Saudi Arabia attacks Yemen

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Yemeni Houthis send ballistic missile on Riyadh...

Yemeni rebels say they targeted Saudi capital with a missile
Feb 6,`17) -- Yemen's Shiite rebels said on Monday they have "successfully" fired a ballistic missile at Riyadh for the first time, vowing more attacks on the Saudi capital.

There was no immediate comment from the kingdom but the claim came exactly a week after Saudi Arabia said a "suicide gunboat" belonging to Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels rammed into one of its frigates in the Red Sea, killing two crew members. Saudi Arabia has been leading a mostly Gulf Arab coalition against the Houthis since March 2015, seeking to restore Yemen's internationally-recognized government, which the Houthis had forced to flee from the capital, Sanaa. Saudis see the Houthis as a proxy of the Shiite power Iran, the Sunni kingdom's key regional rival.

The Houthis said in a statement carried by the rebel-run SABA news agency that the missile "targeted" the al-Mazahmiya army base in western Riyadh, around 1,000 kilometers (650 miles) from Sanaa. In October, the kingdom said it intercepted and destroyed a Houthi-fired missile some 65 kilometers (40 miles) from the Muslim holy city of Mecca.

Last week's attack on the Saudi warship was one of several attacks by the Houthis on naval ships. In October, the Houthis said that they had hit a vessel operated by the United Arab Emirates. The UAE military acknowledged only that a boat under its command was involved in an "incident" in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait at the southern end of the Red Sea and said there were no casualties. Also that same month, the United States accused the Houthis of firing missiles at a U.S. navy ship but there were no injuries.

On Thursday, the UAE summoned Iran's top diplomat in Abu Dhabi and handed over a note protesting the "illegal Iranian supplies of arms to the militias in Yemen." Both Iran and Houthis deny any military ties between them but weapons shipments reportedly coming from Iran and headed to Yemen have been confiscated by Western naval forces. The Saudi-led coalition has imposed an air and sea blockade since the beginning of the conflict to prevent weapons from reaching Houthis. The blockade has been criticized by international groups, which say it is deepening the humanitarian suffering of Yemenis.

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the event constitutes IRANIAN aggression upon Saudi Arabia-----an ACT OF WAR. The Houthis have NO weapons other than those supplied (as in GIVEN) to them by Iran

Of course, that´s nonsense. Do you remember yourself claiming TOWs are available at the black market? But where do the Saudis have their stuff from?

The Saudi backed "Southern Movement" has now captured Mocha and the Houthis try to drive them out again. The "Southern Movement" is a socialist separatist movement, thus neither in support of Hadi nor of the Houthis. Looks like the Saudis support everyone who fights the Houthis. A weak or even divided Yemen is in their interest. And of course they don´t like this Iranian influence looming at their borders.

But tell me, what is it that makes you such a big and frenetic cheerleader of Saudi Arabia?

tainted---you post in a manner suggesting that you WANT to be taken as "naïve"--
I should add-----I do not know what a "TOW" is----but I do know that DA HOUTHIS are not RICH------even for "Yemeni" they are virtually starving to
death (as you know) -----they are being funded and ARMED by Iran -----as you know. ON THE OTHER HAND-----Da Saudis got lots of money------and armaments are ON SALE------in fact some of the most PROLIFIC arms dealers are-------middle eastern muslims

So it is ok to sell arms to terror funding countries while at the same time imposing sanctions on the countries they target?

What the Trump victory means for NATO

 

[irosie91]

TODAY----Iran is the biggest support of terrorism----that is.....the GOVERNMENT OF IRAN-------no doubt-----there are wealthy oil bums in Saudi Arabia and in several other MUSLIM countries-----that support terrorism via ---ZAKAT.-----HOWEVER government support of terrorism ------its name is IRAN

 

[Bleipriester]

TODAY----Iran is the biggest support of terrorism----that is.....the GOVERNMENT OF IRAN-------no doubt-----there are wealthy oil bums in Saudi Arabia and in several other MUSLIM countries-----that support terrorism via ---ZAKAT.-----HOWEVER government support of terrorism ------its name is IRAN

How does it come that Iran fights terrorism, then?

 

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Strike on Yemen bus kills 29 children

9 Aug.`18 - The children, all under the age of 15, died in a Saudi-led coalition attack in the rebel-held north.

At least 29 children have been killed and 30 wounded in a Saudi-led coalition air strike in Yemen, the International Committee of the Red Cross says. The children were travelling on a bus that was hit at a market in Dahyan, in the northern province of Saada. The health ministry run by the rebel Houthi movement said put the death toll at 43, and said 61 people were wounded. The coalition, which is backing Yemen's government in a war with the Houthis, said its actions were "legitimate". It insists it never deliberately targets civilians, but human rights groups have accused it of bombing markets, schools, hospitals and residential areas.

