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Yemen's Rebels Hold US-Backed President "Captive" In His House. Seize Country's Largest Ballistic Missile Base
As reported yesterday, Yemen became the latest foreign policy "success" story of the US after the local minority of Iran-friendly Shi'ite Houthi militiamen stormed, and captured, the presidential palane. At the same the whereabouts of Yemen's US-backed president Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi were unknown. Moments ago we learned about his current location: according to AP, "two Yemeni presidential advisers say the Shiite rebels who are on a power grab campaign in the capital, Sanaa, are holding the president "captive" at his home, a day after seizing the presidential palace."
More from AP: "The advisers say President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi "cannot leave his house" after the Houthi rebels removed his guards and deployed their own fighters at the premises on Wednesday.
One of the advisers says the situation in Yemen has reached the "point of no return," that the military is in shambles while the country's security apparatus has been "crippled" after the Houthis' blitz.
The two advisers spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to media.
As a reminder, this is what the president claimed in September regarding the state of US intervention in Yemen: "the strategy of taking out terrorists who threaten us, while supporting partners on the front lines, is one that we have successfully pursued in Yemen and Somalia for years."
Meanwhile, this is what "successful" US strategy in Yemen has led to:
Yemen's Shiite rebels pressed ahead on Wednesday with their power grab in the capital, Sanaa, capturing a military base housing ballistic missiles that overlooks the city and posting guards outside the president's home, a day after raiding the presidential palace.
The Houthi rebels, who are trying to carve a greater share of power for their group, also issued fresh demands Wednesday, asking for the post of vice president and several key government offices.
The developments further erode the standing of U.S.-backed President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, who was unharmed during the shelling of his neighborhood Tuesday and remained inside his house. The embattled Hadi appears to have run out of options amid the Houthis' blitz, which has raised uncertainty over who is in control in Yemen and also concerns that al-Qaida's Yemen branch could profit from the power vacuum.
Early Wednesday, the Houthis seized the country's largest missile base on a hilltop above Sanaa, consolidating their grip over the city, which they seized in September after spreading out from their strongholds in the north.
And for those who care, here is the Houthis' side of the story: according to Reuters, "Yemen's minority Shi'ite Houthi fighters took up guard at President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's home on Wednesday but said they had not toppled him, after two days of fighting which left little doubt that the enfeebled leader was now at their mercy.
The Houthis, friendly to Iran, swept into the capital four months ago and have emerged as the dominant force in the country. For now at least they appear to have decided to stop short of overthrowing Hadi, possibly preferring to exert control over a weakened leader rather than take on the burden of power.
Their defeat of the presidential guards in gunbattles and artillery duels in recent days adds to disarray in a country where the United States is also carrying out drone strikes against one of the most powerful branches of al Qaeda.
After clashes at the president's office and home on Tuesday, the Houthis' leader threatened in a speech overnight to take further "measures" unless Hadi bows to his demand for constitutional changes that would increase Houthi power. By early morning on Wednesday, Houthi fighters, accompanied by an armored vehicle, had replaced the guards at the president's residence. Presidential guard sentry posts were initially empty, however a few guards later appeared and were permitted to take up positions.
"President Hadi is still in his home. There is no problem, he can leave," Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Houthi politburo, told Reuters.
Maybe, but not without bullet holes in his back?
Finally, for those who are new to this latest conflict hotspot, here is the background:
Yemeni military sources said the Houthis also seized the military aviation college located close to Hadi's home, and the main missile base in Sanaa, without a fight. In the south of the country, Hadi's home region, local officials denounced what they called a coup against him and shut the air and sea ports of the south's main city, Aden.
Yemen, an impoverished nation of 25 million, has been plagued by Islamist insurgency, separatist conflict, sectarian strife and economic crisis for years. An "Arab Spring" popular uprising in 2011 led to the downfall of long-ruling President Ali Abdullah Saleh, bringing more chaos.
The Houthis, rebels from the north drawn from a large Shi'ite minority that ruled a 1,000-year kingdom in Yemen until 1962, stormed into the capital in September but had mostly held back from directly challenging Hadi until last week, when they detained his chief of staff.
