Posted on 01/21/2015 6:46:27 AM PST by maggief
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Shiite rebels in control of Yemen's capital now hold the country's president "captive" at his home, his aides said Wednesday, putting in question who actually rules the Arab world's most-impoverished nation.
President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi "cannot leave his house" after Houthi rebels removed his guards and deployed their own fighters there Wednesday, one aide said.
Another described the country being at the "point of no return." Hadi can't resign as president as the Houthis have threatened to prosecute him, that aide said. The two aides spoke on condition of anonymity as they weren't authorized to speak to journalists.
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Darn that JV team.
North and South Yemen had both received deliveries of Soviet SS-21 Scarab ballistic missiles. Following its border clashes with North Yemen in 1979, South Yemen received FROG-7 missiles with about 12 launchers and Scud-Bs with about 6 launchers, from the Soviet Union. (1) These missiles likely remained in Yemen’s combined arsenal.
In 2002 Spanish marines boarded the North Korean ship So San in the Arabian Sea found to be transporting 15 Scud missiles to Yemen. The seizure provides a compelling illustration of how weapons of mass destruction and the vehicles which can carry them can spread—and of the difficulties of dealing with both the states which supply them and those which acquire them. Why were the missiles being transported as hidden cargo? Yemen claims the missiles were for its own defensive purposes. The sensational seizure by Spanish naval units of a ship from North Korea with a cargo of Scud ballistic missiles aimed for Yemen—but which Washington obviously thought were meant for Iraq—is turning into an embarrassing political incident. From a military point of view, the operation was successful, but things are different from a political angle. The Yemeni foreign minister sent a very harsh letter to the U.S. ambassador, explaining that the missiles are destined for the Yemeni army and should be sent to Yemen right away. The U.S. Administration explained that it did not wait for the ship to get closer to its destination in order not to upset the Yemeni authorities, whose cooperation it needs to dismantle the al-Qaida networks in the region. The sale of Scud missiles is not forbidden under international law. Yemen was allowed to take possession of the missiles and was not penalized for its role in the transaction.
By 2010 by one estimate Yemeni missile strength included six Scud-B launchers, with up to an 33 missiles, and 22 other surface-to-surface missiles.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/yemen/
Another bullet on Obama’s Legacy chart.
As Commander-in-Chief, my highest priority is the security of the American people. Over the last several years, we have consistently taken the fight to terrorists who threaten our country. We took out Osama bin Laden and much of al Qaeda’s leadership in Afghanistan and Pakistan. We’ve targeted al Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen...
...This strategy of taking out terrorists who threaten us, while supporting partners on the front lines, is one that we have successfully pursued in Yemen and Somalia for years. And it is consistent with the approach I outlined earlier this year: to use force against anyone who threatens America’s core interests, but to mobilize partners wherever possible to address broader challenges to international order....
The only thing remains to be seen is when they will move on the Strait of Hormuz!
I guess because they had the money to buy them....
Don’t worry Obama is coming to save you.....
Israeli response coming soon to a Middle Eastern theater near you.
To shoot at the Saudis of course.
They have to go through Oman first, which is a Saudi ally.
These are the Shia Houthi not the Sunni ISIS. Obama supported the (now former) Sunni government in Yemen.
You may want to consult a map.
The House of Saud is in trouble with Yeman now in Iranian hands.
Yep.
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