely that there could be an immense oil leakage from and/or a kaboom of the FSO Safer, a floating storage and offloading unit anchored in the Red Sea, 60km north of the port of Hodeidah," said Riskaware, Catapult Satellite Applications and Acaps in their joint assessment. Although it is owned by Yemen’s national oil company, FSO Safer fell into the hands of Iran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the JewsThey like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... militias in 2015. Since then, no maintenance work has been carried out on the aging tanker. Disregarding international warnings against the hazards of poor maintenance at FSO Safer, Houthis continue to block a team of UN experts from repairing the rundown oil vessel. FSO Safer is currently holding 1.1 million barrels of crude oil that are at a risk of either exploding or spilling into Red Sea waters. "Up to 5.9 million people in Yemen and 1 million in the Kingdom of Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... (KSA) could be exposed to very high air pollution levels, with harmful effects seen 24—48 hours after a fire starting on the Safer," said study. In its impact assessment for April-June 2021, the study warned that up to 967,000 internally displaced persons could be covered by a smoke plume if a kaboom goes off at Safer. The fire, according to the study, would likely affect Yemen’s governorates of Hajjah, Hodeidah, Sadah, Dhamar, Sanaa, Al Mahwit, and Raymah. Saudi Arabia’s southern Jazan city could also be affected, the study added. "There would be a significant health risk to vulnerable populations (such as adults and children with lung problems and adults with heart problems) and the elderly, with aggravation of pre-existing heart and lung problems likely," it highlighted. Pollution from a fire taking place on FSO Safer would create an additional hazard for coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)  ...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...patients with breathing problems. Posted by: Fred 2021-04-16 |
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