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womanofthehills

(8,779 posts)
Fri Jan 12, 2024, 01:05 PM Jan 2024

"Houthi rebels vow fierce retaliation after American and British strikes against them"

(this is a big threat to US troops in Middle East)

"DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels vowed fierce retaliation Friday for American and British strikes against them, further raising the prospect of a wider conflict in a region already beset by Israel’s war in Gaza.

The bombardment — launched in response to a recent campaign of drone and missile attacks on commercial ships in the vital Red Sea — killed at least five people and wounded six, the Houthis said. The U.S. said the strikes took aim at more than 60 targets in 16 different locations across Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.

As the bombing lit the predawn sky over multiple sites held by the Iranian-backed rebels, it forced the world to again focus on Yemen’s yearslong war, which began when the Houthis seized the country’s capital.'

https://apnews.com/article/yemen-houthis-us-ship-attacks-bombing-red-sea-iran-cc06d9186a00d1f22bea6b9c14dda12a

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"Houthi rebels vow fierce retaliation after American and British strikes against them" (Original Post) womanofthehills Jan 2024 OP
Lots of vows being made there, Houthis. maxsolomon Jan 2024 #1
I Love How They Claim Deep State Witch Jan 2024 #2
Not only were the strikes justified, MarineCombatEngineer Jan 2024 #8
Hahahahahahahahahaha Aviation Pro Jan 2024 #3
.... MarineCombatEngineer Jan 2024 #4
You know.. ._. Jan 2024 #5
They should be aware it is an ascending scale sarisataka Jan 2024 #6
Love that graph. MarineCombatEngineer Jan 2024 #7

maxsolomon

(33,400 posts)
1. Lots of vows being made there, Houthis.
Fri Jan 12, 2024, 01:12 PM
Jan 2024

Going to surmise those 60 targets were a substantial portion of their drone and missile stockpiles. And the launchers.

Deep State Witch

(10,460 posts)
2. I Love How They Claim
Fri Jan 12, 2024, 01:14 PM
Jan 2024

That it was an unprovoked attack on the Yemeni people. Dudes.... you're attacking cargo ships. You are the aggressors. You fucked around, you're finding out.

MarineCombatEngineer

(12,449 posts)
8. Not only were the strikes justified,
Fri Jan 12, 2024, 01:44 PM
Jan 2024

but, according the Houthi's themselves, no civilians were harmed, just (insert my word here) the terrorists.

MarineCombatEngineer

(12,449 posts)
4. ....
Fri Jan 12, 2024, 01:21 PM
Jan 2024
(this is a big threat to US troops in Middle East)


It is, but who else is going to defend the right to free passage in intl. waterways?
The Houthi's have been warned, and indirectly, Iran, to stop these attacks against ships in intl. waters and they double down, as the saying goes, they fucked around and now they've found out and if they continue the attacks, they'll find out even more.
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