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© Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Saudi-led forces strike Yemen rebels, blockade ports
By AHMED AL-HAJ SANAA, Yemen©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Elbuda Mexicano
Only a BAND AID by Saudi Arabia for this mess in Yemen. My guess this situation will only get worse before it gets any better. IMHO
FizzBit
So the Houthis get fed up by the US stooge Hadi and his free-for-all droning, and decide take back their country is a mess?
Don't let MSM trick ya into thinking this is some kind of Iranian plot either.
At least this writer, probably because he's an Arab, made sure to point out that the Iranian connection is unproven as of yet. Just your typical MIC psychopaths crying because they lost their puppet Hadi, and Saudi is on their knees doing the masters bidding.
Hey Saudi! Bomb any innocents today?
One last point, in Star Wars, the rebels were the good guys.
nath
@Burning Bush
Unlike Russia, which invades its neighbors illegally from the air, the US and Saudi Arabia do it smart from the air. The UN is powerless thanks your idiot leader.
JJSullivan
I agree with Fizzbit. The Yemeni people are fed up with their US puppet leader and they are trying to take their country back. The west can't let that happen.
bass4funk
Wow! And with Iran's help you think that is a good thing? How about the fact they are now circling the Saudis, that sits well with you? Are you aware about the impending implications???
FizzBit
Lies. What's wrong scicopathiest? Has the Minsk 2 agreement got you down. No worries, the US/IMF cabal has been preparing for a new slaughter of women and children. Happiness is coming your way.
lostrune2
It's not their country alone. Yemen is made up of different groups, mainly Shiites and Sunnis. (In fact, Yemen used to be separate - North Yemen and South Yemen, before they unified.)
The Sunni Yemenis support the President, who is Sunni. Saudis, who are Sunni, also support him.
Being Shiites, Iran support the Houthis.
Shiites and Sunnis support their own, regardless of country.
For more facts about Yemen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen#Religion
"Religion in Yemen consists primarily of two principal Islamic religious groups: 60%-65% of the Muslim population is Sunni and over 35%-40% is Shia"
And that's how the majority of the Yemen population elected a Sunni President.
Eh, at least the Saudis are forthright about their intention. They're certainly not lying about those green men, like someone did in fact.
FizzBit
@lostrune2
Your CIA fact book post is not very helpful in understanding the situation. Much deeper than you pretend. But keep going with the Sunni/Shiite thing since it plays out so well with the rest of the masses.
For example, the Houthis are NOT anti-Sunni, and many Sunni muslims are joining their campaign to rid Yemen of the US puppet.
lostrune2
Doesn't matter if they're not anti-Sunni since the Sunni still don't trust them. The Sunni-dominated southern Yemeni provinces have already announced they won't take orders from a Houthi-led government. (The oil is also in the South, so any group wanting to set up a Yemen government would want control of it, but of course the Sunnis won't want to give it up.)
JJSullivan
You listen to Netenyahu too much.
I doubt that is even true, but assuming it is, what is wrong with getting help from Iran?
Asakaze
@scipantheist
You seem to live in your own delusional world. Can you supply us with the list of countries which Russia "invaded from the air"? ,
Blatant agression you call smart? Normal people call it crime.
@lostrune2
Let me remind you that the operation in Crimea was finished without a single shot and nobody got killed. You prefer bloodshed in Yemen because it is "forthright"? Will you like it if Mr.Putin is as "forthright about his intention" as Saudis, and Russian bombers do exactly the same as Saudi aircraft?
Wc626
Looks like IS is missing from the equation. The article mentions nothing of them. Yet, you'd think they would be right there trying to win a couple hearts/minds. Looks like this new front in Yemen is gaining the limelight. With Iran throwing in some blows, while negotiations underway, this could get uglier and more interesting.
lostrune2
What's all that have to do with being forthright? Forthright means:
adjective: direct and outspoken
adverb: in a direct manner; frankly
Do what one's got to do, but don't treat people like blind followers, look with a straight face and explicitly and unequivocally lie thru your teeth on world TV. Give us more credit.
Scrote
If only the Saudis would attack IS with such enthusiasm. The reason they don't, of course, is because they support IS and their beheadings of opponents.
Asakaze
For what? For other hundreds of people killed?
