Operation Decisive Storm

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    This is probably overdue.. 54 have been killed so far.. I hope they bring AQ and the al Houthis to their knees.

    http://english.alarabiya.net/en/New...el-Houthi-aggression-in-Yemen-statement-.html

    Staff Writer, Al Arabiya News
    Wednesday, 25 March 2015

    Saudi Arabia waged early Thursday “Operation Decisive Storm” against the Houthi coup in Yemen and in support of legitimate President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

    A Saudi air campaign was launched overnight which has already resulted in the elimination of several Houthi leaders.

    Yemen air space is currently under full control of the Saudi Royal Air Force.

    As the operation continues, a coalition of all GCC countries, barring Oman, is taking part in the campaign, including Sudan, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan and Pakistan.

    Saudi Arabia has deployed 100 fighter jets, 150,000 soldiers and other navy units, Al Arabiya News Channel reported.

    Meanwhile, Yemen shut its major seaports on Thursday while Saudi Arabia halted flights to seven airports south of the Kingdom, Reuters news agency reported.


    Infographic: The 'Decisive Storm' coalition

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    White House backs campaign

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    The White House has voiced support for the campaign against the Houthis. Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Washington Adel al-Jubeir announced the kingdom had launched a military operation involving air strikes in Yemen against Houthi fighters who have tightened their grip on the southern city of Aden where Hadi had taken refuge.

    WATCH: Ambassador al-Jubeir: ‘Having Yemen fail cannot be an option’

    Jubeir told reporters that a 10-country coalition had joined in the military campaign in a bid “to protect and defend the legitimate government” of Hadi.

    “We will do whatever it takes in order to protect the legitimate government of Yemen from falling,” Jubeir said.


    The U.S. has said it is coordinating closely with Saudi Arabia.

    “President Obama has authorized the provision of logistical and intelligence support to GCC-led military operations,” National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said in a statement, referring to the Gulf Cooperation Council.

    The Saudi-led military coalition declared Yemen’s airspace as a “restricted area” after King Salman bin Abdulaziz ordered the airstrikes on the Iran-backed Houthi militia on Thursday at 12 a.m. Riyadh time.

    Yemeni forces and loyalists to Hadi have already managed to take control of Aden airport from Houthi militias, Al Arabiya News Channel reported citing sources.

    Hadi, who has remained in Aden, is in high spirits after the launch of the operation against the Houthi rebel group opposed to his rule, an aide said.

    The Iranian Foreign Ministry condemend the operation on Thursday and demanded an immediate halt what it described as “military aggression,” semi-Official Fars news agency reported.

    ‘Repel Houthi aggression’

    Saudi Defense Minister Prince Mohammed bin Salman had warned Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh, the son of Yemen’s former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, against advancing toward Aden.

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    The Houthis had joined forces with the loyalists of former President Saleh in their offensive to take control of Yemen.

    Operation ‘Decisive Storm’ to continue

    Yemeni Foreign Minister Riad Yassine told Al Arabiya News Channel that the operations would continue until the Houthis agreed to join peace talks and backtrack on all measures taken since their occupation of the capital Sanaa last September.

    “We do not recognize any of what happened after September 21,” Yassine told Al Arabiya News, saying the military operation would help the southern Yemenis “regain confidence.”

    Demonstrations reportedly broke out in Yemen’s Hadramout and Aden in support of the Saudi airstrikes on the Houthi militia.

    The military operation came shortly after Arab Gulf states, barring Oman, announced that they have decided to “repel Houthi aggression” in neighboring Yemen, following a request from Hadi.

    In a joint statement Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait said they “decided to repel Houthi militias, al-Qaeda and ISIS [Islamic State of Iraq and Syria] in the country.”

    The Gulf states warned that the Houthi coup in Yemen represented a “major threat” to the region’s stability.

    The Gulf states also accused the Iranian-backed militia of conducting military drills on the border of Saudi Arabia with “heavy weapons.”

    In an apparent reference to Iran, the Gulf statement said the “Houthi militia is backed by regional powers in order for it to be their base of influence.”

    The Gulf states said they had monitored the situation and the Houthi coup in Yemen with “great pain” and accused the Shiite militia of failing to respond to warnings from the United Nations Security Council as well as the GCC.

    The statement stressed that the Arab states had sought over the previous period to restore stability in Yemen, noting the last initiative to host peace talks under the auspices of the GCC.

    Call for U.N. action

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    FYI.....................
     
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    http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/...-arabia-suicide-bombings-150328150346923.html

    Houthis threaten Saudi Arabia with suicide bombings


    Shia fighters threaten to undertake suicide operations in the kingdom if Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen continue.

    Yemen's Houthi fighters have threatened to undertake suicide bombings in Saudi Arabia if the kingdom continues to launch airstrikes against the group's positions.

