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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Piracy consists of any of the following acts:

(a) any illegal acts of violence or detention, or any act of depredation, committed for private ends by the crew or the passengers of a private ship or a private aircraft, and directed:

(i) on the high seas, against another ship or aircraft, or against persons or property on board such ship or aircraft;

(ii) against a ship, aircraft, persons or property in a place outside the jurisdiction of any State;

(b) any act of voluntary participation in the operation of a ship or of an aircraft with knowledge of facts making it a pirate ship or aircraft;

(c) any act of inciting or of intentionally facilitating an act described in subparagraph (a) or (b).

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982

The “blockade” fits detention in (a). The missiles they fired at the ships fit the violence.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

For private ends. That part is important.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They are being contracted by Iran to do this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Uh... What do you think the Houthis are? They're an independent political entity with their own goals, ideas and people. Even if they were doing this at Iran's bidding they wouldn't be "contracted" and their goals wouldn't be private ends.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Houthis are not seriously independent as compared to iran.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Please tell me you're not trying to support the "they're being contracted" argument, because if so, like, c'mon. That aside, even if we assume they're an Iranian vassal state, okay and?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm simply pointing out that your statement of them being independent is outright wrong.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

You know that's not what I meant. The Houthis run Yemen as its own country, not as province of Iran, ergo they're independent.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

So your argument is that they’re independent terrorists rather than pirates?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Asks the guy whos argument is that the defacto rulers of Yemen are crew or passengers of a private ship.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 days ago

Oh that too lmao.