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2023-12-05 00:11:08 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 34852E7F72E3FA7FF5AC00EA809AF81DC2F28B8CB301309FE3E03FE16209F5E2
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The captains of the hijacked ships are Romanian¹ and Turkish², respectively. The man in the video is clearly South/Southeast Asian, and not a captain. ¹ https://apnews.com/article/israel-houthi-rebels-hijacked-ship-red-sea-dc9b6448690bcf5c70a0baf7c7c34b09 ² https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-11-26/ty-article/israeli-linked-tanker-hijacked-off-coast-of-yemen/0000018c-0be4-d679-abdc-9ffc65b10000 In addition, the hijackers are Houthi rebels, and not Yemeni officials.¹ ³ ³ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi_movement
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