What happened in Saada?

Yemeni tribal elders told the Associated Press that the bus was hit as it passed through Dahyan market and that it was transporting local civilians, including many school children. The charity Save the Children said it had been told by its staff that the children were on their way back to school from a picnic when the driver of their bus stopped to get a drink. The vehicle was stationary when the attack happened, it added. The ICRC said a hospital it supported in Saada had received the bodies of 29 children, all of them under the age of 15, and 48 injured people, among them 30 children. It sent additional supplies to the hospital to cope with the influx of patients. Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV reported that 47 people were killed and 77 wounded, and broadcast graphic pictures showing the bodies of several young children, some of them wearing school uniform.

What has been the reaction?

Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdul-Salam accused the coalition of showing "clear disregard for civilian life" by targeting a crowded public place. The ICRC stressed that "under international humanitarian law, civilians must be protected during conflict", while the secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council Jan Egeland called it a "grotesque, shameful" attack that showed "blatant disregard for rules of war". Save the Children described the incident as "horrific", and called for a full, immediate and independent investigation into recent attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure. It was not immediately clear whether the bus was the target of the air strike, but coalition spokesman Col Turki al-Malki said the attack was "a legitimate military action, conducted in conformity with international humanitarian law".

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Strike on Yemen bus kills 29 children

9 Aug.`18 - The children, all under the age of 15, died in a Saudi-led coalition attack in the rebel-held north.

At least 29 children have been killed and 30 wounded in a Saudi-led coalition air strike in Yemen, the International Committee of the Red Cross says. The children were travelling on a bus that was hit at a market in Dahyan, in the northern province of Saada. The health ministry run by the rebel Houthi movement said put the death toll at 43, and said 61 people were wounded. The coalition, which is backing Yemen's government in a war with the Houthis, said its actions were "legitimate". It insists it never deliberately targets civilians, but human rights groups have accused it of bombing markets, schools, hospitals and residential areas.

What happened in Saada?

Yemeni tribal elders told the Associated Press that the bus was hit as it passed through Dahyan market and that it was transporting local civilians, including many school children. The charity Save the Children said it had been told by its staff that the children were on their way back to school from a picnic when the driver of their bus stopped to get a drink. The vehicle was stationary when the attack happened, it added. The ICRC said a hospital it supported in Saada had received the bodies of 29 children, all of them under the age of 15, and 48 injured people, among them 30 children. It sent additional supplies to the hospital to cope with the influx of patients. Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV reported that 47 people were killed and 77 wounded, and broadcast graphic pictures showing the bodies of several young children, some of them wearing school uniform.

What has been the reaction?

Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdul-Salam accused the coalition of showing "clear disregard for civilian life" by targeting a crowded public place. The ICRC stressed that "under international humanitarian law, civilians must be protected during conflict", while the secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council Jan Egeland called it a "grotesque, shameful" attack that showed "blatant disregard for rules of war". Save the Children described the incident as "horrific", and called for a full, immediate and independent investigation into recent attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure. It was not immediately clear whether the bus was the target of the air strike, but coalition spokesman Col Turki al-Malki said the attack was "a legitimate military action, conducted in conformity with international humanitarian law".

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Time for the UN to condemn Israel!

 

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The West is complicit in the world’s worst humanitarian catastrophe.

Responding to events in Yemen, the British foreign secretary did not mince his words. ‘I am appalled by another attempted missile strike’, he said. ‘This is the second such shocking incident in six weeks, which yet again deliberately targeted a populated area’, he continued, adding: ‘I strongly support UN investigations into the origins of these weapons and welcome the UN’s suggestion of a joint discussion of the relevant UN bodies to look into these threats and consider action against those responsible.’ Strong stuff.

Yet this was not a condemnation of the Saudi-led coalition’s missile attack on a bus in Dahyan in the Houthi-rebel stronghold of Saadaa, in which at least 29 children were killed and many more seriously injured. And it was not a call for a UN investigation into the ongoing Saudi-led assault on Hodeida, a port city on the west coast that is the main entry point for food and aid supplies to Houthi-controlled areas. Indeed, it was not a response to any of the atrocities carried out over the past three years as part of the Saudi coalition’s war on Yemen’s Houthi rebels. No, this was Boris Johnson, who was then the foreign secretary, speaking in December, about the Houthi rebels’ attempted missile attack on the Saudi capital of Riyadh. A missile attack, one should remember, that failed because Saudi military tech, no doubt made in the West, intercepted it.


