Yemen

[Nbadan]

Looks like it's proxy war in Yemen time...

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Absolutely not oil related, nope

Saudi Arabia building up military near Yemen border - U.S. officials
Source: Reuters
Tue Mar 24, 2015 7:49pm EDT

(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is moving heavy military equipment including artillery to areas near its border with Yemen, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, raising the risk that the Middle East’s top oil power will be drawn into the worsening Yemeni conflict.

The buildup follows a southward advance by Iranian-backed Houthi Shi'ite militants who took control of the capital Sanaa in September and seized the central city of Taiz at the weekend as they move closer to the new southern base of U.S.-supported President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

The slide toward war in Yemen has made the country a crucial front in Saudi Arabia's region-wide rivalry with Iran, which Riyadh accuses of sowing sectarian strife through its support for the Houthis.

The conflict risks spiraling into a proxy war with Shi'ite Iran backing the Houthis, whose leaders adhere to the Zaydi sect of Shi'ite Islam, and Saudi Arabia and the other regional Sunni Muslim monarchies backing Hadi.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/...edName=topNews

Saudi Arabia could just be protecting their border with Yemen, but SA can't be happy with an Iran backed Yemen government replacing their banana Leader plus, they kicked out ISIS....oh it's war time....

[CosmicCowboy]

Saudi's are gonna kick some ass. We have been selling them latest generation military hardware for decades.

[TheSanityAnnex]

Obama told me Yemen was the democratic model to follow in the middle east

[Nbadan]

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is contributing 100 warplanes and 150,000 soldiers to the military operation in Yemen, al-Arabiya television reported on Thursday.

Planes from Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Sudan, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain are also taking part in the operation, it said. Egypt, Pakistan, Jordan and Sudan are ready to participate in a ground offensive, the broadcaster said.

http://news.yahoo.com/saudi-arabia-1...041839905.html

[Nbadan]

Fighting Iran in Yemen all the while collaborating with Iran in Iraq to fight ISIS..

Stepping Up Collaboration With Iran, US Now Directly Backing Tikrit Offensive

Involvement comes despite concerns over revenge attacks by Iraqi forces and Shiite militias

http://www.commondreams.org/news/201...krit-offensive

[boutons_deux]

Iran-backed rebels loot Yemen files about U.S. spy operations

Secret files held by Yemeni security forces that contain details of American intelligence operations in the country have been looted by Iran-backed militia leaders, exposing names of confidential informants and plans for U.S.-backed counter-terrorism strikes, U.S. officials say.

U.S. intelligence officials believe additional files were handed directly to Iranian advisors by Yemeni officials who have sided with the Houthi militias that seized control of Sana, the capital, in September, which led the U.S.-backed president to flee to Aden.

For American intelligence networks in Yemen, the damage has been severe.

http://www.latimes.com/world/middlee...ry.html#page=1

Thanks, Repugs! How's all that Iraqi oil pumped by US/UK oilcos coming along?

[m>s]

It's about to get really messy

[Wild Cobra]

It's about to get really messy

Maybe you should go help the Islamic Nazis?

[m>s]

I hate Islam, you really think those guys are national socialists? That's really dumb even by your standards

[Nbadan]

Egypt, Pakistan join military campaign against Houthis (Yemen)
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...t-Houthis.html

For those of you who have lost track...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!