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| Saudi warplanes pound military airport in southern Yemen |
| 2015-04-10 |
| [Iran Press TV] Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... 's fighter jets have pounded a military airport in Yemen's southern province of Shabwa. According to eyewitness on Thursday, the Saudi warplanes targeted a military command center in the province as well, the Anadolu Agency reported. There were no immediate reports of casualties in the latest Saudi act of aggression. The air raids by Saudi Arabia came after Ansarullah fighters managed to take control of Ataq, the capital of oil-rich Shabwa, earlier in the day. Saudi Arabia's air campaign against Ansarullah fighters started on March 26, without a UN mandate, in a bid to restore power to the country's runaway former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Yuuup. As per #2, there's still no evidence the Saudi airstrikes have been effective in stopping the Houthi advance. It increasingly appears that a Saudi ground offensive, wid consequence in likely Iran mil intervention, will be needed, espec as neither side(s) or camp(s) wants to be involved in protractive quagmire. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-04-10 22:27 |
| #3 Situational awareness? Wotta concept. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-04-10 17:47 |
| #2 A good portion of the Yemeni armed forces are standing with the Houthi friends of their erstwhile president, and therefore against the current president and his friends the Saudis. So it's safe enough to assume that some on the Houthi-army team can indeed pilot full size airplanes. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-04-10 15:39 |
| #1 Do the Houthi know how to fly? Do they have anything to fly in? Do the Iranians use the airport? This whole thing sounds like a video game played by 11 year old boys. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-04-10 07:44 |