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Coalition intercepts, destroys Houthi ballistic missile targeting Jazan
2018-09-20
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Coalition forces confirmed that they intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile fired 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 ...
militias toward the border Saudi city of Jazan on Wednesday.

The Houthis has stepped up missile attacks on the kingdom in recent months.

The Yemeni legitimate forces have repeatedly stressed the continued involvement of the Iranian regime in supporting the Houthi militias and supplying them with rockets carrying qualitative capabilities, in clear defiance to United Nations
...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships...
Resolutions 2216 and 2231 in order to threaten the security of Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
and destabilize regional and international security.

The total number of ballistic missiles fired by the Iranian-backed Houthi militias towards Saudi Arabia has so far has reached 198 rockets, causing the deaths of 112 civilians and residents and injuring hundreds.

Posted by:Fred

#1  What was their inventory before the Houthis captured them? It's not like ballistic missiles can be smuggled in in dhows very easily
Posted by: Frank G   2018-09-20 07:16  

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