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2024-01-01 Arabia
Statement warning Houthis to stop attacks may be released in coming hours, Biden under pressure to act
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Biden facing pressure to strike Houthi weapon bases in Yemen, NYT reports

[IsraelTimes] The New York Times

...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...

reports that US President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. The very model of probity....
is facing increasing pressure to act against the Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
s in Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
as the rebel group’s Red Sea attacks increase in ferocity.

According to the report, US defense officials have prepared plans to strike missile and drone bases in Yemen, but the Biden administration is hesitant to use them.

Senior officials in the administration are concerned that carrying out the strikes could inadvertently benefit Iran, while also risking a delicate truce between Yemen and 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...
, the report says.

Retired Fifth Fleet commander Vice Adm. Kevin Donegan warns the New York Times, however, that if the US doesn’t respond to the threat posed by the Houthis to US military vessels and personnel, it invites more attacks as enemy groups start believing that "attacking a US ship carries a low risk of retaliation."

The Iran-backed Houthis have carried out over 20 attacks on vessels in the vital Red Sea shipping lane since the start of Israel’s war with Hamas
...not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
, and while the rebel group claims it only targets ships with ties to Israel, it has launched attacks on ships traveling under the Norwegian and Liberian flags, among others.
Posted by Fred 2024-01-01 2024-01-01 00:15|| || Front Page|| [11139 views ]  Top
 File under: Houthis 

#1 Going to speak to them harshly.
Posted by Skidmark 2024-01-01 00:54||   2024-01-01 00:54|| Front Page Top

#2 got to let them know you're coming. idiots
Posted by Chris 2024-01-01 01:12||   2024-01-01 01:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Global Shipping Giant Maersk Halts Ships’ Passage via Red Sea for 48 Hours
Posted by Skidmark 2024-01-01 10:33||   2024-01-01 10:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Why they haven't just Arclighted all of Yemen is beyond me.
Posted by DarthVader 2024-01-01 10:43||   2024-01-01 10:43|| Front Page Top

#5 Hey, all you Iranian advisors, it’s time to telecommute for a couple of weeks.
Posted by Super Hose 2024-01-01 11:04||   2024-01-01 11:04|| Front Page Top

#6 iran is the enemy. occupy chah badar
Posted by irish rage boy 2024-01-01 12:39||   2024-01-01 12:39|| Front Page Top

#7 Attacking the Houthis is like attacking Al Capp's Dogpatch. Most Houthis haven't a pot to... well you know. Yemen per capita income is less than $700.
Posted by Clereng Clavique6209 2024-01-01 19:04||   2024-01-01 19:04|| Front Page Top

#8 ^ Attacking and low income is still effective vs low income and fucking dead
Posted by DarthVader 2024-01-01 21:09||   2024-01-01 21:09|| Front Page Top

#9 Did Al Capp know about Chah Badar?
Posted by Super Hose 2024-01-01 22:40||   2024-01-01 22:40|| Front Page Top

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