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Airstrikes kill 70 people and knock out internet in Yemen
CNN ^ | January 21, 2022 | Celine Alkhaldi and Mostafa Salem,

Posted on 01/21/2022 11:32:15 AM PST by BenLurkin

At least 70 people were killed and more than 130 injured when an airstrike hit a detention center in Yemen on Friday... as the Saudi-led coalition continued to ramp up its deadly offensive on rebels in the war-torn nation.

Another airstrike early Friday hit a telecommunications building in the strategic port city of Hodeidah, causing a nationwide internet blackout, according to NetBlocks, an organization that tracks network disruptions...

The Iran-back Houthi rebels, who control much of Yemen, blamed the Saudi-led coalition for the strikes. CNN has reached out to the coalition for comment. A coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates launched an offensive in 2015 to restore Yemen's internationally recognized government, after it was ousted by the Houthis. The coalition has intensified its attacks in the wake of a Houthi missile and drone strike in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi earlier this week.

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TOPICS: War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airstrike; manydead; saudi; yemen
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To: BenLurkin

Yemen, the war no one discusses just like the slave trade in Libya or the hundreds of thousands dead in the Mexico( and below) drug wars.


21 posted on 01/21/2022 12:24:06 PM PST by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Absolutely. I rather they buy weapons from us than from the UK, France, Russia, or China. American jobs and lower unit costs for our military are at stake.


22 posted on 01/21/2022 12:25:08 PM PST by kabar
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To: BenLurkin

Isn’t Yemen, quite a few years back, the place where a Baptist group was providing aid to the poor people, when one of the moslems pulled out an AK and shot the Baptists dead?


23 posted on 01/21/2022 12:27:22 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (BACK IN FACEBOOK JAIL, Another 30 days. On GAB now. Some real cranks there!)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Yep. 2002.

https://journaltimes.com/news/world/3-americans-shot-to-death-at-baptist-hospital-in-yemen/article_9900267a-b953-5194-9467-359886d120b2.html

https://www.foxnews.com/story/three-american-missionaries-killed-in-yemen-hospital


24 posted on 01/21/2022 12:30:25 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (BACK IN FACEBOOK JAIL, Another 30 days. On GAB now. Some real cranks there!)
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To: backwoods-engineer
Don’t think it can’t happen here. There’s already been a bomb attack on a communication hub in Nashville on Christmas 2020. There are government functionaries who would LOVE to take down the Internet in the South.

My Son-in-Law's Brother-in-Law worked out of that location.   As far as I know he didn't say much about it, but he later transferred to Detroit to be closer to them.

25 posted on 01/21/2022 12:37:37 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: BenLurkin

With all this going on, Jamaicans will be bringing up Yemen throughout the weekend


26 posted on 01/21/2022 12:46:20 PM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: lee martell
Do they want to control this land for strategic reasons?

They just don't want Iran to control it nor should we.

27 posted on 01/21/2022 1:07:48 PM PST by usurper
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To: DIRTYSECRET
They’re using weapons supplied by us. Is that ok?

That's why we sold them the weapons. They are hitting Iranian targets.

28 posted on 01/21/2022 1:10:56 PM PST by usurper
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To: The Louiswu

Yes Satan is preparing the world 🌍 to receive his anti-messiah.

The level of deception is off the charts. Wars and rumors of war. Men are women. Women are men. A “man” can give birth. Homosexual marriage is a good thing. Left is right. Up is down.

Isaiah 5:20 in action.

Microchip in your hand for vaxx pass brings freedom (just getting started).

With Amazon One you can buy and sell and go to work. Or to a club. Or order a cheeseburger 🍔.

https://youtu.be/xH_SVNVIfzk

The sheep 🐑🐑🐑 are being led down the path.


29 posted on 01/21/2022 1:13:34 PM PST by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

“They’re using weapons supplied by us. Is that ok?”

Sure. More arms sales!


30 posted on 01/21/2022 1:47:03 PM PST by throwthebumsout
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To: kabar

Don’t forget that Biden is merely the mouthpiece of Barack Obama. What Joe will come up with will be Obama’s will.


31 posted on 01/21/2022 1:51:58 PM PST by BatGuano (Fauci = Mengele (Angel of Death) + End the IRS)
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To: The Louiswu

Yes. I agree.


32 posted on 01/21/2022 2:23:22 PM PST by miserare ( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
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To: csvset

I see. Thanks for the info.


33 posted on 01/21/2022 4:03:12 PM PST by lee martell
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