They accuse the president of seeking to bypass a power-sharing deal signed when they seized Sanaa in September, and say they are also working to protect state institutions from corrupt civil servants and officers trying to plunder state property.
Houthi fighters battled guards at Hadi's home and entered the presidential palace on Tuesday. In his televised speech that followed, the group's leader Abdel-Malek al-Houthi warned Hadi that he had to implement the power-sharing deal.
"We ... will not hesitate to impose any necessary measures to implement the peace and partnership agreement," said Abdel-Malek, whose Shi'ite Muslim group is widely seen as an ally of Iran in its regional struggle for influence with Saudi Arabia.
"All the options are open and without exception and the ceiling is very, very high. And this is why, I here advise the president ... Implement this deal. It is for your benefit and for the benefit of your people," he said on live television.
The accord gives the Shi'ite Muslim group, which takes its name from the family of its leader, a role in all military and civil state bodies. The Houthis also demand changes to the divisions of regional power in a draft constitution. Their decision to stop short of toppling Hadi, an ally of the West and supporter of U.S. drone strikes, may be intended to keep regional Sunni Muslim states and the United States from rallying against them.
A government source told Reuters: “They know that if they bring about the downfall of the president, they won’t be able to rule the country, because Western and neighboring countries will gang on up on them, as well as other provinces that are not under their control.”
Abdel-Malek's speech left little doubt however that his movement was now in effective control of the country. Al Masdar newspaper referred to him as "the president's president".
And with yet another international US "success story" literally up in flames, next steps include the US abandoning yet another embassy on foreign soil having fully alienated the locals, much to the delight of Dianne Feinstein.
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NWO CIA going to take over Saudi Arabia bitchez.
What did I tell you mooks yesterday about having to nuke Yemen??
Expect Israel to launch a full attack against Yemen ASAP
It'll sure help boost the price of oil!
Barry seems to be losing a country a week.
Forward!
How does Yemen have missiles?
Missiles? No, those would be considered 'Pocket Rockets'....
The Yemeni rebels are supposedly controlled or closely affiliated with Iran. If so, this places Iran in a very good position to stick it to Saudi Arabia, and kick out all americans from Yemen.
Another 14 years of these "victories" against radical Islam and 'Merica might be a caliphate.
WINNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <Face Palm>
So Yemen is now accepting payment other than U.S. Dollars?
Anybody left out there who isnt? Oh yes, the house of Saud...
"Ballistic Misslie Base"
Fear porn?
Fear porn.
Think of the fun we'll have when USA breaks up and those nuke missiles become the property of the resistance...
Meh, they are probably Scuds or some other crap variant of it.
Fear Porn - that's all.
I'm sorry. You say Iran is going to get bombed when?
I still predict a US invasion of Yemen this year. Or are they no longer able to?
What's to be gained?
If invasion of anyone is imminent, Iran or SA would be ground zero.
What would the bankers gain from a tiny oil producer with more unrulians than can be counted.
DaddyO
Moar weapons & equipment sales and destroyed infrastructure to re-build. moar debt to gain interest from. Probably s few other tasty morsels for the MIC & banksters to consume. Do they have any gold?
I think that well is dry, my friend. At this moment in time, other moves are being contemplated. We've got a hot war with Russia being brewed up, and that will take considerable resources away from the Middle East.
Of course, that's why the Middle East is being destroyed by itself right now...because it's easier to have the proxies fight each other while the big boys are finally entering the ring together, getting ready for their slugging match.
exaclly
in iran 93% shi muslim
in saudi arabia majorety is sunni
iran back by russia, saudi by usa. and if this yemen thing spill over in saudi and usa cant protect it, the house of saudi, all ready not thrust usa for protection of king abdul power and for economical dependes on china, will turn there back on petrodollar. and that will be wictori for russia.
