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| 'Saudi fighter jets using phosphorous bombs' |
| 2009-11-10 |
| Houthi fighters in Yemen say Saudi fighter jets are using phosphorous bombs to back a deadly Yemeni government offensive against them. "Saudi combat fighter jets launched intense raids against border areas inside Yemeni territory on Sunday night," the fighters' spokesman Mohammad Abdessalam told AFP by telephone. "The Saudi military used phosphorus bombs during those night raids, burning mountainous regions," he said adding that "The Saudi air raids resumed this morning (Monday). " Abdessalam said that the raids targeted Malaheez, seven kilometers (3.8 miles) inside Yemen, as well as the border villages of Hassameh and Shida and several villages around Jebel (mountain) al-Dukhan straddling the border. The Saudi air force launched its deadly offensive against Houthis seven days ago, accusing the resistance Shia fighters of killing two Saudi soldiers on the border. While Riyadh claims that its offensive targeted Houthi positions on 'Saudi territory', the fighters say Yemeni villages are the main target of heavy bombings. The developments comes as Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh has declared that attacks against the Houthi fighters will be intensified. The conflict between Houthi fighters and the Yemeni government began in 2004, but intensified last August when government forces stepped up the pressure against the fighters. Houthi fighters say they have been defending their people against the Yemeni government that has marginalized them economically and politically. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 What's interesting here is that during Operation Desert Storm, the RSAF had to be seriously prodded to even fly in the same direction as their co-religionists in Iraq. Because whatever the infidels are up to is wrong? |
| Posted by: gorb 2009-11-10 11:02 |
| #3 So I gotta wonder what it is about the Yemenis that Saudi air-to-mud guys don't seem to have a problem with... These particular Yemenis are Shia. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-11-10 09:10 |
| #2 ...What's interesting here is that during Operation Desert Storm, the RSAF had to be seriously prodded to even fly in the same direction as their co-religionists in Iraq. There are several confirmed incidents of Saudi Tornado drivers flying north, jettisoning their bombs in the desert and then coming home proclaiming great victories - not knowing that USAF AWACS and other surveillance systems had the whole sorry performance on tape. See Every Man A Tiger by Chuck Horner and Tom Clancy for an absolutely hysterical account of how they finally broke the RSAF of this problem. Saudi F-15 air to air drivers did not seem to have the same problem, and had to be restrained from letting their fangs out too far. So I gotta wonder what it is about the Yemenis that Saudi air-to-mud guys don't seem to have a problem with... Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2009-11-10 08:44 |
| #1 Paging Mr Goldstone. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-11-10 05:56 |