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Yemen On Verge Of "Total Collapse" As Civilian Casualties, Ground Invasion Calls Mount
On Tuesday, we suggested that the entry of Houthi rebels into a military base overlooking the Bab el-Mandeb strait may have made a Saudi ground incursion in Yemen virtually inevitable. The 18-mile wide waterway is a critical oil chokepoint and given the potential for the conflict in Yemen to devolve into an all out proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia, the possibility that the strait will fall under Iranian influence via the Houthis is seen as untenable. Meanwhile, the Saudi-led coalition continued bombing raids for a sixth consecutive day and predictably, each side is now blaming the other for civilian casualties. Here’s more via Al Arabiya:
The coalition targeted two Houthi military installations in the city of al-Dhale southwest of Yemen.
Fighter jets have targeted Houthi militia leaders, surface-to-air missile installations, ammunition storage warehouses belonging to the Houthis as well as to forces allied with former president Ali Abdullah Saleh.
In Aden, the strikes were focused on the rebel-held provincial administration complex in Dar Saad in the north of the city,reported AFP citing a military official.
He said there were "many dead and wounded" among the Houthi Shiite rebels but was unable to give a precise toll.
The headquarters of a renegade army brigade loyal to Saleh was targeted overnight in the north of Aden, as well as the city’s international airport, the military official said.
Militia fighters loyal to President Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi have captured 26 Houthis during the fighting in Aden, one of their leaders said.
In the western port city of Hodeida, four civilians were killed and 10 injured when a dairy was hit in the night, said medical sources.
The circumstances of the bombing were unclear, with some witnesses saying the dairy was hit by a coalition air strike and others blaming pro-Saleh forces.
The mounting civilian death toll has prompted the UN to warn that the country is on the verge of “total collapse,” as the nation which President Obama just months ago cited as a success story in the war on terror rapidly devolves into sectarian violence on the way to “failed state” satus.
Via Al Jazeera:
UN rights chief has said that Yemen is "on the verge of total collapse" as Saudi-led coalition continues to bomb Houthi positions.
"The situation in Yemen is extremely alarming, with dozens of civilians killed over the past four days," UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said on Tuesday.
"The country seems to be on the verge of total collapse".
Aid groups have warned of a humanitarian crisis unfolding with air and sea blockades making it impossible to send desperately needed assistance as casualties mount.
The UN children's fund said that at least 62 children had been killed and 30 injured during the fighting over the past week…
But the spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition said it does not intend to kill civilians even though the Houthis had moved fighters into villages.
"Collateral damage can happen... but I confirm to you that the coalition takes all care," said Brigadier General Ahmed Assiri.
On Tuesday, air strikes targeted two Houthi-held camps and Guard soldiers in the southern town of Daleh, a Guard airbase in the southwestern city of Taez and the Houthi stronghold of Dhammar, south of Sanaa.
On the ground, deadly clashes have broken out between the rebels and tribes, militiamen and residents who oppose their power grab, the AFP news agency reported.
Yemeni military officials said Houthi rebels have taken up positions overlooking the strategic Gulf of Aden, raising the risk they could threaten the global shipping route with heavy weapons, the AP news agency reported.
And even as the Saudis claim their is no immediate need to put boots on the ground, rebel and Saudi forces are now exchanging rocket and artillery fire across the border in what Reuters calls “heavy clashes.” We’ll leave you with the following from the Yemeni foreign minister:
- YEMEN FM CALLS FOR COALITION TO SEND GROUND TROOPS: AFP
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The zionists. A one tribe, planet wrecking, demonic entity.
Luciferian Oligarchs are behind this.
Total control of Red Sea and Suez Canal required.
Shipping lanes must be kept safe as Syrian pipeline remains Questionable.
Forget that, Roger Federer has retired !
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"...and given the potential for the conflict in Yemen to devolve into an all out proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia, the possibility that the strait will fall under Iranian influence via the Houthis is seen as untenable..."
Iran... Iran... Iran...
The most evidence anyone can point to for Iran's involvement to date is a couple of sharply-worded commentaries in Farsnews.
