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  • Houthis fired surface-to-air missiles at US fighter jets in first attack of its kind

    02/23/2025 1:23:36 AM PST · by deks · 29 replies
    New York Post ^ | February 22, 2025 | Melanie Marich
    Yemen’s Houthi rebels fired surface-to-air [SAM] missiles at a US F-16 fighter jet over the Red Sea outside of rebel-controlled areas of Yemen in the first attack of its kind. The missile did not hit its target. U.S. military officials are describing the launch as a significant escalation in the Iran-backed group’s ongoing conflict with Israel’s allies in the war with Gaza. U.S. military ships are stationed in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait to defend and escort commercial ships in order to protect them from Houthi attacks, which started in earnest after the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack...
  • Attorney in hijab defends call for other women at 9/11 hearing to wear 'appropriate' clothing

    05/06/2012 9:16:19 AM PDT · by ColdOne · 116 replies
    foxnews.com ^ | 5/6/12 | AP/Foxnews
    The defense attorney who wore a traditional Islamic outfit during the rowdy arraignment of the accused Sept. 11 terrorists is defending her courtroom appeal that other women in the room wear more "appropriate" clothing to the proceedings -- out of respect for her client's Muslim beliefs. Cheryl Bormann, counsel for defendant Walid bin Attash, attended the arraignment Saturday dressed in a hijab, apparently because her client insisted on it. She further requested that the court order other women to follow that example so that the defendants do not have to avert their eyes "for fear of committing a sin under...