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2018-07-30 Arabia

Yemeni forces fire ballistic missile at base run by Saudi mercenaries

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Posted by Fred 2018-07-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
File under: Houthis

#1 I keep asking, other than being targets, what do Soddy mercs actually do?

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2018-07-30 00:22|| 2018-07-30 00:22|| Front Page Top

#2 ~~domestically-designed~~ Iranian-made

Posted by Frank G 2018-07-30 07:23|| 2018-07-30 07:23|| Front Page Top

#3 what do Soddy mercs actually do

"the Saudi army is packed full of Yemeni cannon fodder"
Apparently, it's the best fed job around.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-07-30 10:32|| 2018-07-30 10:32|| Front Page Top

#4 what do Soddy mercs actually do?

Richard, Wikipedia has a long article on this war, with copious information and links to naming the players and what they’ve done thus far. In brief, the term Saudi mercenaries is the insult Iran PressTV and the Iran-oriented press hurl at the non-Saudi members of the invading coalition, a small number of whom are actual Blackwater and other mercenaries.

Under the section on Western Involvement: United States, after remarking that President Obama authorized American logistical and intelligence support in March, 2015, the article adds

According to press reporting, many in US SOCOM reportedly favor Houthis, as they have been effective at combating al-Qaeda and recently ISIL, "something that hundreds of U.S. drone strikes and large numbers of advisers to Yemen's military had failed to accomplish".[396] According to a senior CENTCOM commander, "the reason the Saudis didn't inform us of their plans is because they knew we would have told them exactly what we think – that it was a bad idea."… According to an Al Jazeera report, one reason for US support may be the diplomatic logic of tamping down SA's opposition to the Iranian nuclear deal by backing them. Another is the view among some US military commanders that countering Iran took strategic priority over combating Al-Qaeda and ISIL.[396]

Posted by trailing wife 2018-07-30 10:34|| 2018-07-30 10:34|| Front Page Top

#5 Many US former operators and service are working for the Saudis, enjoying being able to fight without a JAG-Officer okaying their every move.

Posted by Boss Spoper5850 2018-07-30 13:57|| 2018-07-30 13:57|| Front Page Top

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