The destruction of Yemen

 

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** It is not a surprise, of course. The Saudi monarchs are our men in the Middle East. They are British state’s allies, its friends. As Johnson put it in December, ‘the United Kingdom remains committed to supporting Saudi Arabia as it faces regional crises and security threats’. There is little doubting the UK’s or America’s commitment, given they design and manufacture billions of dollars worth of weaponry for the de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. They send military advisers and logistical assistance, too. And above all they persistently turn a blind eye to the devastation of Yemen. And when that proves impossible, as a bus of children burns or the remains of a hospital smoulder, they downplay it, by expressing token concern accompanied by a perfunctory call for all parties to come to a peaceful solution. As if it somehow has nothing to do with them.**

 

[irosie91]

TODAY----Iran is the biggest support of terrorism----that is.....the GOVERNMENT OF IRAN-------no doubt-----there are wealthy oil bums in Saudi Arabia and in several other MUSLIM countries-----that support terrorism via ---ZAKAT.-----HOWEVER government support of terrorism ------its name is IRAN

How does it come that Iran fights terrorism, then?

Iran fights those Islamic factions which are hostile to Iran----
kinda like the various factions of the MAFIA used to shoot
each other in the streets of New York-----or in the swamps of
New Jersey. I remember those days------somehow I did not see
anything ENCOURAGING about the recovery of dead mafia
people dredged out of the Passaic River. Mafia killed both OTHER mafia people AND the poor grocers unwilling to sell the
RIGHT PIZZA SAUCE and Iran kills muslims not willing to kiss
Iranian ass--------and Capt BLEI is impressed with their
piety

 

[irosie91]

** It is not a surprise, of course. The Saudi monarchs are our men in the Middle East. They are British state’s allies, its friends. As Johnson put it in December, ‘the United Kingdom remains committed to supporting Saudi Arabia as it faces regional crises and security threats’. There is little doubting the UK’s or America’s commitment, given they design and manufacture billions of dollars worth of weaponry for the de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. They send military advisers and logistical assistance, too. And above all they persistently turn a blind eye to the devastation of Yemen. And when that proves impossible, as a bus of children burns or the remains of a hospital smoulder, they downplay it, by expressing token concern accompanied by a perfunctory call for all parties to come to a peaceful solution. As if it somehow has nothing to do with them.**

if anyone has a BLIND EYE-----it is you, MINDLESS----you have a BLIND EYE to the fact that MOST OF THE BLOOD SHED in Yemen in the past ten years has been the result of IRANIAN
PROXIES in that country-------Sanaa (the capital) ran red with HOUTHI DRAWN BLOOD years ago-------and-----you seem to miss the fact that beside SANAA----the targets of the IRANIAN PROXIES are------the seaports? WHY? because the SUNNIS of Yemen seek control of the seaports? sheeeeesh ---wake up

 

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** It is not a surprise, of course. The Saudi monarchs are our men in the Middle East. They are British state’s allies, its friends. As Johnson put it in December, ‘the United Kingdom remains committed to supporting Saudi Arabia as it faces regional crises and security threats’. There is little doubting the UK’s or America’s commitment, given they design and manufacture billions of dollars worth of weaponry for the de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. They send military advisers and logistical assistance, too. And above all they persistently turn a blind eye to the devastation of Yemen. And when that proves impossible, as a bus of children burns or the remains of a hospital smoulder, they downplay it, by expressing token concern accompanied by a perfunctory call for all parties to come to a peaceful solution. As if it somehow has nothing to do with them.**

if anyone has a BLIND EYE-----it is you, MINDLESS----you have a BLIND EYE to the fact that MOST OF THE BLOOD SHED in Yemen in the past ten years has been the result of IRANIAN
PROXIES in that country-------Sanaa (the capital) ran red with HOUTHI DRAWN BLOOD years ago-------and-----you seem to miss the fact that beside SANAA----the targets of the IRANIAN PROXIES are------the seaports? WHY? because the SUNNIS of Yemen seek control of the seaports? sheeeeesh ---wake up

Don't shout at me.

I didn't write it.

I posted it in the hope of promoting some 'reasonable' debate. Argument and counter argument.

