{"id":36182,"date":"2025-03-16T17:55:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T17:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/16\/houthis-post-cryptic-video-of-american-flag-draped-coffins\/"},"modified":"2025-03-16T17:55:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T17:55:22","slug":"houthis-post-cryptic-video-of-american-flag-draped-coffins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/16\/houthis-post-cryptic-video-of-american-flag-draped-coffins\/","title":{"rendered":"Houthis post cryptic video of American flag-draped coffins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Houthi rebels in Yemen posted an animation online that depicted American flag-draped coffins floating near destroyed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/military\/navy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Navy ships.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These terrorists really cannot tell the difference between delusions and reality,&#8221; Hussain Abdul-Hussain, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), said in a post on X along with the Houthi animation.<\/p>\n<p>The animation starts out with somber music and depicts a coffin draped in an American flag floating in water, then slowly zooms out to reveal dozens of similar flag-draped coffins floating away from destroyed warships.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/trump-announces-decisive-powerful-airstrikes-against-houthi-terrorists-yemen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRUMP ANNOUNCES &#8216;DECISIVE AND POWERFUL&#8217; AIRSTRIKES AGAINST HOUTHI TERRORISTS IN YEMEN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The animation comes after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Donald Trump <\/a>ordered &#8220;decisive and powerful&#8221; airstrikes against Houthi terrorists in Yemen on Saturday, arguing on Truth Social that the group has &#8220;waged an unrelenting campaign of piracy, violence, and terrorism against American, and other, ships, aircraft, and drones.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It has been over a year since a U.S.-flagged commercial ship safely sailed through the Suez Canal, the Red Sea, or the Gulf of Aden,&#8221; Trump said in the post. &#8220;The last American Warship to go through the Red Sea, four months ago, was attacked by the Houthis over a dozen times\u2026. These relentless assaults have cost the U.S. and World Economy many BILLIONS of Dollars while, at the same time, putting innocent lives at risk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To all Houthi terrorists, YOUR TIME IS UP, AND YOUR ATTACKS MUST STOP, STARTING TODAY. IF THEY DON\u2019T, HELL WILL RAIN DOWN UPON YOU LIKE NOTHING YOU HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE!&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/executive\/white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House<\/a> on Sunday released photos of Trump watching the strikes on the Iran-backed terrorist group along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and national security advisor Mike Waltz.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-watches-strikes-iran-backed-houthis-yemen-new-white-house-pics-large-scale-op-continue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRUMP WATCHES STRIKE ON IRAN-BACKED HOUTHIS IN YEMEN IN NEW WHITE HOUSE PICS AS LARGE-SCALE OP CONTINUES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;President Trump is taking action against the Houthis to defend US shipping assets and deter terrorist threats,&#8221; the White House wrote in a post on X. &#8220;For too long American economic &amp; national threats have been under assault by the Houthis. Not under this presidency.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Central Command said in a statement Saturday that it &#8220;initiated a series of operations consisting of precision strikes against Iran-backed Houthi targets across Yemen to defend American interests, deter enemies, and restore freedom of navigation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Houthi-run Health Ministry in Yemen told the Associated Press that the strikes killed at least 31 people.<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News\u2019 Danielle Wallace contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Houthi rebels in Yemen posted an animation online that depicted American flag-draped coffins floating near destroyed Navy ships. &#8220;These terrorists really cannot tell the difference between delusions and reality,&#8221; Hussain Abdul-Hussain, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), said in a post on X along with the Houthi animation. 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