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2019-09-29 Arabia

3 Saudi brigades destroyed, scores of mercs captured in Najran offensive: Yemeni Army spox

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Posted by Fred 2019-09-29 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [336076 views ] Top
File under: Houthis

#1 ...Not impossible, but damned unlikely. The Saudi Army is approximately eighteen brigades in size, so losing three - or even having them chewed up enough to go combat ineffective - would be a pretty serious hit. I'm thinking that were it true, the 82nd Airborne would be ramping up for a deployment, and the Marines would be inbound as well; a hole in the forces like that would simply be too much for the Iranians to resist.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2019-09-29 04:38|| 2019-09-29 04:38|| Front Page Top

#2 It's them pesky decimal point, Mike.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-09-29 05:49|| 2019-09-29 05:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Keep hearing about these mercs.All they seem to do is get killed.

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2019-09-29 06:49|| 2019-09-29 06:49|| Front Page Top

#4 spox?

Posted by Herb McCoy 2019-09-29 07:14|| 2019-09-29 07:14|| Front Page Top

#5 spox?

A viral disease - like chicken spox.

Or Persian for 'spokesweasel'

Posted by SteveS 2019-09-29 07:25|| 2019-09-29 07:25|| Front Page Top

#6 ...said Sana’a Sam, Baghdad Bob's little brother...

Posted by Hupuling Sforza8933 2019-09-29 08:12|| 2019-09-29 08:12|| Front Page Top

#7 Baghdad Bob seems to have found a new job.

Posted by DarthVader 2019-09-29 08:19|| 2019-09-29 08:19|| Front Page Top

#8 Video

Posted by newc 2019-09-29 14:15|| 2019-09-29 14:15|| Front Page Top

#9 LWJ

Posted by newc 2019-09-29 14:23|| 2019-09-29 14:23|| Front Page Top

#10 The video is more a parade than surrendered Army. Dutifully marching along, no walking wounded, no camo.

Posted by Skidmark 2019-09-29 16:40|| 2019-09-29 16:40|| Front Page Top

#11 They needed footage of defeated, demoralized men of military age so they just called out everyone from a nearby town.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2019-09-29 17:35|| 2019-09-29 17:35|| Front Page Top

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