 

[irosie91]

** It is not a surprise, of course. The Saudi monarchs are our men in the Middle East. They are British state’s allies, its friends. As Johnson put it in December, ‘the United Kingdom remains committed to supporting Saudi Arabia as it faces regional crises and security threats’. There is little doubting the UK’s or America’s commitment, given they design and manufacture billions of dollars worth of weaponry for the de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. They send military advisers and logistical assistance, too. And above all they persistently turn a blind eye to the devastation of Yemen. And when that proves impossible, as a bus of children burns or the remains of a hospital smoulder, they downplay it, by expressing token concern accompanied by a perfunctory call for all parties to come to a peaceful solution. As if it somehow has nothing to do with them.**

if anyone has a BLIND EYE-----it is you, MINDLESS----you have a BLIND EYE to the fact that MOST OF THE BLOOD SHED in Yemen in the past ten years has been the result of IRANIAN
PROXIES in that country-------Sanaa (the capital) ran red with HOUTHI DRAWN BLOOD years ago-------and-----you seem to miss the fact that beside SANAA----the targets of the IRANIAN PROXIES are------the seaports? WHY? because the SUNNIS of Yemen seek control of the seaports? sheeeeesh ---wake up

Don't shout at me.

I didn't write it.

I posted it in the hope of promoting some 'reasonable' debate. Argument and counter argument.

you posted it as though it is something which you
uncritically support. I answered you. I don't even see
attribution.

 

[Mindful]

** It is not a surprise, of course. The Saudi monarchs are our men in the Middle East. They are British state’s allies, its friends. As Johnson put it in December, ‘the United Kingdom remains committed to supporting Saudi Arabia as it faces regional crises and security threats’. There is little doubting the UK’s or America’s commitment, given they design and manufacture billions of dollars worth of weaponry for the de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. They send military advisers and logistical assistance, too. And above all they persistently turn a blind eye to the devastation of Yemen. And when that proves impossible, as a bus of children burns or the remains of a hospital smoulder, they downplay it, by expressing token concern accompanied by a perfunctory call for all parties to come to a peaceful solution. As if it somehow has nothing to do with them.**

if anyone has a BLIND EYE-----it is you, MINDLESS----you have a BLIND EYE to the fact that MOST OF THE BLOOD SHED in Yemen in the past ten years has been the result of IRANIAN
PROXIES in that country-------Sanaa (the capital) ran red with HOUTHI DRAWN BLOOD years ago-------and-----you seem to miss the fact that beside SANAA----the targets of the IRANIAN PROXIES are------the seaports? WHY? because the SUNNIS of Yemen seek control of the seaports? sheeeeesh ---wake up

Don't shout at me.

I didn't write it.

I posted it in the hope of promoting some 'reasonable' debate. Argument and counter argument.

you posted it as though it is something which you
uncritically support. I answered you. I don't even see
attribution.

No I did not. I just posted it.

No 'as if's'.

 

[irosie91]

** It is not a surprise, of course. The Saudi monarchs are our men in the Middle East. They are British state’s allies, its friends. As Johnson put it in December, ‘the United Kingdom remains committed to supporting Saudi Arabia as it faces regional crises and security threats’. There is little doubting the UK’s or America’s commitment, given they design and manufacture billions of dollars worth of weaponry for the de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. They send military advisers and logistical assistance, too. And above all they persistently turn a blind eye to the devastation of Yemen. And when that proves impossible, as a bus of children burns or the remains of a hospital smoulder, they downplay it, by expressing token concern accompanied by a perfunctory call for all parties to come to a peaceful solution. As if it somehow has nothing to do with them.**

if anyone has a BLIND EYE-----it is you, MINDLESS----you have a BLIND EYE to the fact that MOST OF THE BLOOD SHED in Yemen in the past ten years has been the result of IRANIAN
PROXIES in that country-------Sanaa (the capital) ran red with HOUTHI DRAWN BLOOD years ago-------and-----you seem to miss the fact that beside SANAA----the targets of the IRANIAN PROXIES are------the seaports? WHY? because the SUNNIS of Yemen seek control of the seaports? sheeeeesh ---wake up

Don't shout at me.

I didn't write it.

I posted it in the hope of promoting some 'reasonable' debate. Argument and counter argument.

you posted it as though it is something which you
uncritically support. I answered you. I don't even see
attribution.

No I did not. I just posted it.

No 'as if's'.

you posted it without attribution and no quotation marks

 

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I was going to follow up, but I don't feel like doing it now.

 

[irosie91]

I was going to follow up, but I don't feel like doing it now.

----aw, shucks

 

[Mindful]

I was going to follow up, but I don't feel like doing it now.

----aw, shucks

You're aggressive.

 

[irosie91]

I was going to follow up, but I don't feel like doing it now.

----aw, shucks

You're aggressive.

I am woman, hear me roar...............