'Yes we can!'
super
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It is the culmination of decades of research, undertaken with the greatest secrecy. A few months ago this photo leaked from the base.
http://cdn3.gbtimes.com/cdn/farfuture/935foXO0IGT69LiVro_3NdQ8q2ep142Awhi_EQj6lFs/mtime:1387237489/sites/default/files/styles/1280_wide/public/2011/09/13/trebuchet-catapult.jpg?itok=3hsz7qdB
That is a picture of the Yemeni secret answer to the US F-35 multi-purpose fighter jet. The Yemeni device, cleverly disguised as a camel exercise machine, can be used to drill for oil, pump oil, throw rocks, snare low-flying drones, or hang infidels. Like the F-35, the Yemeni device lacks operational software, but developers say it will be awesome once it is finished in a few short decades. Development costs should not exceed several herds of goats and camels.
Didn't know they were "ours" in the first place. This colonial attitude is what has fucked up the U.S.
And every other empire that stretched too thin. It's what they know how to do.
This is actually some scary stuff right here. It will cause the nut-jobs in Pakistan and Saudi-land to take counter measures. Lots of opportunities here for this to spill over into other places like, Jordan, or maybe Flint Michigan.
Little Barry Sotero is either a complete idiot or he has sided with the Shiites over the Sunni's. I wonder which sect he belonged to in Indonesia?
Curious....
No Shiites Iran is Persians
Saudi is Sunni Wahabi
got to know it is hard to follow...mostly about make all weaker, less foes and MIC $
same as Ukraine, send ignorant untrained for cannon fodder and shell civilians
equal less people....no man, no problem....easier for stealings
Iran is Shia so they are "Shiites" and Pakistan/Saudi Arabia are Sunni or "Sunnis"
That is why the Saudis hate the Iranians. Persia does not exist except in the minds of people who don't know history, politics, or religion.
Yemen is having "ballistic missiles"?! Sure, what the hell can go wrong with that...
@ headbanger.........You are a true MORON
NWO CIA going to take over Saudi Arabia bitchez.
Who the hell told you about that?
Obama gave orders....make sure I don't have to bow the next time I go over there.
So, I guess this means Yemeni President Mansour has cancelled his State Of The Union address.
Spotlight: China, Switzerland to sign financial deal on offshore RMB market in Zurich
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2015-01/21/c_133933774.htm
So Li was not invited to Davos? Nice move.
Get ready for a massive stick save in the markets. ;-)
Here downvoter muppet... Oh wait, too busy covering your losses; take your time. ;-)
What a clusterfuck!
I think they would prefer the term Caliphate.
As long as the Yemeni Central Bank is safe! The world economy can't withstand any uncoordinated rate hikes by these turrists. 1% and Wall Street burns.
"Turrists"? Is that terrorists or tourists? How much is this cunt being paid? As a taxpayer I demand to know!!
I wonder how much gold they have in that bank?..i smell another humanitarian mission brewing
Fuckin' provinces aren't staying conquered, eh?
Let the fucking House of Saud worry about it. Yemen may well be the shittiest place on earth, and I was in Detroit last summer.
Actually, the House of Saud is slated to be carved up into several smaller Islamic dystopias. May as well accelerate that part of the neocon plan since they are going to need a couple years to unfuck their fucked up plans in Ukraine.
" Yemen may well be the shittiest place on earth, and I was in Detroit last summer."
But the people are so much more couth......don't 'ya think?
You're just buttsore.
#bringbackourpuppets
Hey Houthi Brothers just launch all those missiles towards Saudi Arabia . Allah surely will take you to heaven .
Obama's constant droning of Yemen no doubt contributed greatly to the disaster unfolding there. As in the Ukraine. Forward.
Report: Deadly drone strike in Yemen failed to comply with Obama’s rules to protect civilianshttp://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/report-deadly-dron...
Turning a Wedding Into a Funeral: U.S. Drone Strike in Yemen Killed as Many as 12 Civilianshttp://www.democracynow.org/2014/2/21/turning_a_wedding_into_a_funeral
Check out Dirty Wars documentary - sums it all up well. When you have an ever-expanding "kill list" this is what you get, - an ever-expanding number of extremists, even if they kill the entire immediate families the surviving extended families remain... and you can be sure some innocent folks (including children) have been droned... anyone with half a brain can figure this out... this is a war the US cannot win. But perhaps it's all part of the plan... destabilize and then come to the "rescue"... yet there's a big problem with this plan, the US will simply run out of resources sooner or later, looks like they are already losing control... full spectrum dominance is falling apart.
