Posted on 01/09/2022 6:01:24 PM PST by BenLurkin
The UN imposed an arms embargo on the Houthis in 2015.
The United States and ally Saudi Arabia — which leads the military coalition backing the Yemeni government — have long accused Iran of supplying the Houthis with weapons, a charge Tehran denies.
Citing a confidential report by a UN Security Council panel of experts on Yemen, the Journal wrote that boats and land transport were used to smuggle weapons made in Russia, China and Iran into Yemen.
deck, in a photo released Dec. 21, 2021. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Elisha Smith/US Navy via AP) WASHINGTON — The United Nations found thousands of weapons recently seized in the Arabian Sea likely came from a single port in Iran, evidence Tehran is exporting arms to Yemen and elsewhere, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.
Yemen has been wracked by civil war since 2014, pitting Iran-backed Houthi rebels against the internationally recognized government.
The UN imposed an arms embargo on the Houthis in 2015.
The United States and ally Saudi Arabia — which leads the military coalition backing the Yemeni government — have long accused Iran of supplying the Houthis with weapons, a charge Tehran denies.
Citing a confidential report by a UN Security Council panel of experts on Yemen, the Journal wrote that boats and land transport were used to smuggle weapons made in Russia, China and Iran into Yemen.
The arms included rocket launchers, machine guns and sniper rifles, which had been seized by the US Navy in recent months.
Boats used to transport the weapons had left from the southeastern Iranian port of Jask, the UN report found, based on interviews with the boat crew and data from the onboard navigational instruments, the Journal said.
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Can we just stomp them with both feet and be done with them?
All they need are a few more plane loads of cash and they’ll come around.
Blow it up UN
Citing a confidential report by a UN Security Council panel of experts on Yemen, the Journal wrote that boats and land transport were used to smuggle weapons made in Russia, China and Iran into Yemen... included rocket launchers, machine guns and sniper rifles... had left from the southeastern Iranian port of Jask...
The UN fingers Iran port’’.
EEWWW. What’s the UN fingering an Iranian port for?
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