Posted on 04/21/2015 12:45:12 PM PDT by Enlightened1
A Saudi-led coalition will end "Operation Decisive Storm" -- its nearly monthlong airstrike campaign in Yemen -- by the end of Tuesday, and a new undertaking called "Operation Restoring Hope" will begin, Saudi state-run TV reported without immediately elaborating.
The aim is to bring back Yemen's "security and stability through establishing a political process," said a statement from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
well, that was a worthless excursion
Two possibilities
ONE:
The Saudi’s realize they can’t win a ground war in Yemen, and they can’t buy any other Arab Nations to do it for them.
TWO:
The very real potential of a much-expanded war, now including Iran, happening in just the next few hours, with the U.S. about to intercept the Iranian Convoy as it enters Yemeni waters.
Achmed, please stay in your bunker until Tuesday evening prayer is over. We'll be going home then.
BTW, tell all the boys nice job of pretending to be hurt during our air raids so close to your hide out. The infidels bought it, and that's what counts.
Alhumdoolillah to you and the little women.
great analysis. But Is the White House schizophrenic. We know Jarrett loves her motherland. So why would we all of a sudden intercept as ship and at the same time damage He Who Shall Not Be Named’s nuke treaty chances?
ALSO, some generals say the houthis are killing ISIS so that is good.
Like the old man crying at the end of Moonstruck, “I’m confused”
Saudi king orders troops to join Yemen campaign
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/saudi-arabia-king-salman-national-guard-yemen-iran-houthi-rebels/
April 21, 2015
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has ordered the country’s National Guard — considered the Kingdom’s best trained and equipped military force — to join the military campaign against Iranian-backed Shiite rebels in neighboring Yemen.
National Guard troops had already deployed along Saudi Arabia’s southern border with Yemen, but the order from Salman on Tuesday could pave the way for a long-discussed ground incursion into Yemen to confront the rebels, known as Houthis.
The Saudi-led coalition pounded Shiite rebels in Yemen on Tuesday, killing 20 in a city in the country’s west as the civilian death toll rose to 38 from airstrikes the day before in the capital, Sanaa, officials said.
The National Guard is under command of a separate ministry in the Saudi power structure, answering directly to the monarchy, whereas the Air Force and the Land Force — the only military branches deployed in the Yemen campaign until Tuesday — are under the command of the Defense Ministry.
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Saudi King mobilizes National Guard
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/04/21/Saudi-King-orders-National-Guard-to-take-part-in-Op-Decisive-Storm.html
21 April 2015
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Abdulaziz ordered on Tuesday that the Kingdom’s National Guard take part in the military campaign against Houthi militias in Yemen, Al Arabiya News Channel reported.
Minister of the Saudi National Guard Prince Mutaib bin Abdullah said his forces are on high alert and are ready to take part in Operation Decisive Storm, a Saudi-led coalition of 10 states battling the advance of the Iran-backed rebels.
The National Guard is “honored to answer the call to join their brothers and colleagues in other military bodies,” Prince Mutaib was quoted by Al Arabiya as saying.
The guard is a trained army of 100,000 men, divided into infantry units, mechanised brigades, special units and military police.
This tells one that the Saudi Princes are NOT in accord over what to do about Yemen. One Prince or group of Princes must be leery of Shiite PR, while another bunch wants to teach them (and Iran) a lesson by kicking the Shiite out of Yemen.
The NG is tough ... or at least they look it.
Saudi Arabia really has two different armies. The Saudi Arabia National Guard (SANG) is not like the US National Guard. It is a tribal force forged out of those tribal elements loyal to the Saud Family. The SANG’s mission is to protect the royal family from internal rebellion and the other Saudi Army, should the need arise. It is also a counterbalance within the royal family to Sudairi control over the regular armed forces. The Ministry of Defense and Aviation (MODA) contains the “official” Saudi Army (Royal Saudi Land Forces). Its mission is to protect the country from external threats, and to serve as a balance against SANG, should the royal family decide to eliminate some clan hostile to the King’s rule.
The SANG, in many ways the most traditional and conservative element of the Saudi military forces, was a direct descendant of the Ikhwan, the tribal army that served Abd al Aziz so well during his long effort to retake the Arabian Peninsula for the House of Saud. After having to curb the independent military operations and excesses of the Ikhwan, Abd al Aziz permitted it to reappear as the so-called White Army (the name stemmed from the traditional Arab dress rather than uniforms worn by the members), which later became the national guard.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/gulf/sang.htm
The Saudi"Government" is almost the worst thing imaginable. "ALMOST" because whatever follows it will be much, much worse.
I think Wahhabis, Sufis, and Star Wars fans can all agree - Midichlorians are definitely haram.
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