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Yemen's Houthis launch missile toward Saudi holy city, coalition says [Mecca]
Reuters ^ | October 28, 2016 | Staff

Posted on 10/28/2016 6:00:16 AM PDT by C19fan

Yemen's Houthi militia launched a ballistic missile toward Mecca on Thursday, the Saudi-led coalition intervening in Yemen's civil war on behalf of the government said in a statement.

Coalition forces destroyed the missile 65 km (40 miles) from the holy city before it could do any damage, and retaliated against the launch site inside Yemen, said the statement, carried on the state news agency SPA. Mecca is home to the most sacred sites in Islam, including the Grand Mosque.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mecca; yemen
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WOW!!! The Houthis would have not done this unless Iran gave the green light.
1 posted on 10/28/2016 6:00:16 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Things are getting interesting.


2 posted on 10/28/2016 6:07:19 AM PDT by phormer phrog phlyer
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To: phormer phrog phlyer

They are shaping up just as God said they would.


3 posted on 10/28/2016 6:12:00 AM PDT by Anti-Hillary (Soon everything in America will be "free", except it's people.)
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They are shaping up just as God said they would.

First thing that came to my mind as well.

4 posted on 10/28/2016 6:13:01 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. - Mark Twain)
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To: C19fan

I feel bad for Yemen. And wish they had been able to destroy Mecca.


5 posted on 10/28/2016 6:14:38 AM PDT by MarMema
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To: Anti-Hillary

please post a vanity on this and explain it to us.


6 posted on 10/28/2016 6:15:48 AM PDT by MarMema
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To: MarMema

The Iranians think the Saudi’s are incapable of guarding the Holiest City in Islam. They want to control it. If it gets hit by a cruise missile, that proves their point.


7 posted on 10/28/2016 6:17:50 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: C19fan

“Yer gonna need a bigger missile.”


8 posted on 10/28/2016 6:19:42 AM PDT by G Larry (Avoiding the Truth-Hillary's only expertise)
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“Coalition forces destroyed the missile 65 km (40 miles) from the holy city”

With what? Don’t tell me we have anti missile batteries defending this.


9 posted on 10/28/2016 6:23:13 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws maintain the status quo now.)
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Does anyone know how accurate these are?

I understand it is a “scud” missile.

How hard are they to intercept?


10 posted on 10/28/2016 6:25:07 AM PDT by Gadsden1st
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To: AppyPappy

Does anyone know how accurate these are?

I understand it is a “scud” missile.

How hard are they to intercept?


11 posted on 10/28/2016 6:25:07 AM PDT by Gadsden1st
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To: C19fan

Coalition forces? Does that include us?


12 posted on 10/28/2016 6:25:07 AM PDT by montag813
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The flight path is predictable so I think modern systems have no problem with them.


13 posted on 10/28/2016 6:28:03 AM PDT by C19fan
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God bless them. We should be supporting them, not the Saudi Barbarians.


14 posted on 10/28/2016 6:35:51 AM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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I know Iran is evil and they support these folks, but this is MORE ACTION than we took against the Sauds for KILLING 3000 of our people and DESTROYING two of our greatest buildings!


15 posted on 10/28/2016 6:43:41 AM PDT by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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We shouldn’t be supporting any of them. They are all barbarians. Let them kill each other. We need nothing from any of them. NOTHING.


16 posted on 10/28/2016 6:47:57 AM PDT by ecomcon
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Better luck and launching next time!


17 posted on 10/28/2016 7:00:09 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (We are not electing a saint. We are electing an ass kicker! Vote for Trump! Defeat Illiarily!)
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Mecca is mystery Babylon and it will be destroyed by the King of the Medes (Iran). Yemen is Iran’s proxy.

Babylon the Great & The Caliph Antichrist - Armageddon News
https://youtu.be/uY20IFaWlsQ


18 posted on 10/28/2016 7:00:10 AM PDT by Fitzy_888 ("ownership society")
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Amen! Get out of the middle east and let them kill each other.

We shouldn’t be supporting any of them. They are all barbarians. Let them kill each other. We need nothing from any of them. NOTHING.

19 posted on 10/28/2016 7:03:16 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (We are not electing a saint. We are electing an ass kicker! Vote for Trump! Defeat Illiarily!)
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Well, I’m glad someone has the stones to attempt an attack on Mecca, although this was just a single rocket.

Wouldn’t it be great if the Kabaa stone got splintered?

The Muslims would be at each other’s throats; the Jooz would be blamed, and in 10 years, tourists would be offered necklaces containing splinters of the rock.


20 posted on 10/28/2016 7:03:45 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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