    Abdel Mon'em Al-Qurashi, a senior member of the Houthis Executive Committee, said on Saturday that the group would destroy the Saudi regime for its "aggressive" policies, Iran's Fars news agency reported.

    "If Saudi Arabia continues its aggressions against the oppressed Yemeni people, [Houthi] fighters will pave the way for the Saudi regime's destruction by conducting martyrdom-seeking operations inside Saudi Arabia in the coming hours," Quraishi told Fars.

    Saudi-led airstrikes have bombed Houthi targets for three consecutive nights, in what they call Operation Decisive Storm, after assembling a coalition of more than 10 countries, five of them members of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council.

    On Saturday, airstrikes hit Sanaa International Airport and the adjoining military airport, causing damage to planes, airport infrastructure and runways.

    The airstrikes hit multiple provinces in Yemen, including Houthi strongholds and the bases of army units loyal to the group's main ally, former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

    According to the Houthi-run interior ministry, at least 24 civilians were killed in Friday's strikes, bringing the toll from Thursday and Friday to 45 civilians.

    The figures of civilian and combatant casualties could not be independently confirmed, though Amnesty International said at least six children were among those killed in Sanaa on Thursday.

    In the southern coastal city of Aden, several people were killed after a series of blasts rocked an arms depot at the foot of Jabal Hadid mountain overlooking Aden.

    The cause was not immediately clear but residents had been looting the arsenal of Soviet-era weapons.

    Troops guarding the depot had abandoned their posts earlier this week after their commanders fled.
     
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    Yemen air space is currently under full control of the Saudi Royal Air Force.

    As the operation continues, a coalition of all GCC countries, barring Oman, is taking part in the campaign, including Sudan, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan and Pakistan.

    Saudi Arabia has deployed 100 fighter jets, 150,000 soldiers and other navy units, Al Arabiya News Channel reported.


    And now the al Houthis are threatening the Saudis with suicide bombers.
     
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    Yemen is but one front in a multi-front war. Obama is on both sides of this war. What could go wrong? There will be blowback for America caused by Obama's fecklessness.
     
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    Well.. that's pretty simplistic.. Al Houthis have been a problem for the Saudis since 2004-5.. and AQ has been in Yemen far longer than that. The US is more concerned with AQ than the Houthis..

    In any case... only a seriously crackpot partisan would blame Obama for the problems in Yemen since they have been brewing for decades.

    Saudi Arabia doesn't want to occupy Yemen.. that is one certainty.. and Saudi Arabia has seriously beat up AQ and chased them out of Arabia.. (into Yemen unfortunately)

    The seven Arab countries who have joined this coalition understand the ramifications of the Iranian funded al Houthis Shia having a foothold on the Arabian peninsula and they hate AQ..

    Its probably better if the US pundits just sit back and comment.. know what I mean?
     
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    The conflict in Yemen is part of a much greater conflict that has been going on since the death of Ali ibn Abi Talib. The conflict is none of America's business.

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    The Arab group is losing the war to Iran. Obama is allied with Iran. That's why Obama wasn't given prior notice of the Arab group's attack on the Yemeni Shiites.

    I don't care what you mean. America's fight isn't in the Middle East. America should get out of the Middle East.
     
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    Oh I am an Arabophile just like my parents before me. Obama isn't "for " Iran at all.. As for Yemen, the Arabs need to win their own fight.. and they will.

    Any time you have a minority that wants to run the show, there are problems.. but most Shia in KSA are doing pretty well for themselves unlike the impoverished Shia in Yemen where nearly everybody is poor as dirt.
     
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    Confession is good for the soul isn't it?

    A couple of nomads.

    Actually, Obama is the long awaited twelfth imam bringing the power of the atom to the Persians.

    Iran won't take the Sunni offensive laying down. They will strike back.

    Bunch of ChickenShiites.
     
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    I don't think Iran will do anything... If they do the fallout could be very serious..
     
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    America won't act, and neither will any of the Western powers. Iran has a free hand except for the Sunni Arabs and Turks.
     
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    Does America need to act if the Arab coalition has it in hand??
     
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    Iran vs Saudia Arabia/Israel will be an interesting conflict.
     
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    America doesn't need to act under any set of circumstances.
     
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    I have never heard the word Arabophile before.. I think the right word is Arabist...........
     
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    Arabist refers to the attachments of Arabophiles who worked for White Hall or the US State Dept. Expand your vocabulary.
     
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    Most of us who grew up in the ME or worked there consider ourselves Arabists because of our interest in their language, culture and history.

    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Arabist
     
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    Margot, it has been brought to my attention that communication between us holds the potential for disturbing some people with the result that the equanimity of Political Forum is harmed. Consequently, this is the last time I will communicate with you on Political Forum. If you have something to say to me, and desire a response, I suggest you do so on the other forum to which we both belong.
     
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    Oh my word... I didn't think you or I were that important.........
     

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