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Yemen Ground Invasion By Saudi, Egyptian Troops Imminent
Zerohedge ^ | 3-26-2015 | Durden

Posted on 03/26/2015 10:52:22 AM PDT by tcrlaf

As reported first thing today, while the initial phase of the military campaign against Yemen has been taking place for the past 18 hours and been exclusively one of airborne assaults by forces of the "Decisive Storm" coalition, Saudi hinted at what is coming next following reports that it had built up a massive 150,000 troop deployment on the border with Yemen.

And as expected, moments ago AP reported that Egyptian military and security officials told The Associated Press that the military intervention will go further, with a ground assault into Yemen by Egyptian, Saudi and other forces, planned once airstrikes have weakened the capabilities of the rebels.

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Three Egyptian military and security officials told The Associated Press that a coalition of countries led by Egypt and Saudi Arabia will conduct a ground invasion into Yemen once the airstrikes have sufficiently diminished the Houthis and Saleh's forces. They said the assault will be by ground from Saudi Arabia and by landings on Yemen's Red and Arabian Sea coasts.

The aim is not to occupy Yemen but to weaken the Houthis and their allies until they enter negotiations for power-sharing, the officials said

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TOPICS: Egypt; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: egypt; iran; israel; pakistan; saudi; saudiarabia; war; waronterror; ww3; yemen
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Houthi's are claiming they shot down a Saudi Helicopter today, as well as claiming to have captured a Saudi Tank and heavy self-propelled artillery piece, via pics and videos on Twitter.
1 posted on 03/26/2015 10:52:22 AM PDT by tcrlaf
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Any reports on the Egyptians moving troops into place?


2 posted on 03/26/2015 10:53:04 AM PDT by C19fan
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Bout time the Saudis do some of the dirty work to clean up the neighborhood.

I’m a lil tired of our men and woman spilling their blood.


3 posted on 03/26/2015 10:54:49 AM PDT by servantboy777
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4 posted on 03/26/2015 10:55:13 AM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: C19fan

Sounds like the Egyptians are going to be the ones doing the “Heavy lifting”


5 posted on 03/26/2015 10:55:52 AM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: servantboy777
Bout time the Saudis do some of the dirty work to clean up the neighborhood. I’m a lil tired of our men and woman spilling their blood.

This.

And you know they won't have our ridiculous Rules of Engagement to deal with.

6 posted on 03/26/2015 10:56:28 AM PDT by dfwgator
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If SA forgets to set the parking brakes on their tanks once they’ve completed the invasion, they may just end up owning Yemen outright.


7 posted on 03/26/2015 10:58:15 AM PDT by Little Pig
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“And you know they won’t have our ridiculous Rules of Engagement to deal with.”

Pretty sure we won’t be hearing any Media liberals whining about collateral damage, either.


8 posted on 03/26/2015 10:58:22 AM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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... negotiations for power-sharing ...

Hopefully this is just a ploy and not a plan.

9 posted on 03/26/2015 10:58:52 AM PDT by InterceptPoint (>http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_topstories.rss)
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To: C19fan

Indications are Pakistanis may join the Saudis. There are at least some Pakistani troops in Saudi, and at least some in the actual Saudi military.


10 posted on 03/26/2015 10:58:59 AM PDT by hlmencken3 (I paid for an argument, but you're just contradicting!)
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Well I do think it’s officially official, the whole damn middle east is in flames.

Tell’ya what, Obozo will have some foreign affairs legacy following him round.

Jimmy Carter gave us...the Islamic Revolution, Obozo gave us WWIII.


11 posted on 03/26/2015 10:59:20 AM PDT by servantboy777
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Me too and frankly I’m shocked.


12 posted on 03/26/2015 10:59:42 AM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
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There was a story earlier about the Iwo Jima (LHD-7) now being off the coast of Yemen.


13 posted on 03/26/2015 11:01:05 AM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: hlmencken3

I thought I read something that the Saudis use Pakistanis in their army.


14 posted on 03/26/2015 11:01:19 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: servantboy777

You’re not far off there, that’s for sure.

What a bumbling fool.

He actually thinks he is doing the right thing. LOL


15 posted on 03/26/2015 11:01:20 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (The question is Jeb Bush. The answer is NO!)
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To: tcrlaf

I’ve known a few Saudis. Picturing them in combat is difficult.


16 posted on 03/26/2015 11:02:09 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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I’ve also known a few Egyptians. I CAN picture them in combat.


17 posted on 03/26/2015 11:03:35 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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CONSIDER THIS....

Full blown open war breaking out in the Middle East, and our U.S. Media is hardly covering it.
CNN is “All Airplane Crash-All the time” mode/


18 posted on 03/26/2015 11:06:34 AM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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It’s just crazy. We’ve never seen anything like it.


19 posted on 03/26/2015 11:08:49 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: servantboy777

Look on the bright side, after WWIII the next war will be fought with sticks.


20 posted on 03/26/2015 11:09:28 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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