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| Saudi Arabia shoots down Scud missile fired from Yemen |
| 2015-06-07 |
| [BIGSTORY.AP.ORG] In a potentially major escalation of the months-long war, Yemeni rebels fired a Scud missile into 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... early Saturday. The attack suggests that despite more than two months of According to the official Saudi Press Agency, two missiles launched from a Patriot missile battery shot down the Scud before dawn near the southwestern city of Khamis Mushait. The agency did not report any casualties in the attack, the first use of a Cold War-era Scud by the rebels since Saudi-led Yemen's state news agency SABA, now controlled by the Houthis, said the rebels fired the Scud. The Houthis are allied with military and security forces loyal to former Yemeni President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... . Khamis Mushait is home to the King Khalid Air Base, the largest such facility in that part of the country. Saudis on social media reported hearing air raid sirens go off around the city during the attack. The Yemeni military was widely believed to possess around 300 Scud missiles, most of which fell into the hands of the rebels. In April, the front man for the Saudi-led coalition, Saudi Brig. Gen. Ahmed Asiri, implied that the Scud arsenal in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... had been seriously degraded as a result of the "As coalition forces, we confirm that all 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... capabilities were targeted, foremost their ballistic missiles," Asiri said at the time. On Saturday, Asiri told the Saudi-owned Al-Hadath news channel that coalition forces have destroyed "most of" Yemen's Scuds. Abdulkhaleq Abdullah, a professor of political science at United Arab Emirates University, said Saturday's attack was a way for the Houthis and their allies to signal that they still have fight left despite months of "It is an escalation," Abdullah said. "It is clear now there has not been a knockout and a complete demolition of Houthi firepower." The Saudis and Western powers accuse the Houthis of receiving military support from Shiite power Iran as part of a larger proxy war between the Sunni kingdom and the Islamic Theocratic Republicacross the Mideast. Tehran and the rebels deny the allegations, though Iran has acknowledged sending humanitarian aid to the Houthis. Saudi Arabia leads a coalition targeting the rebels in The coalition responded to Saturday's attack by targeting and damaging the Scud launcher, which was located south of the Houthi stronghold city of Saada, according to SPA. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 My doubt it metre is pegged. Implies a competency on both sides. I call broccoli. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-06-07 22:31 |
| #1 Off Yemen's reported arsenal of 300 SCUDS, the majority are held or controlled by the Houthis + pro-Saleh forces. ION this sunny Guam AM ... * GROONG > [IRNA] AYATOLLAH TASHKIRI: SAUDI REGIME ON VERGE OF DEFEAT [military collapse] IN YEMEN. * RELATED SAME > [FNA.com] PRINCES [+ other KSA Royals + Families] FLEE SAUDI ARABIA AFTER SCUD [ + LR Rocket] MISSLE ATTACKS. Ah yes, YOU CAN JUST FEEL THE REEL LEADERSHIP! lol. VERSUS * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > SAUDI ARABIA REPELS BIGGEST OFFENSIVE [yet] ON ITS BORDERS BY YEMENI PRO-SALEH REPUBLICAN GUARD. More Yemen-based incursions into the KSA feared still to come. * SAME > SYRIA: IRAN [MilFors] IS GOING IN. How long before YEMEN + OTHER GCC??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-06-07 21:55 |