The mention of proxy war with relation to the U.S. is avoided, yet the U.S., under Obama's orders, has formed a Joint Planning Cell with Saudi Arabia to 'share intelligence' (=drones and satellites). Just like the alliance with Saddam Hussein during the Iraq-Iran wars where the U.S. pretty much told the Iraqis where and when to use Western-supplied chemical weapons against Iranian troops.
So U.S. intelligence is just 'non-military help' and passes with a wink. And Iran is guilty of backing the Houthis becasue... well, the bastards are thinking about it! You just know they are.
How much Intelligence did the Saudis share on 9/10 or 9/12 ?
Clearly we must bomb them in order to save them
Oh - but the U.S. isn't involved. CNN told me that it's a proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran. They're news professionals - they know this stuff.
The U.S. isn't involved in the least.
US lifts Egypt arms ban, sends $1.3 bn in weapons
See, it's all about protecting Egypt.
Yemeni children are just like Palestinian children - they're a myth created by terrorists for PR purposes and human shields. That's why God made JDAMs.
SMG
''If Jews account for just 2% of the general population, then, all things being equal, there would be a 1/50 chance of a single Jew being selected as Fed Chair. The odds of FIVE consecutive Jews would therefore be 1/50 x 1/50 x 1/50 x 1/50 x 1/50 = 1 in 312,500,000!"
Radical Marijuana
If Ashkenazi Jews average IQ 150 and average IQ 150 2% of population it would only be 1 in 2 to the fifth so 1/32 or about 3%. Either way reaches statistical significance.
Yeah because IQ is how Fed chairs are selected.
/s
"all things being equal"
You assume all things are equal, they are not! Your odds are garbage for that reason.
The fact that they apply themselves more readily to the fields of Math and Science contribute. The fact that they've applied themselves to self preservation through century's of honing the skills of Nepotism would be the greatest factor in controlling entire industries. Factor this in and your odds drop precipitously.
There are also a disproportionately large number of Jewish Farmers with a PhD. Simpletons who can divide who'd say the odds against that too are incredible.
Not all Jews are evil Money Changers. It was in fact a Jew who overturned the Money Changers' tables and told them to get the hell out of the temple.
THOU SHALT NOT STEAL!
"...It was in fact a Jew who overturned the Money Changers' tables and told them to get the hell out of the temple..."
If Jesus tried a similar act of terrorism today, he would be rewarded with a hail of hollow-points unloaded from Federal Reserve Law Enforcement officers.
"If Jesus tried a similar act of terrorism today, he would be rewarded with a hail of hollow-points unloaded from Federal Reserve Law Enforcement officers."
Agreed, He would be KILLED AGAIN!
"Lucy Ferry Anns", you say?
Some would say "Shabataian Frankists" (a Jewish sect)
http://just-another-inside-job.blogspot.de/2007/07/what-every-jew-and-no...
Yes, that's what he said.
Zionist Sunnis fighting zionist shia?
Get real man, this is all about goat-f**king arabs fighting goat f**king persians. Rivers of blood in the name of Islam, not zion.
Geez man U guys got zion up the butt really bad man. it's ridiculous.
Grimaldus
Thank you! The anti-semitism here is tiring...and not at all funny.
So is the anti-gentilism, and lack of denouncement by the jewish community of schmucks in the J-mafia and leaders like Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, or the Jewish oligarchs in Ukraine bombing gentiles in their cities because they dont want to be serfs and slaves to them. Or the complete AIPAC fuck up of America, or stealing of land in Palestine and the killing of children there, or Jews forming cliques to the detriment of gentiles in business and other endeavors. That is definitely not FUNNY.
This is a US vs Russia/China proxy war.
Historians in the future will see this along with Ukraine as one of the opening skirmishes of WWIII.
From Chaos, order.
You need to get ready WWIII is going to be especially bad for the US.
We have always been at war with Eurasia or is it Eastasia?!
Oceania ... no, wait, that was last week.
Get to Australia. Even if you're too ignorant to work out why. Strap your Nikies on and 'just do it'.
Indeed, Russia supports nuclear proliferation in the middle east for good reason. When the towel heads have nukes they'll start going off in the US, Russia will be behind it, we'll have no proof, no signature or missle trail making retaliation problematic . . . our politicians are lazy and more concerned with internal political enemies then a huge national security threat that is discarded as a hypothitical.
