Posted on 03/15/2025 11:57:27 AM PDT by RandFan
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said he ordered a series of airstrikes on Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, on Saturday, promising to use “overwhelming lethal force” until Iranian-backed Houthi rebels cease their attacks on shipping along a vital maritime corridor.
“Our brave Warfighters are right now carrying out aerial attacks on the terrorists’ bases, leaders, and missile defenses to protect American shipping, air, and naval assets, and to restore Navigational Freedom,” Trump said in a social media post. “No terrorist force will stop American commercial and naval vessels from freely sailing the Waterways of the World.”
He also warned Iran to stop supporting the rebel group, promising to hold the country “fully accountable” for the actions of its proxy.
The Houthis reported a series of explosions in their territory Saturday evening. Images circulating online show plumes of black smoke over the area of the Sanaa airport complex, which includes a sprawling military facility. The extent of the damage was not yet clear.
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Going after that ragtag bunch in a far-away land and threatening Iran
Yep.
Hit and Run Trump.
👍🇺🇸
They have been attacking our ships non stop so they are gonna learn the art of FAFO
So now we’re directly engaged at war with Yemen?
Is this America First?Going after that ragtag bunch in a far-away land and threatening Iran
“Is this America First?”
Yep. It sure is. MAGA!
This may be related:
https://www.newsweek.com/houthis-yemen-israel-trump-united-states-shipping-middle-east-2042929
It absolutely is America First. Freedom of the seas is critical to this nation’s survival.
No different than pirates
Me thinks this once great site has been invaded, also.
The US Navy was created to combat the Barbary pirates. This is really no different.
Which "our" ships are you referencing here?
And Iran ?
Tucker Carlson is deeply saddened.
There -- I fixed it for you.
Can anyone find Saana on a Map
(I admit i couldnt)
But anyway...
They take pot shots. They’re no match
They keep calling them Houthi rebels. I have heard them called that for years. Can someone please explain what they are rebelling against? I think it’s a name to make people sympathetic to them the same way as Star Wars rebels are Luke Skywalker and the Rebel Alliance. Who doesn’t love a Rebel Alliance?
Already were. Now we’re fighting back.
Jan 2024 : () Commanders and advisors from Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are on the ground in Yemen and playing a direct role in Houthi rebel attacks on commercial traffic in the Red Sea.
The IRGC has stationed missile and drone trainers and operators in Yemen, as well as personnel providing tactical intelligence support to the Houthis, U.S. and Middle East officials told Semafor. The IRGC, through its overseas Qods Force, has also overseen the transfer to the Houthis of the attack drones, cruise missiles, and medium-range ballistic missiles used in a string of strikes on Red Sea and Israeli targets in recent weeks, these officials said.
The Houthis say that its military operations are designed to aid the Palestinian militant group, Hamas, which has been locked in a three-month war with Israel. On Monday, the Pentagon said the Houthis struck a U.S.-owned and -operated container vessel, the M/V Gibraltar Eagle, in the Red Sea, but caused no significant damage. The Houthis fired a second anti-ship ballistic missile into the southern Red Sea, the U.S. Central Command said, but it “failed in flight and impacted on land in Yemen.”
The IRGC’s overall presence inside Yemen is overseen by Gen. Abdul Reza Shahlai, a Tehran-based commander whom the Trump administration attempted to assassinate in a 2020 drone strike inside Yemen, U.S. and Mideast officials said.
got to use them before the expiration date.
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