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Saudi Army Strike Force Arrives On Yemen Border In Preparation For Land Invasion
One week ago when news hit that Houthi rebels had launched a rocket attack on a Saudi border town in what may be described as an act of sheer irrationality and one which like Assad's "chemical attack" of 2013 was almost certainly staged not so much by the Yemen rebels to provoke just the desired media response, we said that "a Saudi response now appears just a matter of time, and one which the oil-trading algos are eagerly expecting, pushing Brent to within two dollars of $68." By response, we of course meant a land invasion since Saudi Arabia has already been bombing Yemen for nearly a month (a campaign focused on the Yemen rebels which mysteriously destroyed the residence of Yemen's former anti-Saudi president Saleh).
That "time" may have arrived, because as Al Arabiya reports, Saudi Arabia has announced that a "strike force has arrived on the border with Yemen, as the operation to quell Houthi militias in the country continues." Which is ironic considering it was just a few days ago that Saudi Arabia declared a 5 day ceasefire, one which was promptly accepted by Houthis, and one which appears to have been taken straight from the Ukraine civil war "ceasefire" playbook.
More from Al Arabiya:
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz said Sunday that the Saudi-led air war was launched to foil a plot by a “sectarian group” to undermine security in the region.
The Saudi monarch was defending the military operation Riyadh has led against Yemeni militia since March 26, in an address read to clerics on his behalf by an adviser in the Muslim holy city of Makkah.
Meanwhile, Yemen’s deposed president Ali Abdullah Saleh Monday declared his support for Houthi militias after raids from the Saudi-led coalition on his house in Sanaa.
“I was not an ally of Ansar Allah [the Houthis ] but today I am announcing from this place that Yemenis will be supportive of anyone who defends the nation’s resources,” the deposed leader said.
Well, Saleh may want to say goodbye to any other assets he may have left in Yemen: they are about to be vaporized. As for next steps, the only question is how algos react to flashing red headlines that Saudi tanks, APCs and troops have finally entered Yemen.
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I hope that thing has air conditioning
So we're just going into Yemen, it's not like we're headed to Moscow.
..."It's Czechoslovakia....it's like going to Wisconsin!".....
Well, I got the shit kicked out of me in Wisconsin once.
"You ever seen a monk get wildly fucked by three teenage girls?"
"Never"
"I guess the monastery is out then"
Monkey see, monkey do, violence is to be admonished at all cost, never promoted, paraded around, or anything along those lines, yet we find it in the media constantly. I for one will be glad when people wake up and realize that violence is not only NOT the answer, but any promotion of it is a crime in itself. I'm sick of the elite promoting their endeavors, they need to be admonished & abhorred at all cost.
Do the Saudis think of Yemen like we think of Mexico?
"You boys like Mexeeco? Yeeeeee Haaaaa!"
Do the Saudis think of Yemen like we think of Mexico"..
Not at all. Yemen is a country of 24 MM souls, Saudi Arabia is around 34 MM. Saudi is not much more populous than Yemen whereas the US is over 3 times more populous than Mexico.
Regular in Nor Cal is back to $3.69 WTF, that was fast. I paid $1.59 in Idaho in January. This is bullshit.
Anglo-American Axis Uses Saudi Arabia As Proxy To Advance ‘Disaster Capitalism’ In Yemen
subtract those Saudis that hate the rulers....
Saudi Arabia backed by West in Yemen aggression, investigative journalist says
You really missed his point dude. You are either not American or have never been to Mexico. He was talking about the American tradition of going down to Tijiuana , scoring some brown heroin and taking in a live sex show with under age hookers and a donkey...
You cease um fire while we restock um weapons, then battle on.
Prepare your champagne...we'll witness the end of the house of Saud!
Of course, there will be a period of hell to pay in general, but yeah, about time.
Middle east in MUCH greater turmoil, all puppet states were Saud controlled, including even the GCC to a large degree.
Of course, when I say Saud, I mean MI6/Langley.
Make no mistake - the Saudis have their own agenda, which is why the anglosaxons put pressure on them to limit their options.
Putin gave his consent in the UN for the sanctions against the Yemen rebels, which cuts off easy resupply of weapons and ammunition. The sanctions also allow other supplys to be effectively choked off to weaken the country.
Putin is in on this also.
I believe Putin is playing "the long game". From April 30th:
United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The UN Security Council failed Friday to back a Russian appeal for an immediate ceasefire or humanitarian pauses in war-torn Yemen, where critical fuel shortages threatened relief efforts and doctors described desperate scenes.