France did most in Mid East supplying Israel with reactors
Yes how dare any other country fuck up and militarize the middle east
Just got out of a meeting and it was clearly stated that it takes 60 days to do a contract modification in the United States government.
You should always be prepared, but if there is a bright spot, it is the fact that the bureaucracy of the Federal government will give you plenty of advance warning.
On another note, remember that whole sequestration thingie... That will be kicking in soon and all the "war" departments are looking at budget cuts.
"This is a US vs Russia/China proxy war."
If so, and Russia & China had bigger balls, they'd have done what the Neocon US Regime has done in Kiev: Recognize the new Junta, and given them immediate protection and support from those "evil tyrants of the old regime".
If the had bigger balls. And were able to turn on a dime, the way our State Dept can (pivot, turn, and exploit an any real or manufactured Opportunity).
As it is, they seem to have squandered that opportunity, and allowed TPTB to turn the place into another failed state, which they can dominate at will. On the matter of Yemen, the USSA is (still) outplaying them on points, sorry to say.
I'm just glad that our Nobel Peace Prize-winning president's hands are clean in this matter.
This is his model of success.
This is his model for successful Gold extraction. Do you suppose the Houthis are smart enough to get the Gold out of the vaults and into a hole in the ground before the u.s./saudi aggressors come and liberate it?
Just the expected outcome from the end of colonialism.
Muzzie killing Muzzie in tribal warfare.
Either we need to coordinate our comments or one of us has to go.
Yeah, it's pretty weird how close we hit on some things. The good news is that either I'm not insane or we both have to be.
We're not insane, it's the rest of the world that's nuts.
Both of you are great posters, nuts or not.
They're like wasabi almonds
LOL
me too!
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Not any more, they're not:
http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20150401/1020296066.html
Oh, his hands remain clean. It's those 'American arms' that are soiling the world.
hmmmmmmm,,, those large eastern ukrainian casualties inflicted by the u.s backed nazi's in Kiev didn't seem to bother many.
Sounds like a good candidate for a peace prize.
Hell, I'd nominate him for sociology, medicine, and literature, too. I'm sure his impact in those areas has been greater than anyone else lately.
Houthiferians!
Spin up missiles 1-4, ready the nukes, it's go time!
Obama's neocons ready for all-out war.
"Obama's neocons ready for all-out war."
Just can't bring yourself to blame progressives can you? And why is that really? Youve an interest in protecting the progressive warmonger criminals in charge?
Neocons are shot on sight in the obirdbrain regime buddy. This is all progressive.
Embrace the progressive suck bitch. You are still trying to blame bush. Don't you realize how stupid you look doing that?
Grimaldus
Pro tip:
Neo- Cons are not conservatives at all.
They're illegal aliens from the other side of the aisle with a bunch of homegrown RINOs tossed in for cover. Like the left, they have an overwhelming compulsion to prohibit things they don't like from the right hand side of the spectrum, which includes a lot of bible thumpers.
Conservatives don't give a fuck what you do as long as you don't do it in their neighborhoods. They are strict Constitutionalists and are strong States rights advocates who are against Federal overreach. By comparison, they are a tiny minority of the right and they know it.
Conservatives are basically a Libertarian with common sense.
Way ahead of ya pal. You are spot on correct.
Got lots of progressive assclowns still trying to blame bush (neocons) when bloody murdering progressive criminals have been running the show for years.
They just can't seem to wrap their little insane minds around the fact that progressives are stone killers like no other. Shit, they warm up by killin their own babies!
Grimaldus
I'm kind of getting tired of hearing this lie: "Collateral damage can happen... but I confirm to you that the coalition takes all care,"
"[T]he spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition said it does not intend to kill civilians ..." unless they don't cover their faces, or their women drive a car, or they access the internet, or they demand civil rights, or they criticize the zionists -- in which case, beheading is appropriate.
' Some folks got collaterally damaged. '
Because freedom and democracy!
Or was it territorial integrity? Or
chaos and destruction...
Terra-ism!!!!1111!
