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Breaking: Saudi Arabia Starts Bombing Yemen: U.S. Officials
NBC News via Twitter ^ | Wednesday, March 25, 2015 | Richard Engel

Posted on 03/25/2015 4:12:08 PM PDT by kristinn

US officials confirm to @NBCNews that Saudi Arabia has started bombing rebel positions inside #Yemen. NO indication of troops crossing in.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Egypt; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
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To: maggief

The question is who are they shooting at? The Houthis, backed by the mullahs in Iran? AQAP? ISIS? All the players mentioned in the report are Sunni. Barky has partnered up with Iran against ISIS. He’s caved in on the nuke talks. Are we to believe that he is supporting an attack on Iranian puppets? Or have the mullahs sold out the Houthis to give Barky the appearance of a Mid East success? That would explain Earnest’s ridiculous statements at today’s press briefing about Yemen still being a success.


61 posted on 03/25/2015 5:11:33 PM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: kristinn

Even Al Jazeera pick up the story

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2015/03/saudi-ambassador-announces-military-operation-yemen-150325234138956.html


62 posted on 03/25/2015 5:17:41 PM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: kristinn; caww; melancholy; crosslink; thouworm; hoosiermama; SE Mom

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/03/26/GCC-states-to-repel-Houthi-aggression-in-Yemen-statement-.html

Al-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 Yemen President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

He told reporters that Washington was not participating in the military operation, but U.S. officials said the United States was providing support to Saudi Arabia as it carries military operation in Yemen, according to Al Arabiya News.

Al Arabiya News Channel said Egypt was taking part in the coalition with ground, naval and air forces.

The Saudi-led military coalition declares Yemen’s airspace as “rrestricted area.”

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 the country’s President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi.

In their 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.”


63 posted on 03/25/2015 5:27:19 PM PDT by maggief
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To: kristinn

How is this possible? Obama said Yemen was one of his great success stories.


64 posted on 03/25/2015 5:30:53 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: TomGuy

Rev 17:12”And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings”... soon!


65 posted on 03/25/2015 5:41:20 PM PDT by Preech1 (Is God in ALL your thoughts? He ought to be....)
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To: Catsrus

Exactly...


66 posted on 03/25/2015 5:42:26 PM PDT by Preech1 (Is God in ALL your thoughts? He ought to be....)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

We’re there now. It’s a slow roll start.


67 posted on 03/25/2015 5:42:37 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Support Principle: http://www.tedcruz.org)
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To: kristinn
Interesting ...

Lindsey Graham @GrahamBlog 5m5 minutes ago

This is going to be the first of many events where the Sunni Arabs push back against Iranian influence. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/saudi-ambassador-saudi-arabia-begun-military-operations-yemen-29911259

68 posted on 03/25/2015 5:44:56 PM PDT by maggief
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Yes.


69 posted on 03/25/2015 5:46:22 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (Si vis pacem, para bellum.)
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To: SeaHawkFan

Careful. This is shaping up as shia v. sunni. Saudi is sunni like al qaeda and islamic state, so saudi will leave them alone. They are allies against iran, syria, houthis, and hezbollah.


70 posted on 03/25/2015 5:46:50 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Support Principle: http://www.tedcruz.org)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Are we going to see a general war among all countries in the middle east? Are we going to see these conflicts evolve into World War III???

Obama might have stumbled on an unintentionally brilliant way to keep the US out of it. Since no country in the world trusts us any more, none of the combatants will ask for our help...

71 posted on 03/25/2015 5:50:23 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves (Heteropatriarchal Capitalist)
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To: kristinn

OUCH anybody been at Twitter YET LOL!

Former advisor to yemeni govt says on al jazeera the americans “sold them out”. does “US backed” mean much anymore?


72 posted on 03/25/2015 5:50:41 PM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

I wouldn’t trust that airhead to take even a simple order.


73 posted on 03/25/2015 5:50:42 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: magua

Jordan is still in one piece.


74 posted on 03/25/2015 5:56:06 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: kristinn

75 posted on 03/25/2015 5:57:40 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: umgud

When was the last time Saudi even lit a Firecracker?


76 posted on 03/25/2015 5:58:01 PM PDT by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: Catsrus
No... ""The ten horns of the beast are ten kings who have not yet risen to power.
They will be appointed to their kingdoms for one brief moment to reign with the beast.""

This ten has nothing to do with the other.

77 posted on 03/25/2015 6:00:41 PM PDT by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: RandallFlagg

-—I hope everyone filled their gas tanks.-——

Why....?

Currently the country is flush with oil....


78 posted on 03/25/2015 6:00:54 PM PDT by Popman (Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
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To: Popman
Currently the country is flush with oil....

That the monarch is preventing us access to....at the point of a gun.
79 posted on 03/25/2015 6:02:56 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Hobo: "I think you're gonna need a lot of dump trucks.")
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To: kristinn

Hey Bambam, how’s Yemen working out as a Counter-Terror ‘Model’ now?


80 posted on 03/25/2015 6:13:40 PM PDT by jazusamo (0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
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