But think of all the predators that get sold in the mean time.... those suckers are MUCH more profitable than selling the gov a a few sniper rounds
the "US" is merely a chess piece.
the "US" is not The Game.
no need to identify with something that will be removed as The Game progresses.
A critique of Dirty Wars with James Corbett and Doug Valentine:
https://www.corbettreport.com/interview-681-douglas-valentine-on-scahill...
May modify your view of Scahill and the movie.
Yeah, I have actually read that article before. I'm not saying Scahill is without blame.. far from it yet he makes some very valid points in that film especially in terms of ever expanding list and how this approach is basically a dead end.
So how long before the Nobel Prize winner puts some folks on the ground?
The more pressing question though: how many boots the USSA will need to place in Iraq, Syria, Nigeria, Yemen - the list is growing very fast.....
If you put James Taylor in a set of boots, now we're talking. Perhaps a MidEast tour.
put Cat Stevens on the ticket.
guaranteed sell-out via Ticketmaster
how long before people start to connect the dots -
between uni-formed volunteers droning/murdering people in THEIR OWN NATIONS
and perpetual wars that undermine the supposed "safety" of their "homeland".
ahh, nevermind, no one's paying attention any more, too busy watching the SuperBalls & shopping online for moar stuffs.
... >>> "Seize Country's Largest Ballistic Missile Base" ...
... there goes the neighbourhood ...
Somehow I don't think Yemen has ballistic missiles.
"Somehow I don't think Yemen has ballistic missiles."
Probably not, but Iran sure does.
You are probably wrong:
"North and South Yemen had both received deliveries of Soviet SS-21 Scarab ballistic missiles. Following its border clashes with North Yemen in 1979, South Yemen received FROG-7 missiles with about 12 launchers and Scud-Bs with about 6 launchers, from the Soviet Union. (1) These missiles likely remained in Yemen's combined arsenal."
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/yemen/
"Ballistic Missile" is usually shorthand for "Intercontinental Ballistic Missile" with the added inference that it contains multiple intependent nuclear warheads. What the Yemens have is kind of a glorified artillery shell launcher of about a 100 mile range.
If you can chuck a stone 100 miles, I guarantee that it's going to be a big stone.
Imagine if you pointed that glorified artillery shell at a dam, or an oil field, or a nuclear power plant, or Target X, which is any target that would have devastating repercussions if it were destroyed...
proxy wars.
arm others, fight on "their" lands, profit$$.
coming to a Homeland near you, soon.
Ballistic Missiles? This is more BS. Maybe a shit load of US drones.
Perhaps not ICBMs, but "battle range" missiles (< 100 clicks radius) are well within the means of the people who are funding this shindig in Tehran.
It obviously does one no good to have these weapons, if you're a fucking idiot and don't know how to actually use them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_missile_system
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9K22_Tunguska
Scud -B
Scarab SS-21
Frog-7
The Ukrainians have been firing SS-21 Tochka U with 450kg HE warheads at cities in the east of Ukraine. The made a mistake in the targeting of one and it took out one of their military bases. The effects are clearly visible on recent Google Earth images.
48.0445N 37.6942E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOcHZiLDw3w
The entrance to the site is visible on street view.
Ayrabs have made a missile? Iwould have never have guessed.
Persians, there is a definite difference...
DaddyO
Well I guess the little boys and girls with joysticks of death won't be running out of targets any time soon.
that reminds me, i need to get my ottoman reupholstered
Jiminy Christmas...
We backed a guy that was so dumb as not to have a helicopter standing by with a Mau-Mau uprising on his hands?
Figures, right?
As long as it's not "Islamic terrorists" I'm OK with it. Obama will do something about it (maybe) after he goes after Bubba and Jethro in south Alabama who were seen caring AR-15 rifles! Now that's "extreme terrorism". Holder is on the way.
Aden as the British knew it 1839-1967 is hardly a place of permanent victories
The failure of the Obama administration to execute upon a coherent and proactive foreign policy has contributed to the creation of several failed states, with Yemen being but the latest example and Egypt being a fortunate exception (though just barely given Obama’s petulance in the aftermath of the overthrow of Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood regime).
