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2016-09-07 Arabia

Houthi, Yemeni forces capture several sites inside Saudi Arabia

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Posted by Fred 2016-09-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: Houthis

#1 Saudi Arabia spends 25% of its national budget on the military. (Nearly $100 billion annually). Its army totals about 300,000 men, but its fighting ability is very limited. In its war in Yemen it depends on artillery and aircraft to do its fighting,, and while the airforce can destroy the Houthi homeland it seems powerless to staunch the Houthi invasions of Jizan.

Posted by Glanter Trotsky5797 2016-09-07 09:36|| 2016-09-07 09:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Does that 300K total include their militia and police, etc?

Posted by Steve White 2016-09-07 18:18|| 2016-09-07 18:18|| Front Page Top

#3 No. Those forces are in addition to the military.

Posted by Glanter Trotsky5797 2016-09-07 20:42|| 2016-09-07 20:42|| Front Page Top

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