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2015-03-26 Arabia

Yemen Situation Update as of 8:50 a.m. ET

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Posted by trailing wife 2015-03-26 10:02|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top
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#1 the kingdom had deployed 10 fighter jets to the operation, while the United Arab Emirates had committed 30, Bahrain and Kuwait 15 each and Qatar 10.

Somebody is leading from behind here?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-03-26 10:28|| 2015-03-26 10:28|| Front Page Top

#2 ...or more like someone's behind is leading.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-03-26 10:30|| 2015-03-26 10:30|| Front Page Top

#3 I mean the Soodies

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-03-26 10:32|| 2015-03-26 10:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Egypt seizes Bab-el-Mandeb ahead of the Saudi airstrikes.

Posted by 3dc 2015-03-26 11:17|| 2015-03-26 11:17|| Front Page Top

#5 do these countries have any way to coordinate their air ops or is the US doing that?

Posted by lord garth 2015-03-26 11:19|| 2015-03-26 11:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Don't you just marvel at the nuance and success of "smart diplomacy"?

Any word from Jawn F'n Kerry? What would Hillary do?

I pray that they all clobber each other and leave Israel the hell out of it.

Posted by AlanC 2015-03-26 11:20|| 2015-03-26 11:20|| Front Page Top

#7 seized control of the strategic Bab El-Mandeb Straits to foil Tehran’s plans to grab this important energy shipping gateway

From 3dc's link. What does mom-jeans do now?

Posted by AlanC 2015-03-26 11:23|| 2015-03-26 11:23|| Front Page Top

#8 The Hashemite Kingdom appears to have joined the Magic Kingdom in it's crusade.

Posted by 3dc 2015-03-26 11:26|| 2015-03-26 11:26|| Front Page Top

#9 might want to secure the coastline from Iranian resupply and reinforcements

Posted by Frank G 2015-03-26 11:32|| 2015-03-26 11:32|| Front Page Top

#10 The Persians must really be butt hurt. Doubt there's a snowball's chance in hell they'll discontinue their WMD effort now.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-03-26 12:08|| 2015-03-26 12:08|| Front Page Top

#11 And this is one of Obean's success stories. Good thing he didn't let it fail.

Posted by gorb 2015-03-26 12:45|| 2015-03-26 12:45|| Front Page Top

#12 re: #1 g(r)om, I've read in other places that the Saudi contingent is 100 planes, not 10. Is that a typo?

Posted by AlanC 2015-03-26 13:46|| 2015-03-26 13:46|| Front Page Top

#13 If it's a typo, it isn't mine.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-03-26 14:04|| 2015-03-26 14:04|| Front Page Top

#14 If you can contain the fighting to Yemen, it can function as a large burn pit of jihadis. The problem is this burn pit can burn the whole area down. I see the local war spreading all over the ME.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2015-03-26 14:32|| 2015-03-26 14:32|| Front Page Top

#15 Like most burn pits, the smoke from that would poison many more, AP.

Posted by Skidmark 2015-03-26 14:54|| 2015-03-26 14:54|| Front Page Top

#16 From maps I've seen AlQueda-AP controls the largest area of Yemen, acres not towns or cities or people.

Who's going to co-opt them or will they stay neutral?
I think they're Sunni so they would team up with KSA?

Posted by AlanC 2015-03-26 16:41|| 2015-03-26 16:41|| Front Page Top

#17 The Saudis real problem is a Shiia/Iranian controlled Iraq. It remains to be seen whether this is merely a prelude to dealing with that problem, which requires the US and the West to come to the realization they have been bombing the wrong side (excepting supporting the Kurds).

Posted by phil_b 2015-03-26 16:52|| 2015-03-26 16:52|| Front Page Top

#18 Iran demands immediate halt to Saudi led operations in Yemen

Posted by 3dc 2015-03-26 17:05|| 2015-03-26 17:05|| Front Page Top

#19 Reference to #1, #12, and #13.
Saudi Arabia deployed some 100 fighter jets

http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/us_world/article_80a5fb8d-559e-58a0-9faf-7c4502b82f8d.html
SANAA, Yemen (AP): "In the air assault that began Thursday ... Saudi Arabia deployed some 100 fighter jets, 150,000 soldiers and other navy units"

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/26/middleeast/yemen-saudi-arabia-airstrikes/index.html
(CNN): "The swift and sudden action involved 100 Saudi jets, 30 from the United Arab Emirates, 15 each from Kuwait and Bahrain, 10 from Qatar,
and a handful from Jordan, Morocco and Sudan, plus naval help from Pakistan and Egypt, according to a Saudi adviser."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/saudi-arabia-targets-strategic-areas-around-yemen-in-heavy-bombardment/2015/03/26/4e455830-d343-11e4-8b1e-274d670aa9c9_story.html
Washington Post: "Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya News reported that Saudi Arabia had deployed 100 fighter jets, 150,000 soldiers and other navy units.

Posted by Chuck 2015-03-26 17:14|| 2015-03-26 17:14|| Front Page Top

#20 I see 100 planes and 150,000 ground troops from Saudi as well from other sources... CNN Reuters, al-Arabiya

Posted by BigEdLB 2015-03-26 17:20|| 2015-03-26 17:20|| Front Page Top

#21 Friday would be a great time for the Saudis or Israel to take out the Iranian nuke program before the Obama Regime deal is announced this weekend.

Posted by Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2015-03-26 18:23|| 2015-03-26 18:23|| Front Page Top

#22 I see 100 planes and 150,000 ground troops from Saudi as well from other sources... CNN Reuters, al-Arabiya

The Saudis' main airbase is in the western part of the Magic Kingdom (far from Riyadh, by design). Not a stretch for them to send out that many aircraft.

Posted by Pappy 2015-03-26 18:39|| 2015-03-26 18:39|| Front Page Top

#23 Egyptian navy has fired shots at Iranian warship!

Posted by 3dc 2015-03-26 23:15|| 2015-03-26 23:15|| Front Page Top

#24 I have a friend in KSA now. They are getting very worried about the US tilt toward Iran, and this stuff in Yemen has them extremely worried about who to turn to if the US continues its present pro-Iranian course.

Posted by OldSpook 2015-03-26 23:21|| 2015-03-26 23:21|| Front Page Top

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