Russia requested an urgent meeting of the 15-member council as the Saudi-led air war on Yemen's Huthi rebels entered a sixth week, crippling deliveries of fuel, food and medicine.
from: http://news.yahoo.com/un-warns-yemen-aid-saudi-reports-first-border-0825...
from April 14th:
The UN Security Council is set to vote on a resolution drafted by Gulf Arab states seeking to impose an arms embargo on Yemeni rebels. Russia earlier suggested an all-inclusive ban on arms sales and to push all sides to the negotiations table.
from: http://rt.com/news/249449-security-council-yemen-resolution/
Look at what Putin actually does (actions that results in something concrete) and not at the act of talking or creating a bit of drama or theater. Putin's giving of consent in the UN resulted in actual sanctions and isolation of the rebels. Putin's words and other such displays you describe are great PR for appearances, politics and an effective effort to cover over his true acts. At the very minimum Putin could have refused consent until his meekly "suggested" inclusions were in fact included.
Putn is party to the events against Yemen. Iran is not, Iran must beware Putins betrayals.
He is playing the long game, he is playing chess and others checkers, and other sayings are simply an effort to distract from what Putin actually does and his real acts and intents. Iraq (and others) was a loyal Russia ally, waiting for Russia's long term plan did them no good. More people are starting to see that perhaps Putin serves not the citizens of Russia but a select group of elite within Russia and perhaps outside of Russia.
smukster Prepare your champagne...we'll witness the end of the house of Saud!
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And prepare for what? Another corrupt government or Islamic group.
Oh Whoopee!
I want a new international law that only applies to government people or bankers. You are guilty until proven innocent.
Gutless puppet president threw his support behind the houthis after the saudi's pock marked "his" palace.
What a joke "leadership" has become.
Poor brown people and a pox on the warmongers.
Something tells me that a big sneak attack on SA oilfields will trigger something here. It is the "heart of gold" that has seen no disturbance.
Go houthis!
Meanwhile, the sun sets on this Sequence series....last but 1: 19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzESrhRrkTI
Er, no. Hadi was the most recent President until a coup d'etat by the Houthis. Saleh was Prez until 2012 when 'rebels' tried to blow him up, after which he joined up with local tribesmen and Houthis. Hadi is the 'puppet'.
Right you are rong I was....
busted open it will have...
Was the attack against Saudi a false flag or an effort by the Houthis to "suck" the Saudis in on the ground?
I don't know the capabilities of the Houthis and allied militias but I imagine there is a very real danger that this turns into a disaster for the Saudis in the same manner that it has for the Ukraine Army in Donbass.
"Our" side is really getting desperate.
GH, I think most arabs are slowly exiting the shock of the great lie of lawrance of aradia and what has been done to them.
Modern machinery, desert....I'll bet on the horse borne scimitar weilders to win this in the end. I have my fingers crossed.
Of course everyone here KNOWS that the house of Saud is Jewish, via old baghdad.
Lawrence of Arabia didn't lie.
He demoted himself after the war as he was digusted by Churchill ,et al, idiotic redrawing of the Iraq border inter alia.
LOA was another big MI6 (or whatever it was called prior, OSS etc.) caricature.
His entire life is a lie and he was USED to create the present day, screwed up situation in the ME.
Read this: Amazing history lessons, th elink will take you to part three, I recommend 1 and 2 also.
http://ajitvadakayil.blogspot.in/
The attack definitely was the Houthis, on a disputed border town. It can't be proved it was a false flag, of course, but the Saudis have no prior history of false flag efforts and were quite happy bombing Yemen further into the stone age from the air.
It doesn't really matter. What matters is that the saudi royal parade army doesn't stand a chance against determined militias - remember even the US army couldn't control either Iraq or Afgh. If they put troops in there, it'll be the end of SA. Unfortunately, their only allies in there are Al Qaida, and I doubt that they could run the country...
"remember even the US army couldn't control either Iraq or Afgh."
Total BS - the politicians with their hands down their pants and the refusal to fight a war in a war-zone is our downfall in both places. the fucking political government employees like 0bama is what kills our troops.
those pig haters are nothing but chum if we fought an actual war.
Appreciate the responses. It looks to me like the Saudis will be walking into a disaster which means they are very desperate or I am wrong. If my instincts are close to reality, behind the scenes the bankers must be doing everything they can to hold off collapse and hold on to their power including a ground invasion of Yemen.
