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U.S. Pressed Saudis To End Yemen Airstrikes
Wall St Journal ^ | 4-22-15 | Hakim Almasmari in San’a, Yemen, and

Posted on 04/22/2015 11:58:55 PM PDT by SJackson

Senior U.S. officials pressed Saudi leaders for fear of making matters worse

Senior U.S. officials pressed Saudi leaders in a series of messages to quickly wrap up their air campaign in Yemen for fear of making matters worse, people familiar with the matter said, before Riyadh declared Tuesday it was ending the offensive.

Yet on Wednesday, Saudi airstrikes resumed in several parts of the country after Iranian-linked Houthi militants took over a military brigade in the southern city of Taiz, provincial security officials said. There was no sign of peace talks, though the Saudis had said they were shifting to a mostly political phase of their effort to respond to the chaos in the impoverished Arab country on its southern border.

Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. Adel al-Jubeir said his country would continue to use force in response to Houthi aggression.

“When the Houthis or their allies make aggressive moves, there will be a response,” he said. “The decision to calm matters now rests entirely with them.”

(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airstrikes; airstrikesend; kenyanbornmuzzie; saudiarabia; saudicoalition; treason; yemen; yemeniran; yemenwar
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1 posted on 04/22/2015 11:58:55 PM PDT by SJackson
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
Middle East and terrorism, occasional political and Jewish issues Ping List. High Volume

If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.

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2 posted on 04/22/2015 11:59:19 PM PDT by SJackson (I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes)
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To: SJackson

Still think he’s not a Muslim?


3 posted on 04/23/2015 12:00:40 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: SJackson

Please ping me.


4 posted on 04/23/2015 12:03:51 AM PDT by tanuki (Left-wing Revolution: show biz for boring people.)
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To: SJackson
Senior U.S. officials pressed Saudi leaders

Well, duh. Jarrett is Iranian. Get over it.


5 posted on 04/23/2015 12:06:32 AM PDT by 867V309 (Boehner is the new Pelosi)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Don't tell me YOU of all people are questioning his "muslim faith"?

Don't do it! Don't anyone DARE to question his "muslim faith"!

Of all the names and aliases so far that we are aware of. Hussein is the ONLY consistent one!

His name is Hussein! Don't doubt his "muslim faith"!

6 posted on 04/23/2015 12:10:31 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,)
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To: SJackson

Very Interesting


7 posted on 04/23/2015 12:11:17 AM PDT by StoneWall Brigade (And I will send fire on Magog- Ezkiel 39:6)
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To: SJackson

The guy really get jazzed when it comes to Iran doesn’t he.

Russian wants Iran to have the bomb. Obama wants them to have it. I wonder if China wants them to have it. My guess is yes.

Russia and China love to have proxies do their dirty work.


8 posted on 04/23/2015 12:16:03 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (The question, Jeb Bush? The answer: NO! Rove, is a devious propagandist & enemy of Conservatives!)
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To: SJackson; dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; ...

I guess everyone thought the U.S was sending a carrier over there to handle the Iranians, looks like it’s there to keep the Arab league from pressing their concerns.


9 posted on 04/23/2015 12:21:16 AM PDT by Usagi_yo (Enormous wealth without God, something's bound to go wrong here.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I think he’s a Marxist-Leninist in his heart and the Iranian regime in its secular form underneath the ayatollahs who have supreme command is also Marxist-Leninist, hence the friendly attitude.


10 posted on 04/23/2015 12:37:12 AM PDT by Nextrush ( FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, DON'T BE PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Nextrush

Barack and his freudian ‘my muslim faith Christian faith’ slip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMhB-CwF4yc


11 posted on 04/23/2015 12:46:02 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If there’s anything “Muslim” in Obama it may be N.O.I. (Farrakhan) which is considered Muslim, but I would call it communist-fascist.


12 posted on 04/23/2015 12:50:56 AM PDT by Nextrush ( FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, DON'T BE PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: rawcatslyentist

But is his Muslim faith Shiite or Sunni? He supported the MB in Egypt, and told Christians to get off their high horses vis a vis DAESH, so I’d say Sunni. But now he’s covering for the Houthis in South Yemen, who are killing Sunnis, so I’d say Shiite. Next thing you know, he’ll be showing evidence of Sufi leanings.


13 posted on 04/23/2015 12:52:50 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: Nextrush

His father and stepfather were both Sunni Muslims. NOI is not considered real by the major Muslim sects.


14 posted on 04/23/2015 12:56:37 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: SJackson

saudis have resumed air strikes.

http://theothermccain.com/


15 posted on 04/23/2015 2:09:23 AM PDT by kingattax (a real American would rather die on his feet than live on his knees.)
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To: SJackson
You have to wonder who's side we are on.


16 posted on 04/23/2015 2:19:33 AM PDT by McGruff (Maybe my comments are too nuanced for some.)
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To: DoughtyOne

You are sooo right about that.....is it not interesting that the enemy of my enemy is my enemy and my friends. As if they are all on board for an agenda to move nation leaders and peoples into line.

Russia and China will not go along although they might from time to time appear so....they will fight if it comes to that, all in good time.

Btw....the EU and US also like to fight proxies wars. They are seeking the ‘same Global power’ that the Russians and China and Irainians are seeking. It’s the race they are all running....and once these smaller nations are under control the big war will indeed come.


17 posted on 04/23/2015 2:31:15 AM PDT by caww
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To: McGruff

....”You have to wonder who’s side we are on”...

Gods...because this mess these nation leaders think they can control is one day going to swing entirely out of their control,.... and God will be stepping into the heart of it!

We are watching it all being orchestrated for a New World Order the Globalist/Elites are eager to take their perspective seats in Governing.


18 posted on 04/23/2015 2:37:32 AM PDT by caww
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To: SJackson
The media is wondering whether Obama really intends to attack Iranian transport ships bound for Yemen.

They're serious.

It would be humorous if it wasn't so serious.

19 posted on 04/23/2015 2:42:31 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

I’ve come to one conclusion over this whole mess including the nitwit in the white house. When this is all done and he is out of office and the mid east becomes a problem for us, I am going to tell our representatives who have done not a thing to reign in this clown: “don’t call me or my family. Grab a rifle, find transport and you drop into whatever hole you are talking about now that you allowed for this to happen and begin shooting. Neither I nor anyone in my family is going to go this time. You allowed it, you own it. Over and out.”


20 posted on 04/23/2015 3:01:05 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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