Egypt, Pakistan join military campaign against Houthis (Yemen)

[Bosonic]

Source: Al Arabiya

Pakistan and Egypt announced their participation in the ongoing Saudi-led military campaign against with air and naval forces, Al Arabiya News Channel reported.

Al Arabiya said Egypt, Pakistan and Sudan have also expressed their readiness to contribute ground troops in the campaign.

The UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and Jordan have also deployed fighter jets to join the Saudi air force in the ongoing air campaign against Yemen’s Houthi rebels, Al Arabiya News Chanel reported.

The UAE has deployed 30 fighter jets, Bahrain 15, Kuwait 15, Qatar 10 and Jordan 6 warplanes, according to the news channel.

Read more: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/03/26/Pakistan-Egypt-join-military-campaign-against-Houthis.html

[Bosonic]

1. Four Egypt(ian) warships enter Suez en route to Gulf of Aden: canal officials

#BREAKING Four Egypt warships enter Suez en route to Gulf of Aden: canal officials

https://twitter.com/AFP/status/581049127032733696

[Renew Deal]

2. World War 3 accelerates

[newfie11]

4. And Bush started the ball rolling nt

[Fred Sanders]

5. Houthi rebels. Are they bad? Who am I to love and who must I hate? There is something fishy

going on when all the Arab-dictator, American arms supplied nations suddenly find some balls, not against ISIS, but...Houthis??

[Renew Deal]

6. Houthi's are Iranian backed

ISIS is Saudi and Turkish backed.

Saudi Arabia is our enemy in Syria but our friend in Yemen. Iran is our friend in Iraq, our frenemy in Syria and our enemy in Yemen. Good luck keeping up!

[Fred Sanders]

7. ISIS is not backed by democratic NATO member Turkey. Only Nazi Saudi.

[Comrade Grumpy]

12. Turkey has been a pretty effective ally for ISIS.

It has been the biggest conduit for foreign fighters and materiel.

It is absolutely obsessed with overthrowing Assad.

Notice that ISIS, right on Turkey's borders, doesn't fuck with Turkey.

Don't forget the 48 Turkish diplomats who didn't get their heads cut off, but instead got a free ride home from Mosul.

Turkey has been a baleful influence in this whole mess.

[Fred Sanders]

14. Then there are a lot of baleful influencers, my point is secular Turkey is not an ally of ISIS.

No more than America is an ally of ISIL in Syria against the secular Syrian government...wait a minute....

[chelsea0011]

8. It does make your head spin, doesn't it?

This is why Obama wasn't quick to arm Syrian rebels. There were so many factions, who were the people to support and then swamp the country with weapons. McCain as POTUS would be a military disaster. He would have committed troops and weapons and we would we be now and forever just fighting all the Mid East.

[Fred Sanders]

9. "Might makes right" is all the pea brains and the pea brain leaders understand.

No need to be "right" or "wrong", just bomb, bomb, bomb.

Pray for Obama, he is what separates us from....them.

[karynnj]

13. Houthis are Iran backed Shiites -- the countries alligned against them are Sunni

Yemen is a Sunni majority country, whose Sunni President was deposed by the rebels, but is fighting back.

To further complicate things, the US had the TACIT approval of that leader to go after the (Sunni) AQ people.

However, some of those countries are part of the group fighting ISIS -- but I do notice that here they are actually sending in troops - something they have not done against ISIS. (My guess - is that they are angry that the US did not include removing Assad in the ISIS goal.)

[Fred Sanders]

15. Drones were being used by America with impunity in Yemen. Once again America is at the heart

of this. The former government allowed this....for bribes in return.

America wants it's drone bases back.

[Bosonic]

10. Egypt officials: Ground operation planned in Yemen

Egypt officials: Ground operation planned in Yemen

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian security and military officials say Saudi Arabia and Egypt will lead a ground operation in Yemen against Shiite rebels and their allies after a campaign of airstrikes to weaken them.

Three senior officials tell The Associated Press that forces would enter by land from Saudi Arabia and by sea from the Red Sea and Arabian Sea. They said Thursday that other nations will also be involved.

They would not specify troop numbers or say when the operation would start, only that it would be after airstrikes weaken the rebels and allied forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

They say the offensive aims to push the rebels into negotiations on power sharing. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the press.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/3291632f34f140e9877b3566028da54a/saudi-airstrikes-targeting-rebel-military-bases-yemen

[Comrade Grumpy]

11. Wow that's quite a coalition of freedom lovers we've got here.

The Egyptian coup state.

The Pakistani military state (with very tattered democratic trappings).

The Jordanian monarchy.

The Saudi monarchy.

The Gulf state monarchies.