Obama votes present.
Posted on 11/05/2009 8:28:35 AM PST by rdl6989
SAN'A, Yemen – Saudi Arabia has launched a large military incursion across the border into northern Yemen, using fighter jets and artillery bombardments to try to end a Shiite rebellion inside its troubled southern neighbor, Arab diplomats and the rebels said Thursday.
The northern rebels, known as Hawthis, have been battling Yemeni government forces intensively over the past few months in the latest flare-up of a sporadic conflict that has lasted five years. The Hawthis are based in northern Saada province, which borders Saudi Arabia.
"Saudi jets dropped bombs on a crowded areas including local market in the northern province of Saada," Hawthi spokesman Mohammed Abdel-Salam told The Associated Press. "They (Saudis) claim they are targeting al-Hawthis, but regrettably they are killing civilians like the government does," he added.
"The attacks were followed by hundreds of shells from the border," Abdel-Salam said.
There was no immediate word on casualties.
Two Arab diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AP Saudi Tornado and F-15 warplanes have been bombarding targets inside Yemen since Wednesday afternoon, inflicting significant casualties on the rebels. The diplomats spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not allowed to talks to the media.
They said army units and special forces have been sent to northern Yemen, and that several Saudi towns on the border have been evacuated.
Neither Saudi Arabia nor their Yemeni government allies have confirmed the offensive. But if they do, this would be the first known Saudi incursion across the border in the five years of fighting the rebels.
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Excessive force! Human rights violations! UN condemnations! (not)
WAR CRIME. Saudis are committing WAR CRIME in the name of iSLAM (note the small i).
Expanding war in the Middle East.
Obama’s fault.
They could care less about collatoral damage but they sure want to hold us to higher standards. War is war and you aren’t going to change that. But........we can sure allow our kids to continue to be killed without additional military support. Our greatest renewable resource.......our kids are being lead to the slaughter. Our President either needs to support our kids or get the hell out of the middle east and leave them to their own devices.
We better get right on that.
“Excessive force! Human rights violations! UN condemnations! (not)”
King Abdullah=Hitler! No Blood for Oil! Not in our name! Where’s Cindy Sheehan! Where’s Code Pink?
/s;)
They’re going to party like it’s 1979.
A little practice run in case they need to fly North by North East soon.....
Rebels? Don’t they mean insurgents?
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