Nevermind, carry on.
Yemen briefly emerged yesterday from the state of total dysfunctionality in which it has wallowed since the era of the dinasours and has settled into near-total collapse. Progress?
Gotta keep those Mc Flappy Meals flowing!
Pretty soon the Pentagon will need to send some of our good ol' blackwater boys and military men to go die to keep the useless consumers at home fat and complacent and in the process they will fuck things up even more.
Welcome to the new normal.
"Yemini military officials said Houthi rebels have taken up positions . . . "
Having successfully overthrown the government, aren't the Houthi "rebels" now the "Yemini" miltary? Or maybe they're just "insurgents." Because the Houthis oppose the Saudi/Israel/U.S. axis of evil, they will likely soon be called "terrorists".
Obama's foreign policy on track....what country hasn't Obama failed in the mideast....well except Iran...as they share Obama's opinion Khamenei told a crowd in Tehran that Iran would not capitulate to Western demands. When the crowd started shouting, “Death to America,” the ayatollah responded: “Of course yes, death to America, because America is the original source of this pressure.
The real motto regarding collateral damage and "friendly fire"
"Kill em all and let god sort em out"
http://www.thisdayinquotes.com/2011/07/kill-them-all-and-let-god-sort-th...
Ok, so let me get this straight - Putin takes Crimea without hurting a hair on anyone's head and the world screams bloody murder.
Saudis are making Yemen an even bigger shithole, killing civillians AND blockading humanitarian relief and not so much as a PEEP from the world.
btw--i was in Yemen 3 years ago. The country was a hell hole then. I really cannot think of a place that would be closer to hell on earth right now then Yemen. The sad part is that Yemen was once known as the "Dubai" of the Middle East about 500 years ago!
For the ancients, Yemen was known as Arabia Felix,m "happy Arabia." The reason: cool, soaring mountains terraced for cultivation; hidden valleys where powerful traders were 500 years ago constructing eight-story skyscraper cities; rich fisheries in two sunny seas.
http://www.csmonitor.com/1981/0904/090447.html"...and the world screams bloody murder."
Amidst the fog of propaganda we are daily exposed to in the US, all the same it is becoming clear that "the world" is not screaming about Russia. The US and Israel are doing the screaming. Even the European states, traditionally loyal to a fault for the US, are not happy about our policy on Russia's border. Not sure where you are posting from, but here in the US, I think the topic of Ukraine is the best place to look for the most raw western propaganda effort I've yet seen in my 25 years of following this stuff. I never in a million years thought I would believe Russian information over US information, but it just goes to show, you never can tell.
In Roman times Arabia felix was a province under Trajan (r, 98-117 AD) and boasted a boistrous port.
Ok, so let me get this straight - Putin takes Crimea without hurting a hair on anyone's head and the world screams bloody murder.
Must have been a while since you got a payment from Puutie. Need a quick check for the propaganda?
IOW, same ol right? We turn some shit hole country's government inside out (prepping), have proxies attack, chaos ensues and we go boots on the ground on a 'humanitarian' pretext. Masterful.
WHO WILL SAVE THEM??? Do they got oil and natural gas there?
I don't know what this conflict is about and I don't give a fuck. The world would rest easier if the middle east were wiped off the map. (This exact statement was made about the Balkan states ~100 years ago, just before WW1)
What this is about?
Obama building a caliphate.
Everything must be destabilized to do that.
A man has been jailed for revealing this a few years ago.
Dinesh Was Right – Obama Forming Global Caliphate
http://www.westernjournalism.com/dinesh-right-obama-forming-global-calip...
Why do you think the Obama administration went after filmmaker Dinesh D’souza with federal charges, eventually convicting him of a campaign finance felony? D’Souza served eight months in a community confinement center, received five years probation, and paid a $30,000 fine, all for giving some money to a friend to donate to a candidate. Somehow, I think there are plenty of people federal prosecutors have not gone after so aggressively for a similar offense.
The reason the federal government went after D’Souza so forcefully was that Dinesh, in his first movie 2016: Obama’s America, hit the nail right on the head regarding our Dear Leader’s agenda. Obama could not let this continue. He had to attempt to silence Dinesh and buy more time to complete his goal—the creation of a global Islamic caliphate.
