The Hunt: Houthis kill two commercial sailors

Fred Burton on the possible escalation of conflict in the area

A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden killed two of its crew members and forced survivors to abandon the vessel Wednesday.

On this week’s edition of “The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent JJ Green,” Fred Burton, executive director of Protective Intelligence at ONTIC, says this could lead to an escalation of the conflict in the region.

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J.J. Green

JJ Green is WTOP's National Security Correspondent. He reports daily on security, intelligence, foreign policy, terrorism and cyber developments, and provides regular on-air and online analysis. He is also the host of two podcasts: Target USA and Colors: A Dialogue on Race in America.

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