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| U.S. Sends Warning to Iran by Striking Houthis |
| 2016-10-15 |
| Washington, Aden-The latest military developments in Yemen have taken a new path after the U.S. navy hit Houthi radars along the Yemeni coast. Washington asserted on Thursday its readiness to launch new strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen if they keep attacking U.S. ships facing the country’s shores. Through its threat, Washington was also indirectly warning Iran, which provides Yemen’s insurgents with weapons. Speaking during a press conference in Washington, Pentagon spokesperson Peter Cook said the U.S. forces knock out three positions, the U.S. thinks had played a role in launching the missiles against USS Mason on Sunday and Wednesday. “The U.S. will respond to any further threat to our ships and commercial traffic, as appropriate,” Cook said. Earlier, the Pentagon had said that the USS Mason ship had launched a number of missiles at three military positions, controlled by Houthis along the Red Sea shores. The Pentagon added that the U.S. missiles, authorized by President Barack Obama, hit radar sites in the city of Mukha in the Taiz province, and in Khoka and Ras Isa in the Hudaydah province. The Pentagon spokesperson said Iran was playing a role in the Yemeni crisis by helping Houthi rebels. In an earlier warning to Tehran, Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said that the U.S. Department of Defense would make sure that anybody who interferes with freedom of navigation or anybody who puts US Navy ships at risk “does so at their own peril.” Davis added: “It’s no secret that Iran has been actively supplying them and giving them the tools of war.” Yemeni observers told Asharq Al-Awsat that Iran had provided the rebels with modern missiles capable to hit naval ships in the Yemeni ports. On Thursday, Yemeni vice-president Lieutenant General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar condemned the attack on the U.S. ship in Bab al-Mandab. During a meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Yemen Matthew Tueller, al-Ahmar said: “This terrorist attack reveals the size of the plot that Houthis aim to serve, and which includes threatening neighboring countries and the international community.” He said that threatening international fleets is an unacceptable violation that will be faced by the Arab Coalition. Yemeni observers said that the attack on the U.S. navy aims to push Washington into the ongoing war between Houthis and the National Army, which is supported by the Arab Coalition. The observers said that by shoving the U.S. into the war, Houthis plan to assert their claims that Washington was involved in the Yemeni war. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #3 So, you're losing the game and walk over to the sidelines and punch one of the opposition cheerleaders. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-10-15 15:33 |
| #2 "Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law ratifying the agreement on the deployment of Russian aviation in Syria. This was reported in the press-service of the Kremlin. Agreement on the deployment of military aircraft in Syria indefinitely and applied from the time of its signing. Military operations in Syria, Russia is pursuing since September 2015. The main points of the Russian military bases - an air base Hmeymim and paragraph logistics fleet in Tartus, which will also become a permanent naval base." |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-10-15 04:55 |
| #1 US has NO legitimate allies in the M.E.. Israel is hated by the US Regime and Iran is loved by Valjar and Obie but hated by the American people. Syria has just given Putin a permanent warm water naval base, Tartus, Syria per the following news release, not even covered by the US media. Президент РФ Владимир Путин подписал закон, ратифицирующий соглашение о размещении российской авиации в Сирии. Об этом сообщили в пресс-службе Кремля. Соглашение о размещении военной авиации в Сирии бессрочное и применяется с момента его подписания. Военную операцию в Сирии Россия проводит с сентября 2015 года. Основные пункты базирования российских военных - авиабаза Хмеймим и пункт материально-технического обеспечения флота в Тартусе, который также станет постоянной военно-морской базой. |
| Posted by: Mad Eye Speash6153 2016-10-15 03:27 |