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U.S. conducts wide-ranging strikes against the Houthis in Yemen
Axios ^ | March 15, 2025 | Barak Ravid

Posted on 03/15/2025 1:10:57 PM PDT by richardtavor

The U.S. military conducted wide-ranging air strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday, President Trump said.

Why it matters: It was the biggest wave of U.S. strikes in Yemen since Trump assumed office.

A U.S. official said Saturday's strikes were not a one-off but the start of a series of "relentless" U.S. strikes against the Houthis that are expected to last for days or maybe even weeks. Driving the news: According to local reports in Yemen, numerous explosions took place in Sana'a around 1:30pm ET.

Trump said the strikes were aimed at "terrorists' bases, leaders, and missile defenses." Behind the scenes: Trump had ordered the Pentagon to start preparing military plans against the Houthis after his decision to re-designate them as a terrorist organization several weeks after he assumed office, the U.S. official said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Iran; Yemen
KEYWORDS: arabiansea; commerce; dto; dtos; freedomofnavigation; freedomoftheseas; houthi; houthis; indianocean; ir; iran; iranianproxies; irgc; navigationalfreedom; redsea; sanaa; trumpeos; yemen
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Trump has said he will wipe out the Houthis. Is Iran next?
1 posted on 03/15/2025 1:10:57 PM PDT by richardtavor
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To: richardtavor

Happy Ramadan!


2 posted on 03/15/2025 1:14:56 PM PDT by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
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To: richardtavor

It would seem like that certainly
Includes a message to Iran

Despite the doubters
Ezekiel 38 is coming


3 posted on 03/15/2025 1:14:59 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: richardtavor

Probably not. But Iran is quickly losing all of their proxies. They may be forced to do their own fighting. Which they probably won’t, as cowards prefer to have others do their fighting.

CC


4 posted on 03/15/2025 1:16:28 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: richardtavor

who caress i’ll just enjoy today!!

It is a long long time coming!!

How embarassing letting them lob missiles at our ships and we did nothing back!!

Great day!!


5 posted on 03/15/2025 1:17:23 PM PDT by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: Celtic Conservative

Persians will fight Jews to the last arab.


6 posted on 03/15/2025 1:18:49 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Islam’s Strategy is Effective: Out-breed and murder everyone else. What to do?)
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To: richardtavor

Day 55. 1 month, 24 days.


7 posted on 03/15/2025 1:20:40 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn’t become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: richardtavor

Long overdue.


8 posted on 03/15/2025 1:22:03 PM PDT by Manic_Episode (Harpazo imminent. Each post may be my last. It's been real =)
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To: richardtavor

Let’s see some Arc Light raids.


9 posted on 03/15/2025 1:23:05 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: richardtavor

I wonder how close Iran is to having a working nuke?


10 posted on 03/15/2025 1:23:36 PM PDT by hoagy62 (Hail Trump! Trump won! By a lot!)
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To: lightman
Happy Ramadan!

Ann Coulter wrote that our culture's holidays like Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving feature festival meals, giving presents and cards and welcoming loved ones and friends for celebrations.

Muslim holy days are causes for high alerts for non-Muslims. Muslim style may mean knife attacks in a crowd on the sidewalk, driving a vehicle into a group of people, suicide bombs in a restaurant or market or blowing up a plane or parked vehicle. Not the same feeling.

11 posted on 03/15/2025 1:26:55 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: richardtavor

Three days ago:
Headlines such as:
Yemen’s Iran-backed rebel Houthis said on Wednesday that they would target “any Israeli vessel” traveling through nearby Mideast waters.

Their threats and attacks on international ships carrying cargo meant long and expensive detours to avoid the area, not just Israeli and US ships. Costs to consumers went up due to that detour necessity.


12 posted on 03/15/2025 1:29:43 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: frank ballenger

When you think about it, this might mean that Israel intends on finishing Hamas shortly. It has always been a concern that after the Cease Fire ends, then the Houthis will launch another barrage against Israel to prevent a large scale attack against Hamas. Now Hamas has no one to protect them. Or it might mean that they are ready to end the Iranian Regime. Next few days will be interesting for sure.


13 posted on 03/15/2025 1:32:49 PM PDT by richardtavor ( )
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To: hoagy62

Let’s call the secret bomb researchers on their cell phones.
💥💥💥💥💨💨💨💨

Hey, just got a steady tone and some static.

Oh, well, try later.


14 posted on 03/15/2025 1:33:21 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: richardtavor

Insightful. These things work together.


15 posted on 03/15/2025 1:34:05 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: hoagy62
"I wonder how close Iran is to having a working nuke?"

We'll know when we see the B-1 bombers start rolling in with IAF cover.

16 posted on 03/15/2025 1:39:17 PM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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To: richardtavor

Judges should halt this murder of premigrants!!


17 posted on 03/15/2025 1:43:57 PM PDT by Professional ( )
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To: frank ballenger
Let’s call the secret bomb researchers on their cell phones

Let's do the following with any and all islamofascistnazis. Build larger, fake pagers, and drop them via parachutes on the terrorists (Hamas, Hezbollah, ET AL) First of all, it will royally tweak their mental health. Secondly, we can watch where they run and hide, and send real bombs.

18 posted on 03/15/2025 1:44:38 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: dp0622

Supposedly this is going to last a week or more..The Houthis had threatened to attack Israel for cutting off aid to Gaza, so this is Trumps response..the Houthis found out Trump aint Biden


19 posted on 03/15/2025 1:51:18 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: richardtavor

Good! Wipe them out!


20 posted on 03/15/2025 1:52:09 PM PDT by EastTexasTraveler
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