Seems they're scared shitless of growing Iranian influence on "their" peninsula. Actually inside their beautiful kingdom, things are maybe not half as stable as they look from the outside...but that's just a guess.
Thing is, obviously if this carries on sooner or later it'll affect the oil price. Good news for whom? Saudis or US, or both or neither?
Yeah, sure, what are nukes good for after all? And if anyone disagrees, just nuke'em too... /s
A question:
Can anyone explain to me what the Saudis' goal is in this? I can't see any strategy. If they put troops in there, they lose. If they don't, the war will come to them and they will lose. They would need a local ally to put in power in Sanaa so he'd do the dirty ground work for them, but I don't see any potential candidate. So, what's the plan? (honest question)
"Can anyone explain to me what the Saudis' goal is in this?"
Saudi has a new King, I expect he's willing to show up front he's not going to stand idly by and see a 'friend' fall to 'terrorists'. What he wins is fear/respect in the region.
Yeah, that would be logical - if there was any realistic chance of "winning" this war, whatever that means in practice. I don't see that happening, as I explained. Now if you go to war and lose...that doesn't really enhance your standing in the region, does it?
That hasn't really affected America's standing in every war since WWII, except now everyone knows you mess with the US and many thousands of your fellow men are slaughtered.
pig is scavenger unclean
pig is delicious sizzled
Control requires endurance.
Don't confuse battles and wars.
Even a royal parade army can explode a Pakistani nuke over the enemy if it had to. The Saudis should win, but it could get messy.
How many jag officers will accompnay the saudi army? Eh, probably NONE. Rules of engagement?
Lebanon was no party for another army in 2006.
People generally do not like it when their country has been invaded. Invaders also do not always fight the best because they do not want to be there. The majority of Ukie conscripts are lied to and do not want to be in Donbass.
The Saudi Army has more tribal men of Yemeni background than Saudi background.
Hopefully they have plenty of boiled rope and lamp posts for the House of Saud scum.
Someone know well the terrain of Yemen?
There was a good article online about Yemen. It is sort of like an Afghanistan of the Middle East arabia. Not a place the Saudis want to go. My guess is they will probably be smart and leave quickly.
Israel left Lebanon in 30 days in 2006 because Hezbollah was a lot tougher than they realized.
Only America stays forever because it is big business for the contractors and their Senator buddies. Just like the corrupt Roman Empire.
Almost certainly a false flag because 90% of the citizens of that city are the Houthi kinsmen. They'd have been bombing their own.
forward khazar
do it for the jewisher
for oded yinon
for the kosher nostra zionista.
ooo mighty house of saud what works you have done what tribute tel aviv given.
with nuttyahoo and rabbi obama on your back and the hired polish and paki ukrainian estonian infantry who knows how far you can travel.
the sky is the limit and perfect for this depleted uraniun cancer death show.
a curse on israhell and the jewish house of saud.
the fear of a much larger war is growing ..I see more dead children slain for mad men's plans of world domination..,welcome to the new world order.
I hope the Saudi's get DECIMATED!
So you want Iran and their muslim fanatics to win.
Iran is quite modern and laicist compared to the Saudis. Also really educated ppl.
Yes. Lovely people too. Great food, culture, history and the women....the women are something else too.
I guess the USSSA puppeteers want every nation to be full of pipms and hoes...
I disagree about the food bit ;-) - disappointing
Orthodox Christian militias in the Beqaa valley in Lebanon and in Iraq are allied with and fighting alongside Iranian backed Hezbollah against western and Saudi backed extremists.
I think I will get on just fine with Iranians, its the people my government is allied with that worry me.
Hezbollah is also helping to protect ALL Syrian civilians including Syrian Christians.
Here is a famous Christian singer in Lebanon singing in praise of Hezbollah for protecting Lebanon from invaders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdZgkGI5h0A
That's right Freddie! anybody were to do a search with keywords "hezbollah christian militias allies" will find some interesting things not reported in the west.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/11/10/lebanese-christians-gun...
All the shit the USSA has done in Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon, the Balkans, Ukriane (genocide amongst Christians) has made life FAR worse for Christians worldwide.
Don't forget that NYC banksters and their agents along with London and Germany created the Bolsheviks who murdered 25 million Russian Christians.
Iran has not started any war in 200 years
but has had plenty of dirty crap done to them
Hardly,
Iran, like any government, has had dirty hands in various conflicts.
Are you so naive to think that Iran doesn't have their own version of the CIA or Mossad?
I'll say it another way. There are NO innocent governments.
Please stop allowing the cancer of ignorance to spread.
