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| Yemen president captive, US Navy moves ships to Red Sea | |
| 2015-01-21 | |
Yemen President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi is being held captive by rebels who have attacked his compound, just as the U.S. military has moved the USS Iwo Jima and the USS Fort McHenry into the Red Sea, in position to take aboard evacuees from the U.S. Embassy in Yemen if tensions and violence continue to escalate.
Yemen’s information minister, Nadia Sakkaf, wrote in a Twitter message that “Yemeni president is being attacked by armed militias that want to overthrow” the government, The Washington Post reported. She also said that political talks were continuing, but that the situation was violent. Fox News Insider reported that the positioning of the warships comes as Houthi rebels sent shells into the presidential palace. Top military officials, meanwhile, warned that a coup has begun — and that one of the embassy’s vehicles had field fire. Nobody was injured in that assault, and the embassy remains open — but officials are monitoring. “[We are deeply concerned about the turn of events in Yemen over the last few days,” one State Department officials told ABC News. “[We are] continuing to closely monitor developments … and all adjust the embassy’s security posture response in accordance to the situation on the ground.” The United States has “reduced staffing and heightened security,” the official added, Iran Daily reported. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #12 So the Chinese build aircraft carriers. They lack 70 years of institutional experience in their operation. They'll be able to carry out a single large strike, then their inexperience will show and they won't be able to keep up the tempo. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2015-01-21 23:22 |
| #11 Good thing the SOTU was yesterday, or he'd have to make a few embarrassing changes to some of the wording. Once again proving he is king at packing as many lies and misdirections as possible into an hour of time. |
| Posted by: gorb 2015-01-21 21:54 |
| #10 Is it just me, or is anyone else suddenly having a Sam-Houston-vs-Santa-Anna-at/after-San-Jacinto moment??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-01-21 21:39 |
| #9 while we bleed our cash and hardware, the Chinese are busy building FIFY. No charge. |
| Posted by: badanov 2015-01-21 21:32 |
| #8 Your point being?.... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-01-21 20:57 |
| #7 while we bleed our cash and hardware, the Chinese are busy building carriers of their own... |
| Posted by: Flaish Glemp9922 2015-01-21 18:50 |
| #6 First presidential question (excepting maybe the clown we have in there now): Where are the carriers? That makes a big difference for these ships. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2015-01-21 18:45 |
| #5 What's the range on one of those 5" guns again? 20+ miles and a F/O would be needed. Bigger concern would be attack/suicide craft. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-01-21 17:42 |
| #4 What's the range on one of those 5" guns again? Seriously as pessimistic as I was about this Chicago organizer I never dreamed he would be this evil. His only saving graces are his laziness and incompetence. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-01-21 16:35 |
| #3 So we'll have two "Amphibs" usually have escort ships, likely 1-2 destroyers. Possibly an SSN as well. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-01-21 15:37 |
| #2 But just last night Presnitwit Obama said the tide has turned on violent Islamic expansion. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2015-01-21 15:27 |
| #1 So we'll have two |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-01-21 13:49 |