While Jimmy Carter was likely earnest in his belief that ideological principles made for good foreign policy, even he eventually came to realize (though far too late) that it was in fact harming our strategic interests both domestically and internationally. This stands in stark contrast to the current administration, whose faute de mieux style of diplomacy and policy is increasingly eroding our influence throughout the world. It is startling to consider that far from effecting either stability or the enhancement of American interests, the current administration subscribes to policies that bring quite the opposite time and again.
Draw your own conclusions, but this writer deems it beyond cavil that at a minimum our Chief Executive is utterly incapable of competently managing the foreign affairs of our nation. My impression of what has been unfolding these last 6-years is that there is a subtle effort to create instability throughout the world, though to what end I cannot grasp. uncommonsense66.com
Well, Obama is not a muslim, cuz that is obviously crazy, talk, so it must simply be incompetence.
Perfect incompetence.
wrong
obama is a muslim
educate yourself
http://www.conservapedia.com/Obama%27s_Religion
the purpose of creating world instability?
to create a NWO
chaos and fear = change
he keeps his promises
A coupld more dominoes and the Mid-East is going to explode into full scale war. It will be messy and unpredictable except for Israel being the primary enemy.
Russia would love htis as oil will skyrocket. Don't suppose KGB is providing some nice weapons to these rebels?
I love the smell of "Blowback" in the mrorning. I see Yemen didn't view into the Criminal Fraud UNITED STAESTS, CORP. INC. State of the PsyOp Asdress last night.
And, rockets? As in what? Bottle rockets I assume.
Looks like the President's speech writers quote about it being a "9/11 Generation" last night in the state of the union won't be going to waste!
Can't wait to see how the recruiting goes when the next "casus belli" is blamed on Russia and our little boys and girls are asked to ante up for the last sacrifice they will ever make!
Just ask Erik Prince how well it's going for his merc boys in Donetsk?!!!
USA lost another colony. Good sign
They hate us for our freedom or is it they want freedom because of our hatred?
I get it mixed up. I'm so confused!
War - peace
Freedom - slavery
Ignorance - the power
Meanwhile Saudi are Sitting in Davos while their religious police are beheading women in their street and flogging bloggers.You can figure that nothing happens in Yemen without Saudi approval and full backing...
I give the house of Saud two years max....and they will be overthrown.....I bet John the Horse Kerry is sweating bullets right now...where is he going to go to next...????? We have a weak leader..our enemies know it..and are using it to their benefit.....they are taking what they want..when they want...because they know Obama will do nothing....
Russia missed an opportunity last night. Could have driven tanks into Kiev during the SOTU. Would have been priceless to have watched the gallery of spineless Republicans and sycophantic Democrats all go into immediate panic mode. I would have even chugged a few more beers.
What a trip that would have been.
However, since nothing really seems to matter anymore, it would have only lasted a few news cycles.
6 months
strategic
Who gave them the ballistic missles? Is this going to be another one of those?
Bengazied some folks.
Who wants to bet they combine their assets: They will strap the President to one of those missles and shoot his ass out over the Indian Ocean.
Does this mean my Yemeni stamp collection goes up or down in value?
Ballistic missiles? Sure, they're just down the road from the camel parking decks....
Two things.
Yemen has ballistic missiles, Yemen?
Next stop Saudi Arabia!
May not mean what you think. It's a camel with M-80s tied to it's balls.
Helicopters are landing on the roof to evacuate?
I'm sure Afghanistan is next.
How's that 600 mile long fence working out for ya, SA?
had no idea it was this easy. There's a nice little Caribbean island I've been eyeing.
A great radio show The Goddard Report with Mike Rivero.
Time for the US to declare our next battlefront: "War on Them".
Before I can comment further I need the WH to declare these to be the good rebels (Syria) or bad ones (Ewoks).
arab muslim rocket launchers
https://ivarfjeld.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/palestinian_girls_scud_2.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_9VGZjBQHr0s/TCh9FgyPBTI/AAAAAAAAFSk/Sv5IV38E85...
Damn. The Evil Empire hasn't won a conventional battle in... jeez, since the seizure of Iraq?
Command & Conquer Generals on steroids ^^