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2024-01-12 Arabia
US and UK strike against Houthi targets across Yemen as turbans flee their camps
[TWITTER] Presented in reverse chronological order, because it is so very, very satisfying. First discussed here in comments yesterday.




Little did he know, when he started to pontificate, what the outcome would be immediately thereafter. #Allah_is_pissed


Courtesy of Skidmark:
Biden admin anticipating retaliation after US-UK joint strike on Houthi targets in Yemen

[FoxNews] A senior defense official said the Biden administration is anticipating retaliation after the U.S. and U.K. carried out joint airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen in response to the militant group’s ongoing attacks against commercial vessels in the Red Sea.

The official said late Thursday, following the strikes, that the administration has so far "not seen any direct retaliatory action directed towards our U.S. or other coalition members."

"While we fully expect [the joint] airstrikes to diminish the Houthis’ capability and degrade it, and certainly over time to reduce their capacity and propensity to conduct these attacks, we would not be surprised to see some sort of response," the senior administration official said.

He said President Biden directed Secretary Austin to carry out the response on Tuesday, following one of the Houthi’s most complex attacks to date targeting international shipping lanes in the Red Sea.
So retaliation had to wait until the Defence Secretary was able to sit up in his hospital bed?
On that day, Iranian-backed Houthi militants launched one-way attack UAVs, anti-ship cruise missiles, and an anti-ship ballistic missile from the Houthi-controlled area of Yemen towards international shipping lanes in the Southern Red Sea.

The attack took place as dozens of merchant vessels were transiting and was one of the largest drone and missile attacks from the terrorist group since they began attacking commercial shipping in November.

The senior Biden administration official said Friday’s joint strikes was "aimed specifically to disrupt and degrade Houthis' capabilities to threaten global trade and freedom of navigation in one of the world’s most critical waterways."

The targets selected, he said, "focused specifically on Houthi missile radar and UAV capabilities … essential to the Houthis' campaign against commercial shipping in international waters."

The Houthi attacks, he said, have directly affected the citizens and cargo and commercial interests of more than 50 countries, as more than a dozen shipping companies have been forced to reroute vessels around the Cape of Good Hope.

The official said Defense Secretary Austin monitored Friday morning's strike in real-time from Walter Reed Hospital and was on multiple calls with the Joint Staff, National Security Council, and Centcom Commander Kurilla.

Houthi militants have said their actions are tied to Israel’s military offensive in Gaza in response to the Oct. 7 attack in which Hamas militants killed 1,200 people and took another 240 people hostage. The senior Biden administration called the claim "completely baseless and illegitimate."

"That is simply not true," he said. "They are firing indiscriminately on vessels with global ties."

US and UK launch 'successful' bombardment on Yemen: Biden warns Houthis to hear his 'message' after jets, destroyers and subs rained down hell on jihadist strongholds following Red Sea attacks
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Bitch slapped by Biden. That's gonna hurt.
All the usual Daily Mail photos, videos, map, and an informative visual aid at the link.
  • Airstrikes in Yemen against several Houthi military targets on Thursday night

  • Explosions reported in Sana'a, Hodeidah governorate, Saada, and Dhamar

  • US joined forces with UK, Australia, Bahrain, Canada and the Netherlands to carry out the strikes
Posted by Fred 2024-01-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [67 views ]  Top
 File under: Houthis 

#1 SoS is in Egypt
Biden is absent
Lloyd is in ICU
Who's running the show?
Posted by Skidmark 2024-01-12 00:24||   2024-01-12 00:24|| Front Page Top

#2 ^Somebody competent?
Posted by Grom the reflective 2024-01-12 03:34||   2024-01-12 03:34|| Front Page Top

#3 #2: thankfully whomever it is is NOT formulating new CYA departments like Homeland Security.
Posted by irish rage boy 2024-01-12 09:58|| www.weemfg.com  2024-01-12 09:58|| Front Page Top

