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2015-10-15 Arabia

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Posted by trailing wife 2015-10-15 01:47|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 BTW, I was curious why the "Saudi-US" alliance faught so hard to seize the Bab al-Mandab straight, the strategic southern entrance to the Red Sea and the gateway to the Suez Canal.

The Shia resistance had been so stubborn in Taiz because that province has a long Red Sea coastline used by smugglers to bring in weapons and other aid from Iran. But now that the Shia rebels have lost control of the Taiz coast and the the narrow strait into the Red Sea the Iranian smuggling operations along the Red Sea coast are much more difficult.

Hey, that western education may have paid off.

Posted by Sven the pelter 2015-10-15 17:23|| 2015-10-15 17:23|| Front Page Top

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