Posted on 03/16/2025 2:48:56 PM PDT by Az Joe
Houthis vow to 'continue to impose a naval blockade on the Israeli enemy and ban its ships in the declared zone of operations until aid and basic needs are delivered to the Gaza Strip'
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea delivered a message on March 16, 2025, saying they've launched an offensive against the USS Harry S. Truman using 'missiles and drones.'
Bring it.
If true, turn that portion of Yemen into a glass factory.
They didnt do jack
Get the Iranian mullahs OUT.
Let’s attack a US Aircraft Carrier.
What could go wrong ?
Were Houthis piloting the cargo ship that ran into it, or is this a new attack?
“The Houthis announced an attack on aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) in response to the series of Saturday U.S. attacks on Houthi territory in Yemen.
It is the first time the Houthis have claimed an attack on an American warship since the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel went into effect on Jan. 19. It is unclear if the Houthis’ alleged attack on the aircraft carrier hit the ship or caused any damage.”
I can’t remember which of the dozens of technothriller novels I read in the 1980s-90s. This Clancy style one had terrorists blow up a US aircraft carrier. When I went to try to look it up I saw about 3-4 books where terrorists board a carrier and so on.
A loss of a carrier would be a cause for massive and decisive retaliation and the making of a lesson to other enemies.
Explained: Who Are Yemen’s Houthis And Why Is US Attacking Them?The Houthis have waded into the Gaza conflict with attacks on shipping routes in the Red Sea as a show of support for the Palestinians and Hamas.
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Explained: Who Are Yemen’s Houthis And Why Is US Attacking Them?
Armed Yemenis shout slogans and raise weapons during a protest.
US President Donald Trump has launched the biggest military operation in the Middle East since taking office against Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis after they resumed Red Sea shipping attacks.
The strikes, which have killed at least 24 people so far, could last for weeks according to one US official and come as Trump ramps up sanctions pressure on Tehran.
What Is The History Of The Houthis?
In the late 1990s, the Houthi family in the far north of Yemen set up a religious revival movement for the Zaydi sect of Shi’ite Islam, which had once ruled Yemen, but whose northern heartland had became impoverished and marginalized.
As friction with the government in the capital Sanaa grew, they fought a series of guerrilla wars with the national army and a brief border conflict with Sunni Muslim Saudi Arabia.
Who Is The Houthi Leader?
Abdul Malik al-Houthi created the defiant force challenging world powers from a group of ragtag mountain fighters in sandals. Al-Houthi established a reputation as a fierce battlefield commander before emerging as head of the Houthi movement.
Under the direction of al-Houthi, who is in his 40s, the group has grown into an army of tens of thousands of fighters and acquired a huge arsenal of armed drones and ballistic missiles. Saudi Arabia and the West say the arms come from Iran, though Tehran denies this.
Al-Houthi is known for rarely staying long in one place, for never meeting the media and for extreme reluctance to make scheduled public appearances.
let’s see how they many U.S. aircraft carriers they attack after they’ve been carpet bombed with hundreds of MOABS and thousands of daisy cutters ...
Paging Dale Chihuly.....
I want to add to my post about retaliation to someone if they actually did hit a US carrier——
The brother of Al Franken’s character in Stuart Saves His Family threatened the bullying guy: “If you cause any hurt to my brother here I’m going to hit you so hard your closest relatives will all feel the pain.”
Would be good to remind the Houthis and others we mean business about revenge.
LOL.....right? thanks.
No can do with nukes. However, a thermobaric bomb is very convincing.
Not a glass factory just GLASS!!!
Bomb the Shiite out of them.
The Saudis dealt with them on their level and I can remember Rand Paul having a problem with the Saudis using the weapons we supplied them with. Still 15 of the 9/11 hijackers were Saudis. It’s a mess.
“A loss of a carrier would be a cause for massive and decisive retaliation and the making of a lesson to other enemies.”
It would also put Houthis on the endangered species list.
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