As we reported, two Navy SEALs went missing off Somalia after one fell in the water and the other jumped in to try to save the first one. They were trying to board a dhow in rough seas in a nighttime seizure last Thursday. The boat was purportedly carrying Iranian-made propulsion, guidance, and warheads for the Houthis.
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As my colleague Streiff explains:
The SEALs were operating from the expeditionary mobile base USS Lewis B. Puller along the Somali coast with the mission of stopping the supply of advanced weapons to the Houthis. While supported by helicopters and drones, the SEALs used a small boat, probably the 11-meter Special Warfare Rigid Inflatable Boat, to board the dhow.
But it’s now they’ve been “missing” since last Thursday and the Biden team doesn’t seem to be providing any…