The evidence is just too overwhelming. There is no other conclusion any intelligent, thinking man can come to.
The New York Post reports today that Obama could not even acknowledge the concept of “Muslim Terrorists” at the extremist convention the administration threw together to act like they were doing something against the Islamic Jihadist threat.
Obama has not shown any leadership in Europe against Russian designs in Ukraine, or any other international conflict, because it’s just not important to him. It doesn’t fit with his long-term goals, so he just pays it lip service. He has to keep his eye on the ball.
The goal of this administration is to weaken American power so the United States cannot stop the formation of the caliphate from North Africa to Pakistan. Even more frightening is that Obama is attempting to radically change the population of the United States through illegal immigration so that eventually, a Muslim U.S.A. will join his new kingdom.
I'm teaching my dog to shit on a photo of Obama. Should be a You-tube smash hit.
Here's some inspiration for him.
http://cs617727.vk.me/v617727659/6b53/qQxezmKJ9VI.jpg
dsty funny tall moo dick guy
http://www.zengardner.com/6-million-lies/
someone shall finally distribute to every valid man, woman and children an AK47 with 1'000 rounds.
Then we shall simply "close the door of the middle east room", reopen it after a week, give another 1'000 fresh rounds and 10 handgrenades each, and reclose the door.
Should help reduce the issue.
Uhh - I think that is what is happening. The guys selling the rounds have figured out just the right balance to throw in so that no one wins but the fight and sales go on. Maybe try sealing the door?
UNHRC? BFD, where's the f'in UNSC and what exactly is in the text of resolution 2201? If the elected leader needs help HE SHOULD BE GOING TO THE UNITED NATIONS SC, not an un-democratic "COALITION". This coalition is untenable.
COFFIN, MEET ANOTHER NAIL.
The polite men in green acted swiftly and nobody was killed. THAT is the difference.
Even the cats were happy.
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Mission Accomplished!
-B. Hussein Obama
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bumbum sauce
dat boy is juicy
full of kosher spunk
as for barry i believe his middle name is kleinfelt
as in zion yahudi
you're gonna take a CIA\Amerika puppet leader and like it..
Wait, Emperor Goebbels says Yemen is a complete foreign policy success; if I didn't know better, I'd think somebody is completely full of shit.
www.traderzoo.mobi
We totally collapsed some folks...
Bigger countries using smaller countries to test each other for a little fun.
This guy had the answers.......did he ever become President ?
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/bush_on_nation_building/
The Manichaean World so favoured by Mass Media to explain why it is all so important to rally behind the marching band. The fact that the US regime has been toppled and this movement is strong in the hills seems very reminiscent of how Afghanistan is going........maybe Saudi can get its friends in ISIS to be flown in by the US ?
Gerald Celente Pretty good interview re: Yemen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2PPcTitxhE
the passing of the khazars
not
heroes of hebrew histories
spielbergs and netanyahoos
i am judas maccabaeus
i bring satanick child ritual slaughter
for tora bora
talmoo
and saturn cube
swiss cern is my blood flesh rendering plant
gold for the rabbi
souls for satan
Hey Toni
So they don't have mental health care in Poland?
It makes sense now that Saudi king shares a Jewish ancestry. Maybe Bibi and big nose Salman like to suck blood from babies' penis together.
The Rebels were a rabble 'til
they really started to rumble.
Obama was so happy 'til
His boy began to stumble.
"We need more guns" Obama cried
The spooks and the mercs agreed
The Rebels waited patiently
Knowing he would meet their need.
No sooner said than done, they smiled
As Yemeni troops ran away
Leaving weapons on the sand
To be used another day.
This looks bad, Obama thought
My puppets taking flight.
The Houthi kept advancing
As explosions lit the night.
Do something! cried the Saudi sheiks
As they trembled in their fear
Obama: It's your neighborhood,
Better get your ass in gear.
Bomb it, strafe it, blow it up
Leave nothing left to stand
going til your victory's sure
Count those bodies in the sand.
It matters not who they are
Or how the children scream
Spreading our Democracy
And the American Dream.
So... no red lines?