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| Saudi-led coalition batters Yemen with intense raids |
| 2015-04-11 |
| [DAWN] Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition battered southern 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... overnight in the most intense strikes since the launch of a campaign against Iran-backed rebels last month, residents and officials said Friday. "In Aden, the raids began at around 10:00 pm on Thursday and were the most violent since the start of 'Operation Decisive Storm'," a resident of the southern city told AFP. The air strikes lasted well into the night, said other residents of Aden, especially the municipal headquarters of Dar Saad at the city's northern entrance. They were carried out a few hours after 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... rebels and renegade army soldiers loyal to former president President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... arrived at the building, according to the residents. Coalition aircraft also targeted other positions, including a stadium in the centre of the city and checkpoints manned by the rebel forces. There was no way to immediately verify the reports. "Extremely violent" air raids also targeted Ataq, the capital of Shabwa province east of Aden which was seized by Saleh's forces on Thursday, an official said. Strikes were launched against a missile base near the town and an arms depot at a base in Morra, to the west of Ataq, said another official. Rebel positions were been targeted around the city of restive Lahj ... a Yemeni governate located in the southwestern corner of the Arabian Peninsula. It is the stomping grounds on the southern secessionist al-Harak movement , north of Aden, according to residents. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 I bet they flew more than ten sorties a day... |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2015-04-11 11:43 |