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| Air Strikes Pound Yemen Rebel Positions as Clashes Rage |
| 2015-04-25 |
| [AnNahar] Saudi-led coalition air strikes hit a camp housing rebel troops in Yemen's third city Taez on Friday, after a night of festivities and raids throughout the war-hit country, residents said. Warplanes struck the camp, which was being used by a rebel army unit loyal to ousted president President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... in central Taez, they said. The main southern city of Aden also came under coalition fire as festivities between supporters of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi and rebels raged until dawn, pro-government Lions of Islam told Agence La Belle France Presse. Residents in Yemen's eastern Marib province also reported overnight air strikes and festivities between local rustics and rebel forces -- Shiite Huthis allied with Saleh's loyalist troops. AFP could not immediately obtain a casualty toll. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Never start something that you cannot finish. It appears that this is what the Saudis have done with the Yemen problem. If the Saudis went into Yemen and destroyed the enemy with full overwhelming force, then they would have taught the Iranians a lesson and sent them packing. Saudis have lots of money and hardware. They do not have the depth to quicken the tempo and solve their Yemen problem. The Paks do not seem very enthusiastic about supporting Saudis with troops. Iran spends $4 to $6 billion a year on regional military mischief, I read, so they can keep working on the Saudis through a thousand knife cuts and slashes. Iran can keep harassing the Saudis on a level and tempo that is low enough to avoid a Saudi nuclear response. Wear the Saudis down and work on internal destabilization. Iran is playing a long game to become the regional hegemon. Only trouble is that this game is like playing with blasting caps on a stack of dynamite boxes. The whole thing can go south very quickly. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2015-04-25 11:38 |