Other than being factually wrong, it sounds as silly as Dr. Evil saying the Russian Federation hasn't started a war in 1 billion years.
The Islamic Republic of Iran is 35 years 7 months old, and I don't think any defenders of the current regime really want to be called to also account for the actions of the Pahlavi dynasty and the country it ruled, which was most certainly not the Islamic Republic of Iran.
I want Iran to win in Yemen, in Iraq and in Lebanon and Syria.
Iran is the only civilized country in the ME.
It is the only country in the middle east.
The rest are the result of some deft lawrence of arabia straight line drawing on a map skills, cutting through traditional tribal units and areas like a HOT knife through butter. India is another classic example of british map mangling.
Bastids.
You got a hooked nose.
Interesting article penned by retired US Army Colonel about Arab armies and their organisational culture;
http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/AD_Issues/amdipl_17/articles/deatkine_...
Interesting article...
Written in 1999, it goes a long way to explain why and how things continue to unfold. I can't imagine the culture having undergone any significant changes, other than perhaps becoming even more entrenched, but that too could be an example of the deceit and subterfuge by which any reigning patriarch requires to maintain their king of the hill status.
It would seem too the culture he describes is more prevalent in many US city police departments, not to mention the law enforcement agencies currently under the watchful eye of Dear Leader Barrack. Rather than inculcating US culture on petty fiefdoms, the petty fiefdom mentality has overtaken DC and local PDs.
jmo.
War in a heartbeat
I declare war on so-called civilization
World trade globalization
Organized disinformation
War on ambassadors of pretense
War on MTV and CNN
McDonald's, Walt Disney and Bethlehem
On Christina, Britney and Eminem
World War Three!
Be all that you can be!
-WWIII, KMFDM
9/11 bastards. Hope they get the snot kicked out of them.
C'mon SilverH, after all these years you think a bunch of desert rats pulled that off? Got the US air farce to stand down ? Really?
FCUK! I thought we were free of 9/11 govt. bulltit tale believers?
Bldg. 7 dude....
silverhog he stupid
or he jewisher zionista take yer picks.
Israel did 9/11 - All the Proof in the World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUbTe50UUgM
I wonder if the strike force is all phillipinos and indonesians? I can imagine an actual Saudi fighting.... Perhaps they popped for Academi?
This is the Bush Bandar branch of the ISIS Al-Queda group no? (dudes that took down the WTCs)
I thought his adopted name was Bandar Bush?
Saudi "Strike force" - that woudn't be ISIS would it? ISIS (Or Mossad/CIA alliance) announced last week that they were going to crush the Houthi rebels in Yemen. It is odd that ISIS consistently attacks anyone the American government wants crushed, but then again maybe not so odd.
Besides, the Saudi army, if it is proportional to its working population, is probably full of foreigners to make sure the natives know which end of the barrel the bullet comes out.
Good luck if they rely on Filipinos and Pakistanis fighting for them, with the higher ranks reserved for their own rich kids. Not to mention the Yemeni minority...
What I don't get: Is the new Saudi govt really more of a US puppet, as the changes seem to indicate? And is Salman really governing, or is he just a figurehead?
Escobar: http://atimes.com/2015/05/rejoice-with-the-new-house-of-saud/
I have not read one article in the press condemning this Saudi meddling in Yemen (and by extension American involvement which has its fingerprints all over this). So I guess we are supposed to go along with the war on the Shia, because the Western world's "crown jewel" is the beloved Saudi regime.
The West protects this regime at all costs, even to the extent of covering up their involvement in 911. I don't get why the West has chosen the side of the Sunni fanatics, maybe because they need a convenient boogeyman to justify their stupid wars, on civil liberties and foreign meddlings....because empire.
Petrodollars.
I agree....but the thing that shits me is nobody in power is willing to admit is that one consequences of oil addiction/petrodollar recycling/meddling in the middle east is the terrorism we are seeing. They make it sound as if "terrorism" is not related AT ALL to Western interference in the Middle East, current and historical.
You either continue to be gung-ho in the Middle East like America and and accept that people WILL resist, and shut the hell up about the whole "why are they attacking us, we are soo innocent" thing, or you stop meddling and keep giving them reasons to fight back. But its too late, the damage has been done for generations to come.
BH to your original post, Feb last year the CDN government announced it had secured a 10bn arms deal with the Saudis.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/general-dynamics-canada-wins-10b-deal-wi...
