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Posted on 11/08/2009 8:39:46 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Saudi Arabia said on Friday that it had launched air strikes against Yemeni rebels to "neutralise" infiltrators who had crossed the frontier and killed a Saudi border guard. The air strikes from southern Jizan province were to "neutralise the firing by intruders" and to clear areas where they had encroached on Saudi territory, the government said in a statement on the official SPA news agency.
Earlier, a government advisor said Saudi F-15 and Tornado jets had begun bombing the positions of the Zaidi rebels inside Yemeni territory on Wednesday in response to a rebel attack on a border post a day earlier in which one Saudi was killed and 11 wounded.
"They've been hit hard and it's ongoing," he told AFP on Thursday, adding that the move was taken with the knowledge of the Yemeni government.
The SPA statement did not acknowledge the air strikes or reported shelling inside Yemen territory.
It said government forces had attacked rebel positions "inside Saudi territory" around the 2,000 metre (6,600 foot) Jebel al-Dukhan mountain which straddles the border of Yemen and Saudi Arabia's Jizan province.
But according to the government adviser, the attacks included going after rebel encampments in the area of Saada, a Yemeni provincial capital over the border.
"We took back a small piece of territory and hit their camps around Saada," he said.
The rebels also said that Saudi air force jets had attacked them inside Yemeni territory.
The Saudis said they took action following weeks of disturbances in the region, where Yemeni troops have been engaged in a major offensive against the Zaidi rebels, also known as Huthis after their tribal leaders.
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Green-on-green violence. What’s not to like?
Seems the current President (and the one before him) was more interested in political correctness than winning.
Did they clear this with the UN Security COuncil?
It seems that it was an unilateral action.
amber-on-red. I beleive it is the Iranian backed Shiite that are being bombed on the side of Yemen. There are stories circulating about Iranian influence in the Gulf regions, arming the Shiite tribes for their interests.
It won’t happen, no one will want to fuss with a country that has large amount of petroleum that could be denied for export as a retaliation for bringing the issue to UN. It’s likely the Shiite tribes being bombed that could be Irainan backed tribes, which the attacks will make even US and Israel happy. The only one to lose are Iran and Syria.
Notice the weaselly, meally-mouthed State Dept. position on this. Can’t win militarily, so let’s have a party. Typical Clintonese/Obama cowardice and stupidity.
Killing the enemy and winning the war militarily, as in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) can happen, and does when the govt tells the US State Dept. to go to hell, mind its own business, and then takes care of their own enemies.
There are more gonads in Sana than in the whole Obama administration, including Hillary’s.
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