#4 US and UK coalition of two. Bombing sites Saudis have bombed 3-4 times. To what useful end. Houthi hardened so then send in troops. This will not deter them. So boxed in and escalation inevitable. 20 years of threats. So bring it on.
Posted by Dale 2024-01-12 11:19||   2024-01-12 11:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Lloyd with pancreatic cancer is bad news for him. I have known several who have died shortly after diagnosis. I suppose things have improved in the last 20 years but not for those I have known. Two to three weeks for my known area people.
Posted by Dale 2024-01-12 11:24||   2024-01-12 11:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Curious as UK was always a restraining side. Weakened as they now are they tag along for what benefit.
Posted by Dale 2024-01-12 11:33||   2024-01-12 11:33|| Front Page Top

#7  Lloyd with pancreatic cancer

Last I heard, it was prostate cancer. Updates welcome.

Speaking of the Secretary, have there been any recent sightings? The cheerful wave from a hospital bed or bravely signing some important document? All I see are stock media images.
Posted by SteveS 2024-01-12 12:16||   2024-01-12 12:16|| Front Page Top

#8 #5 - Reportedly he has/had Prostate Cancer, unless you've seen some new development.
Posted by Frank G 2024-01-12 12:25||   2024-01-12 12:25|| Front Page Top

#9 Dale talks to people. Some of them might be oncologists.
Posted by M. Murcek 2024-01-12 12:26||   2024-01-12 12:26|| Front Page Top

#10 Turkey with base in northern Cyprus. US with base operations in Southern Cyprus. Turkey holds this territory as theirs for hundreds of years. Efforts to unite Muslim interests to counter USA efforts. UK efforts limited having bad history with Yemen.
Posted by Dale 2024-01-12 12:39||   2024-01-12 12:39|| Front Page Top

#11 
Posted by badanov 2024-01-12 12:48||   2024-01-12 12:48|| Front Page Top

#12 #9 Well yes. Oncologist joke; Fellow in bad neighborhood is approached by a young woman. She says I'm selling. Man says I'm buying. Gets terrible problems and gets admitted to hospital. Treated he leaves and decides to visit a nice neighborhood. Sitting he is again approached by the same woman. She says I'm selling and man says, what are you selling this time cancer!.
Posted by Dale 2024-01-12 12:49||   2024-01-12 12:49|| Front Page Top

#13 #7 is correct. I have had run ins with people over the years who have died. Two different cancers not actually closely related.
Posted by Dale 2024-01-12 12:59||   2024-01-12 12:59|| Front Page Top

#14  I have only two words.

We will burn the area.

Not only are they homicidal lunatics, they can't count worth sour owl poop either.

Mike
Posted by MikeKozlowski 2024-01-12 14:40||   2024-01-12 14:40|| Front Page Top

#15 Agent orange every inch of ground qat is grown on. They'll freak out.
Posted by M. Murcek 2024-01-12 14:56||   2024-01-12 14:56|| Front Page Top

#16 ^He spoke in Arabic, Mike.
Posted by Grom the reflective 2024-01-12 14:57||   2024-01-12 14:57|| Front Page Top

#17 If the cancer is found while still in the organ, the DaVinci procedure has a very good record for survival. If outside of the organ, may have 6 months & the treatment is brutal radiation.
Posted by Spats B. Hayes8168 2024-01-12 15:21||   2024-01-12 15:21|| Front Page Top

#18 Per capita income in Yemen is less than $1,000 per annum. Many outhouses will be hit.
Posted by Huputle Cherelet4131 2024-01-12 16:19||   2024-01-12 16:19|| Front Page Top

17:28 Frank G
17:25 Frank G
15:13 jpal
14:56 Besoeker
14:49 NoMoreBS
14:43 NoMoreBS
14:38 Besoeker
14:36 Besoeker
14:33 NoMoreBS
14:32 Besoeker
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14:23 NoMoreBS
14:14 swksvolFF
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14:09 M. Murcek
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13:30 Grom the Reflective
13:27 Tennessee
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