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Arab Coalition Intercepts 2 Missiles Fired at Saudi’s Jizan from Yemen
[AAWSAT] The air defense of the Arab coalition to restore legitimacy in Yemen  ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...intercepted on Monday two ballistic missiles fired by the Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... militias in Yemen against Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... The rockets were targeting the southwestern region of Jizan. Coalition front man Colonel Turki al-Malki said that the missiles were detected at 4:23 pm on Monday. They were headed to the city of Jizan and deliberately targeting residential and populated areas, he added. The air defense downed the missiles with shrapnel landed on some residential areas. No one was injured and no damage was reported from the incident, Malki stressed. This hostile act by the Iran-backed Houthi militias proves Tehran’s ongoing armament of the group in a clear and blatant defiance of United Nations ...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... Security Council resolution 2216 and 2231, he continued. He deemed such attacks a threat to the security of Saudi Arabia, the region and the world, he stated. Missiles fired at residential regions is a violation of International Humanitarian Law, he declared. Posted by: Fred 2018-04-24 |
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