Terrorism is directly related to the terroists refusal to do as we instruct them to do, so war is the result of a refusal, and any refusal will do for we are not fussy.
I bet that Saudi army, that has been richly supported by rapacious Saudi government really has a lot of motivation to attack Yemen.
They can sit on their ass and enjoy a nice lifestyle from profiting from the black gunk put under their land OR, they can murder people who have not got a pot to piss in and put their comfy lives in danger.
Maybe it would inspire then to see the Saudi Prince-tards in the vanguard?!?
Can't beleive the posts supporting Iran.
Any country supporting versions of Sharia Law are crap. That includes Iran and Saudi Arabia. Let them destroy themselves. I don't support either nation.
Well who is the worst scum in the world destroying Amerika (with open borders & endless war) besides Obala and the Democrats?
The NeoCons like McShame, Graham-nesty, Rubio, corker and a bunch of others.
Who created ISIS and does selfies with them? McCain and his MIC buddies.
https://www.google.com/search?q=mccain+with+isis&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=u...
https://patriotnewstwo.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/mccainisis-vi.jpg
Who's father sold out the sailors of the USS Liberty? McCain's.
Who really hates Iran? McCain and his NeoCon buddies plus NeoLibs like Feinstein and Schumer. So the people destroying America really hate Iran.
Who has protected Syrian civilians including Syrian Christians? Hezbollah who is partially backed by Iran.
Who F'ed over Coptic Christian Egyptians? Obola, Demos, PNAC-AIPAC and the NeoCons.
+100. Anyone who opposes McStain and his ZioCon henchmen is a friend of mine.
Is Saudi Arabia the golden goose that's a sitting duck?
From CNN: Saudi Arabia spent $80.8 billion on its military last year -- the fourth highest total in the world. That represents more than 10% of Saudi GDP -- a bigger share than any country other than Oman.
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Saudi_Arabia reports Saudi armed forces divided into different segments controlled by competing princes:
"The Saudi Arabian National Guard is not a reserve but a fully operational front-line force, and originated out of Abdul Aziz’s tribal military-religious force, the Ikhwan. Its modern existence, however, is attributable to it being effectively Abdullah’s private army since the 1960s and, unlike the rest of the armed forces, is independent of the Ministry of Defense. The SANG has been a counterbalance to the Sudairi faction in the royal family; Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, the king, is one of the so-called "Sudairi Seven" and controls the remainder of the armed forces." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Saudi_Arabia
The pressure on them all from colapsing oil prices must be intense:
"The family is estimated to be composed of 15,000 members, but the majority of the power and wealth is possessed by a group of only about 2,000.[2][3]
<snip>
"The sharing of family wealth has been a critical component in maintaining the semblance of a united front within the royal family. An essential part of family wealth is the Kingdom in its physical entirety, which the Al Saud view as a totally owned family asset. During the reign of Fahd, the financial impact may have exceeded 40% of the Kingdom's annual budget, through co-mingling of personal and state funds from lucrative government positions, huge land allocations, direct allotments of crude oil to sell in the open market, segmental controls in the economy, preferences for award of major contracts, cash handouts, and astronomical monthly allowances, all billed to the national exchequer. Over decades of oil revenue-generated expansion, estimates of royal net worth is at well over $14.3 trillion. This wealth distribution has allowed many senior princes and princesses to accumulate largely unauditable wealth and, in turn, pay out, in cash or kind, to lesser royals and commoners, and so gain political influence."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Saud
This could all get very interesting.
Questions for history to answer abound, such as which of the blood-sucking leeches and wannabe empires Saudi Arabia is surrounded by will jump into the fray when it starts to come unglued, and what will Iran do if some faction decides on genocide against the Kingdom's Shiites as the way to rally its base.
A long time ago I met the 'Royal' who had the Toyota franchise for SA, an arrogant, farting, nose-picking creep. Literally couldn't name more than two Toyota models yet got an estimated 20% of each cars sold.
I recently converted to Wahhbism so I could buy Allah a beer and asked him to allow rocket bombing the shit out of Ras Tanura, SA. He indicated that he would ask Chuck Norris, Putin and Xi .... they would down a few vodka shots and talk about it ......
I asked if he had a drinking problem and he told me that:
"at this point, what difference does it make, go long oil futures but I get my half in dinars "
I asked then about the zionistas getting some benefit from all of this shit and he said:
"I like those guys, we are all friends in the big club, and you ain't in it so enjoy the shitshow ......."
Long "Mission Accomplished" banner makers.
I sense a "quagmire" in Saudi Arabia's future.