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| Saudis: those troops newly deployed in Aden aren't ours | |
| 2015-05-03 | |
| Saudi Arabia has denied reports of a limited ground-troop deployment in Yemen's second city of Aden to support loyalist militia fighters. A Saudi spokesperson who issued the denial confirmed, however, that the Arab coalition remained engaged in the fight in the Arabian Peninsula nation. "There are no foreign forces in Aden but coalition continues to help fight against the Houthi militia," Brigadier General Ahmed al-Asiri said in a statement.
The Arab coalition has been conducting an air war against Iran-allied Shia Houthi fighters since March 26. "A limited coalition force entered Aden and another force is on its way" to the city, AFP news agency had quoted an official, who requested anonymity, as saying. A leading member of the Popular Committees, a locally recruited militia loyal to exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, also told AFP the ground force "will start helping us in fighting" the Houthis. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #13 IRAN is vowing to NOT let Yemen fall to devious foreigners, + also that it will protect its interests in Yemen. As for those alleged Saudi non-Saudi troops ... * BHARAT RAKSHAK > [LA Daily News] OFFICIALS: ARAB COALITION "RECONNAISSANCE TROOPS" IN YEMEN. Paving the way for larger ground force to follow??? * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > "LIMITED" COALITION FORCE ON GROUND IN ADEN [another on the way to same]:YEMENI OFFICIAL. Iff these mystery troops are "non-foreign", are they pro-Saudi anti-Iran Yemeni units??? VERSUS * JERUSALEM POST > GULF STATES WANT QUID PRO QUO US ASSURANCES, [advanced US] WEAPONS, FOR SUPPORT ON [Nuclear = P5+1] IRAN DEAL. Whatevar! NucWeaps Iran develops or acquires, the smaller GCC States want a reliable-n-effective US-Allied defense agz same + latest Conventional, etc. MilTechs. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-05-03 21:24 |
| #12 The Saudis are pretending to be our friends. Keeping up this pretense imposes restrictions on Saudi Arabia's freedom to act against us. Iran is a mortal enemy operating under no such restrictions. Saudi Arabia is the lesser evil. |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2015-05-03 16:57 |
| #11 A good part of it is control of the sea lanes. Iran has made it clear that it will attempt to shut off the Straits of Hormuz if conflict breaks out. Yemen sits at the entrance to the Red Sea. An Iranian controlled Yemen means a potential choke-point to the Red Sea and ultimately the Suez Canal. Nearly all the KSA oil ends up in Europe and Asia (mainly Japan.) Obviously that would be affected. But so would general maritime traffic. It's not much of an imaginary stretch to consider that impact on the global economy. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-05-03 16:26 |
| #10 " but why would we support KSA over Iran?" Iran has killed more Americans than any other Nation world wide in recent past. KSA is very controllable, Iran is not. |
| Posted by: newc 2015-05-03 15:10 |
| #9 If you could quarantine the region and let them kill each other until they exhaust their countries and want to quit, that would be good. Unfortunately, they are sitting on a huge supply of oil, on which much of the world depends, which forces others to get involved in dealing with ME madness. It has been my opinion since the 1973 ME oil embargo responsible nations need to become independent of ME oil. This would strengthen relations between functional nations and force the dysfunctional nations to deal with with their issues or die. They need us more than we need them. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2015-05-03 14:29 |
| #8 if only they could both lose... |
| Posted by: anon1 2015-05-03 13:56 |
| #7 An outside strait, we are drawing and hoping |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-05-03 13:38 |
| #6 Ask the guy who bows to foreign kings. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2015-05-03 13:37 |
| #5 thanks pappy - but why would we support KSA over Iran? Because they are our...um...friends? |
| Posted by: Devo 2015-05-03 13:31 |
| #4 A bloody draw would be nice... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2015-05-03 13:10 |
| #3 thanks pappy - but why would we support KSA over Iran? |
| Posted by: anon1 2015-05-03 13:08 |
| #2 Because the Houthis are backed by Iran? Which is kinda odd Because the Houthis are aligned with ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh, a formerly US-backed Shia (who backed Saddam Hussein) and a ruthless bastard in his own right. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-05-03 12:17 |
| #1 why are we supporting saudi arabia against the houthis? |
| Posted by: anon1 2015-05-03 11:20 |