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Iran-backed Houthis enter the month-old war and could further threaten global shipping
AP ^ | 3/28/2026 | Samy Magdy, Aamer Madhani, & Jon Gambrell

Posted on 03/28/2026 4:51:09 PM PDT by moviefan8

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian-backed Houthi rebels entered the month-old war in the Middle East on Saturday, claiming two missile launches at Israel. About 2,500 U.S. Marines arrived in the region. And Pakistan’s government said that regional powers plan to meet Sunday to discuss how to end the fighting.

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TOPICS: Iran; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror; Yemen
KEYWORDS: aamermadhani; associatedpress; asspress; asspressnooz; fearporn; houthi; houthis; iran; israel; jongambrell; pakistan; piracy; pirates; redsea; samymagdy; saudiarabia; uae; unitedarabemirates; us; waronterror; yemen
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It widens.
1 posted on 03/28/2026 4:51:09 PM PDT by moviefan8
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To: moviefan8

Thought they were smart and sitting this one out.


2 posted on 03/28/2026 4:52:04 PM PDT by moviefan8
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To: moviefan8

Not so smart of them


3 posted on 03/28/2026 4:57:14 PM PDT by rdcbn1 (..when poets buy guns, tourist season is over................Walter R. Mead)
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To: moviefan8

What took these doped (khat) up punks so long?


4 posted on 03/28/2026 4:59:11 PM PDT by dennisw (Qatarlson the Insufferable blowhard = There is no limit to human stupidity.)
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To: moviefan8

Terror organizations need to be destroyed.
It’s that simple


5 posted on 03/28/2026 5:00:03 PM PDT by Hodar (A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
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To: moviefan8

They work for Iran.

And there’s no way to “sit out” what they’ve already been doing. It wasn’t that long ago we tried to put them out of business, but Iran rebuilt the organization and rearmed their goons.


6 posted on 03/28/2026 5:01:15 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Yeah, but that was the Biden Administration. They will now see what a Trump Administration along with the Israel’s are capable of doing to them, and destroy them once and for all.


7 posted on 03/28/2026 5:10:47 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: moviefan8

It’s not the Houthis I worry about, it’s the Blowfish.


8 posted on 03/28/2026 5:13:48 PM PDT by volare737 ( Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated.)
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To: Hodar

The Saudi’s should help take the Houthi’s out to the trash can since we and the Israeli’s are taking care of Iran.


9 posted on 03/28/2026 5:14:35 PM PDT by moviefan8
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To: rdcbn1
Not so smart of them

Do you suppose they will become intimately familiar with B-52s?

10 posted on 03/28/2026 5:15:39 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. 🎤 Father of USAF pilot. ✈️ Aviation is in our DNA)
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To: moviefan8
Up, up, and away 🚀

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11 posted on 03/28/2026 5:16:15 PM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Trump & Vance, 2024! (Formerly) Goldwater & Thomas Sowell)
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To: moviefan8

Don’t see how the world can tolerate this.


12 posted on 03/28/2026 5:17:22 PM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: thegagline

WTI opens at 6 eastern tomorrow.
https://www.investing.com/commodities/crude-oil

Brent opens at 4 eastern tomorrow.
https://www.investing.com/commodities/brent-oil


13 posted on 03/28/2026 5:19:53 PM PDT by moviefan8
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To: moviefan8

Brent opens at 7pm eastern not 4pm.

WTI 6pm eastern


14 posted on 03/28/2026 5:20:34 PM PDT by moviefan8
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To: moviefan8

I’m sorta glad these gophers stuck up their heads again.


15 posted on 03/28/2026 5:20:41 PM PDT by oldplayer
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To: moviefan8
The Houthi’s can control shipping through the Red Sea. They have before.
16 posted on 03/28/2026 5:21:29 PM PDT by McGruff
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“About 2,500 U.S. Marines arrived in the region.”
10,000 more troops on the way.
Guess the Houthis will have to bite the dust by bombardment also.
They’re asking for it.
One senario::
Iranian regime has decided they can control the whole area and severely damage the west’s economy. Then the CCP will take Taiwan and try to blockade the area after taking the Philippines.
The UK, EU and Australia had better get off their asses and take notice.
Japan is already on our side.
Denmark needs to relinquish Greenland to us now-they can’t defend it.


17 posted on 03/28/2026 5:22:46 PM PDT by doc maverick
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To: dennisw

$$$$ IRGC doesn’t have any anymore! Lol No $$$ No Terror.


18 posted on 03/28/2026 5:24:12 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (#PureBlood )
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To: moviefan8

How much ammo do they have?


19 posted on 03/28/2026 5:24:35 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn. .. )
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To: thegagline

The world is awash in oil. Especially with Venezuelan and Russian oil flowing.


20 posted on 03/28/2026 5:26:51 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn. .. )
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