Thank you for a short lecture on etymology, but it is not needed, because the point here is not wording,but actions. Saudis attacked a sovereign country, and you liked their forthright approach. My question is simple: if Russians do exactly the same Saudis do, i.e. bomb, for example, pro-regime forces in Ukraine on the same pretext Saudis bombed Yemen ("coup", "legitimate president toppled", "involvement of a foreign power", "threat to ordinary people"), then would you be equally symphatetic and supportive, would you praise Mr.Putin for "being forthright"?
lostrune2
That's the governments' doings.
So long as he doesn't conspicuously lie thru his teeth about it again.
Also, the southern Sunni Yemeni provinces are for federalism, but the northern Shiite Houthis don't want to give them that.
Asakaze
Yes, and you gladly support it.
So, you loathe politicians who lie (and show me a politician who always tells the crystal truth), but condone military agression. Very original set of priorities and values you have. Latest news from Yemen - forty people killed in an air strike at a refugee camp. Forty souls in one strike. Are you sure it is better then some politicians tell (or do not tell) something?
I know. In Ukraine was the same situation - the East was for federalism, but the Kiev coup plotters would't allow it. It's very amusing to see how US takes completely different approach to basically very similar situations in Yemen and Ukraine.
lostrune2
I'm indifferent. And you're veering off wildly: we started with "Give us more credit" with us=people, not governments or anyone particular. So before you veer it off again, I'm bringing this back to the people who deserve the credit.
Humans will always have wars; least they could do is be forthright about it. And there's lying that's giving people some credit that we could figure out their lies, and then there's Putin's lying who thinks everyone's a blind unthinking follower swallowing anything he spits out.
And Russia should support the federalists southern Sunni Yemenis and their helpers Saudi Arabia.
Asakaze
Are you sure that it was me who "veered off wildly" with the lecture on words and the very modest "we, people" part?
I wish US were forthright before lying their way into the war against Iraq in 2003. I still remember Colin Powell, brandishing "proof of Iraqi WMD" at the UN. But back to Putin and Crimea - you failed to notice that, as I've wrote, Crimea returned to Russia without a single shot, so it's hardly qualify as war. Be more attentive to details.
No, Saudia Arabia already has the strongest ally and helper - the US. Saudi Arabia and USA, two most democratic and fortright countries in the world.
lostrune2
You're the one who asked, remember. Then I gave an answer, then you turned the "we" into governments.
Yes, they should had been forthright about it. Then at least they can't be accused of lying.
It spurred what eventually led to armed revolts in the eastern region. Doesn't occur in a vacuum.
Didn't realize Russia has an one-limit support.
Asakaze
Because it was unclear what you mean. Had to clarify.
Yes, they should. But they keep lying - about Syria, Libya etc.
Wrong. It was the US-engineered coup at Kiev and ultranationalist pogroms that spurred the revolts.
And what does that mean (not veering!)?
lostrune2
That's fine; just didn't want it to go too far from the q&a was and garbling the clarification.
S'why there's needs to be more forthright amongst them. Though Putin's 'nother level lying was not only going far opposite but blatantly not giving anybody any credit even.
And was spurred by Yanukovych going against his people, pressure from Russia against their pending agreement with the EU. Still, it was the Crimea incident that directly preceded and eventually spurred the armed conflicts in the east. I don't believe the east would had become an open armed conflicts without them seeing Russia's manually sending direct support of a land annexation across its border.
Simply that shouldn't stop Russia supporting just because the federalists southern Yemenis are already supported by at least one other.
FizzBit
Hogwash!
Yanukovych didn't go against his people, he was saving them from the $160 billion price tag the EU would demand for Ukraine to join. Impossible. I hope all you US coup supporters seriously think about that for a minute. The only smart move for the whole country was to take the Russian deal. But the US/EU/NATO spin machine didn't mention any of that, did it?
lostrune2
Not sure about the price tag, but EU or Russia, he should put to a referendum, like Abe should put TPP to a referendum. Least the people could expect from their public servants who serve them and their wills.
FizzBit
Normally, leaders don't like referendums.I sure as hello wouldn't. Considering the brainwashed MSM fed public, any referendum would be a big error.
When the US executes a coup, it's best not to stand in their way. Unless you have pride, then welcome. A Coup d'état is not an unplanned thing. Just like the twin towers were not an "unplanned US psyop to whip up the nation into a war frenzy" thang . I have a theory, that the "gut instinct" will be very diminished of the human DNA in 250 years. What happens to us after that?
lostrune2
That's probably the way to stop the TPP in Japan.
Heh, I survived thru 3 of 'em.
Dunno the answer to that.