Posted on 09/30/2019 9:21:36 AM PDT by Former Proud Canadian
Many may have hitherto been led to believe that the Houthis were a ragtag armed force lacking in sophistication. Many, seeing the drone and missile attacks on Saudi oil plants, may have declared it to be a false-flag attack carried out by Riyadh to boost Aramco’s market value; either that or it was an operation carried out by Iran or even Israel. On Saturday September 28, the Houthis put paid to such speculation by confirming what many, like myself, have been writing for months; that is, that the asymmetrical tactics of the Houthis, combined with the conventional capabilities of the Yemeni army, are capable of bringing the Saudi kingdom of Mohammed Bin Salman to its knees.
The Yemeni army’s missile forces are able to carry out highly complex attacks, no doubt as a result of reconnaissance provided by the local Shia population within the Kingdom that is against the House of Saud’s dictatorship. These Houthi sympathisers within Saudi Arabia helped in target identification, carried out reconnaissance within the plants, found the most vulnerable and impactful points, and passed this intelligence on to the Houthis and Yemeni army. These Yemeni forces employed locally produced means to severely degrade Saudi Arabia’s crude-oil-extraction and processing plants. The deadly strikes halved oil production and threatened to continue with other targets if the Saudi-conducted genocide in Yemen did not stop.
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How big was the force they defeated? Three Brigades? How many men? Where was the Saudi Air Force?
Looking at a map the road to Mecca seems to be open.
That would be in the neighborhood of 10,000 casualties.
Hard to buy it.
mooslims killing mooslims = WINNING!
Wow! This has to be humiliating considering that the Saudis arent exactly unable to afford real weapons and training.
+1!
Who cares? saracens killing saracens? The world wins as far as I’m concerned.
How well did the Saudi Army do in Gulf War I?
I agree but the Saudi's are saying NOTHING about this. No denials, no explanations, no push back.
Why aren't they at least denying it?
See my post 6.
Finding this hard to.beleive.
This is a Russian propaganda outlet recycling an Iranian propaganda press release. I’d be very skeptical.
See post 8.
SO far, there is no verification of this story
Perhaps, but this has been widely reported elsewhere.
There isn’t an Arab army worth a tinkers damn.
BBC has reported...”Houthi rebels video fails to prove Saudi troop capture claim”
The “Strategic Culture Foundation” is a Russian based propaganda site founded in 2010.
The article also claims that the oilfield attacks were through “locally produced” means, which is absurd, and asserts that the fact that the Houthis are an Iranian proxy is “a debunked lie.”
Strategic Culture Foundation is a Russian propaganda outlet.
Not buying this....sounds too Russian.
If their TOE’s/MTOE’s are structured like ours it could mean 1500 - 4000 men per Bde (Brigade). So total for 3 Bde’s would ben 4500-12000 men.
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