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Arabia
Yemenis down Saudi jet, destroy warships
2016-01-29
[Iran Press TV] Yemen's army forces, backed by 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 ...
Ansarullah fighters, have downed a Saudi fighter jet and destroyed a number of its gunboats in retaliation for Riyadh's incessant Arclight airstrikes against its impoverished neighbor.

Military sources told Yemen's official Saba' Net agency that the army brigades downed a Saudi warplane in the northern Yemeni province of Sa'ada, with no immediate reports on the fate of crew and location of the incident.

The warplane was pounding residential areas in Sa'ada before being downed by a surface-to-air missile.

The Yemeni army said its forces also targeted three Saudi warships that were sailing off the port of al-Mokha, in the southern province of Tai'zz. It said in a statement the attack was carried out from al-Mukhatam region near Mokha, adding that two more Saudi vessels escaped the scene after receiving partial damage.

Yemenis also launched rocket attacks at the Saudi military positions south of the country, killing one Saudi soldier and three Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates...
i servicemen in al-Makhruq military base in the province of Najran.

Attacks by Houthis and allies on Saudi targets came hours after Riyadh carried out another round of deadly bombardments across Yemen, with reports suggesting that at least five non-combatants were killed in the city of Maswar in the northern province of Amran. Saba' Net said huge losses were also inflicted on the properties of local residents.
Posted by:Fred

#4  Well we hit the chairs a runnin,
And then we sat right down,
We found the Saudi battleships,
And then we typed 'em down.


/J. Horton Editor
Posted by: Shipman   2016-01-29 22:34  

#3  Geez louweez, the troubles of the Saudi Navy in Yemen reminds me of WW2 + all the Destroyers + other the German Kriegsmarine [Navy] lost during their invasion of Norway.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2016-01-29 19:47  

#2  Low bid propaganda.
Posted by: Sven the pelter   2016-01-29 14:37  

#1  "We destroyed a jet...and a warship or two, and then we destroyed a sub! ... a Nucular sub! Yeah..that's the ticket"
Posted by: Frank G   2016-01-29 14:07  

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