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| Saudi Arabia Acknowledges casualties in Yemeni Missile Attack |
| 2015-09-27 |
| [ALMANAR.LB] A missile attack by the Yemeni forces in the province of Jizan killed two senior Saudi army officers on Saturday, the interior ministry acknowledged in a statement. A Saudi army colonel and a sergeant were killed in the Yemeni forces' attacks on the border region of Al-Hares in Jizan province, the Saudi interior ministry announced. The Saudi interior ministry did not disclose the names of those killed in the attack. Earlier in the day, the Yemeni forces killed a Saudi border guard general in an artillery attack on al-Khoba region. "The Saudi border guard commander in al-Khoba region and one of his soldiers were killed in the Yemeni army and popular forces operations in al-Khoba," the Arabic-language al-Masyra television quoted Yemeni sources as saying. The sources did not disclose the name of the Saudi border guard. In August another Saudi army general was killed by the Yemeni forces in an artillery attack on Jizan province. Major General Abdulrahman bin Saad Al Shahrani, commander of Saudi Army's 18th Brigade, had been visiting the troops deployed "on the front lines along the southern region when he had come under enemy fire. Shahrani had been maimed in the attack and hospitalized, but he had later departed this vale of tears. He is one of the two highest ranking Saudi officers killed in the war with Yemen. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Historically, the Saudis are generally much better at "defense" than "offense" - Limited or Total, Unilateral or Joint - as per during the height of the Cold War, i.e. the 1967 Six-Day war + 1973 Yom Kippur + espec DESERT SHIELD/STORM. THE MAHA-RUSHIAN QUESTIONNE' REMAINS - CAN A SAUDI-IRAN WAR, + BY EXTENSION A US-IRAN WAR, BE SUCCESSFULLY AVOIDED BY ALL PARTIES DESPITE THE SUNNI-VS-SHIA RESPONSE TO BOTH THE HARD BOY THREAT + EACH OTHER??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-09-27 23:25 |