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Saudi Arabia Launches Military Strikes On Yemeni Capital
NY Post ^ | 11/10/17 | Bob Fredericks

Posted on 11/10/2017 2:18:57 PM PST by Enlightened1

Saudi Arabia launched military strikes against Yemen’s defense ministry in the capital city of Sana’a in the latest escalation in the conflict between the two Arab nations, witnesses told the French news agency AFP.

It wasn’t immediately clear if the attacks were air or missile strikes, but they came following reports that Iran had manufactured the ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Shiite rebels toward the Saudi capital a week ago.

Remnants of the missile bore “Iranian markings,” the top US Air Force official in the Mideast said Friday, backing the kingdom’s earlier allegations.

Saudi Arabia long has accused Iran of giving weapons to the Shiite rebels known as Houthis and their allies, though Tehran has just as long denied supplying them.

Saudi Arabia says it shot down the missile Nov. 4 near Riyadh’s international airport, the deepest yet to reach into the kingdom.

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry later said investigators examining the remains of the rocket found evidence proving “the role of Iranian regime in manufacturing them.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: military; saudiarabia; strike; yemen
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1 posted on 11/10/2017 2:18:57 PM PST by Enlightened1
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Go Prince, Go. Kick some Houthi and Hezbollah arse.


2 posted on 11/10/2017 2:20:58 PM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: Enlightened1

Hoo-boy, now it begins.


3 posted on 11/10/2017 2:21:09 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~)
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To: Enlightened1

And so it begins . . . . . . .


4 posted on 11/10/2017 2:23:20 PM PST by airborne (I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey playoffs season!)
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To: Enlightened1

Are the Saudis attacking Lebanon or Yemen? Both? More?

The Saudis have a lot of weapons, but I don’t know how many Saudi men want to stand on the front lines.


5 posted on 11/10/2017 2:25:53 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Benedict McCain is the worst traitor ever to wear the uniform of the US military.)
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To: Enlightened1

I expected this or something like it. The majority of Arab countries have told their citizens in Lebanon to leave. Immediately.


6 posted on 11/10/2017 2:28:10 PM PST by SE Mom (Screaming Eagle mom)
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***Saudi*** boys will go down there and take care of biz..?!

NO WAY..!

Come on..! They’ll be Peruvian, or Columbian, or Pakistanis.

“Let THE OTHERS do the dying...!” is mostly the attitude.

Saudis sit around in offices all day, or crash ricer cars.


7 posted on 11/10/2017 2:29:00 PM PST by gaijin (Basically Obama lawyers would blatantly make up some totally groundless allegation against a fat cas)
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To: ClearCase_guy

but I don’t know how many Saudi men want to stand on the front lines.

As long as they can build sex forts they don’t have to stand ... just kneel


8 posted on 11/10/2017 2:29:06 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: advertising guy

PING
Let the games begin!!


9 posted on 11/10/2017 2:31:04 PM PST by MagUSNRET
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To: Enlightened1

Kick their obama azzes, Prince Mohammed bin Salman!


10 posted on 11/10/2017 2:34:31 PM PST by Vision Thing (You see the depths of our hearts, and You love us the same...)
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To: Enlightened1

I expected this or something like it. The majority of Arab countries have told their citizens in Lebanon to leave. Immediately.


11 posted on 11/10/2017 2:43:01 PM PST by SE Mom (Screaming Eagle mom)
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12 posted on 11/10/2017 2:44:40 PM PST by gaijin (Basically Obama lawyers would blatantly make up some totally groundless allegation against a fat cas)
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13 posted on 11/10/2017 2:45:16 PM PST by gaijin (Basically Obama lawyers would blatantly make up some totally groundless allegation against a fat cas)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Both...

The word on the Interne is that Lebanon will be the next Syria.

Although it will be Hezbollah vs. Israel. Saudi Arabia will be mixed up in it and ditto Iran, Syria, Russia and Turkey.

Don’t be surprised if a new U.S. Air Base pops up in Israel.


14 posted on 11/10/2017 2:46:50 PM PST by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1

They shoulda hit Tehran or Qom.


15 posted on 11/10/2017 2:49:03 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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I would not be surprised if that eventually happens.

Although I hope both sides are not suicidal. Given that both sides have nukes.


16 posted on 11/10/2017 2:50:09 PM PST by Enlightened1
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To: RoosterRedux

Nothing would make me happier then all out war between the Sunni’s and Shia. We should follow Trumans suggestion about Germany and the Soviet Union...


17 posted on 11/10/2017 3:02:04 PM PST by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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To: Enlightened1

Somehow lost in the media presentation, who is the Houthi’s main rival in Yemen?

=> ISIS

Syria revolution redux.


18 posted on 11/10/2017 3:03:47 PM PST by Fitzy_888 ("ownership society")
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To: Enlightened1

May both sides enjoy great success.


19 posted on 11/10/2017 3:05:12 PM PST by McGruff (Lock Her Up! In a Padded Cell!)
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To: Enlightened1

And so it begins.

5.56mm


20 posted on 11/10/2017 3:13:29 PM PST by M Kehoe
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