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| Saudi forces shoot down scud missile fired from Yemen |
| 2015-08-27 |
| [ARABNEWS] The Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces have intercepted and destroyed a Scud ballistic missile fired from Jazan over the southwestern province of Jazan, the Saudi military command said on Wednesday. In a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the Armed Forces said the scud missile was shot down at about 6:30 a.m. before it could hit any target. "The Air Forces have also responded immediately by destroying the rocket launcher after defining its location inside Yemeni territory," said the SPA report. In Sanaa, Brig. Gen. Sharaf Luqman, a front man for the Yemeni forces fighting alongside the Iran-backed Houthis, said the missile was aimed at an electricity station in Jazan. 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 Americaâ„¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... snuffies allied with rogue troops loyal to ousted Yemeni president Abdullah Saleh have been firing rockets into Saudi border towns in retaliation against a Saudi-led Arab Coalition air campaign in support of the government of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Col. Mustard, in the gazebo, with a Hawk? I'm more than a little curious too. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2015-08-27 20:29 |
| #1 So was it the evil Jooos with an Iron Dome nobody's supposed to know is in SA? Or Americans with a Patriot battery? |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2015-08-27 07:49 |