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| US air raids kill 63 civilians in Yemen | ||||
| 2009-12-19 | ||||
The Shia fighters on Friday reported the deaths of 63 people, including some 28 children, in the southeastern province of Abyan. Almost 90 people were also injured in the attacks by US warplanes in the village of Bakazam, they added.
The US operation in southern Yemen comes on top of a joint Saudi-Yemeni military campaign in the country's war-weary north where Sana'a and Riyadh forces are engaged in a fierce fighting against the Houthi fighters. The Houthis, who accuse the Sunni-dominated Sana'a government of discrimination and repression against Yemen's Shia minority, were the target of the army's off and on attacks before the central government launched an all-out fighting against them in early August. Saudi Arabia joined the operation later following alleged clashes between its border guards and the Houthis, carrying out regular airstrikes and ground incursions against the fighters. On Friday, the Houthis said over 160 missiles hit regions along the border with the neighboring kingdom, which they accuse of pounding civilians in villages within the Yemeni territory. The Saudis have conducted more than 70 air raids in less than 24 hours. | ||||
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 "Yemen's Houthi fighters say scores of civilians, including many children, have been killed ..." more BULLSH!T ENEMY PROPAGANDA. Another 3am-wedding-party-wandering-around-in-the-desert. Liberal suckers fall for this crap every time. What were children doing in terrorist training camps or in active war zones? Terrorists become "civilians" once they are killed and their guns are taken from them, dontcha knoa. |
| Posted by: Mike Hunt 2009-12-20 00:01 |
| #4 Just keep the air raids coming. |
| Posted by: Dave UK 2009-12-19 17:39 |
| #3 We probably do it because we are just plain evil. Get me some photographs of the aircraft making their strikes, a little portable Vidcam would do it. If you dont have any pics are we supposed to take your word for it? What ARE the insignia on the wings and tail FOR? Then do some fact checking concerning if the Saudis EVER bought any American manufactured fighter jets. That does enter the realm of possibility. What Middle Eastern country full of technically skilled Moslems manufactures their OWN fighter jets? Do Moslems HAVE to BUY their weapons from more "advanced" countrys ? They do? WHY is that? Is it because Moslem countries are goombah shiiteholes where they have to import just about everything but the camels? yeah? Moslems cant even manufacture their own ball point pens. Why is that? Wouldnt have anything to do with the fact that whatever Islam touches is about as worthless afterwards as toilet paper after you wipe with it, would it? Palestine will be ours, they said. Everybody (especially the Moslems themselves) knows that the only thing Moslems can fly is holes in the ground. So ( ergo) it HAS to be Americans flying those jets, right? In your dreams, Big Nose. |
| Posted by: Angleton9 2009-12-19 08:14 |
| #2 It cannot be a war crime as long as it benefits Saudis. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-12-19 04:31 |
| #1 I don't believe it until I see the fluffy bunny and baby duck counts. |
| Posted by: Mizzou Mafia 2009-12-19 04:02 |