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2015-05-08 Arabia

After Suffering Severe Losses, Saudi Proposes Five-Day Yemen Ceasefire

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Posted by Fred 2015-05-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia

#1 Saudis needed to go for a brutal and swift victory in Yemen. But now it's looking like a stalemate.

Saudi Arabia cannot win a war of attrition and this looks like the beginning of that kind of war.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2015-05-08 01:07|| 2015-05-08 01:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Saudi Arabia cannot win a war of attrition

But we can have a lot of fun watching.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-05-08 02:23|| 2015-05-08 02:23|| Front Page Top

#3 Looks like all the Saudis have achieved is to spark up the Shiias who populate this corner of SA.

A land invasion would go very badly I feel.

Posted by phil_b 2015-05-08 15:57|| 2015-05-08 15:57|| Front Page Top

#4 The Saudi bombing has led Iran to accuse the KSA of "lying" about the ceasefire offer.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-05-08 21:51|| 2015-05-08 21:51|| Front Page Top

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