U.S. and Britain launch strikes against targets in Houthi-controlled Yemen
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Via: vic-eldred • 11 months ago • 22 commentsBy: Courtney Kube and Tim Stelloh
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The United States and Britain launched military strikes against targets in Houthi-controlled Yemen, two U.S. officials said Thursday.
They targeted multiple locations with fighter jets and Tomahawks fired from Navy ships.
The strikes came after U.S. Central Command said earlier Thursday that the Iranian-backed Houthis had fired anti-ship ballistic missiles from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen into international shipping lanes in the Gulf of Aden.
No injuries or damage were reported, and a commercial vessel reported seeing the missile strike the water, the statement said. The attack marked the group’s 27th on international shipping since Nov. 19, Central Command said.
The Houthis, from Yemen’s northwestern Saada province, rose to power as Arab Spring protests swept the region in 2011.
Three years later — with support from Tehran — the Houthis took control of the country’s capital, prompting a wider conflict with Iran’s regional rival, Saudi Arabia, and a situation in Yemen that the United Nations described as the “largest humanitarian crisis in the world.”
Although the United States, Britain and several other nations backed the Saudi-led war, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman wound down the military operation last year and entered peace talks with the Houthis.
A spokesman for the Houthis has said they were only targeting ships with links to Israel — a claim that has been widely disputed — in an effort to pressure Israel into halting its war in Gaza.
In response, the United States and other countries dispatched warships to patrol the vital shipping corridor. U.S. helicopters fired on Houthis last week after they attacked a cargo ship.
During a visit to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the group would face “consequences” if the attacks continued but his “strong preference” was for the group to “get the message.”
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It took a long time, but appropriate actions may have been taken.
This is a breaking story. More to follow.
The US and UK were ''shooter'' navies, backed up by Canada, Australia, and the Netherlands per the WH.
Air strikes, surface ships and a message that is being sent the US submarine USS Florida was involved as a shooter.
It's about damn time those Houthi scum get taught a hard lesson!
Long past time!
They will strike again:
It's about time they did something effective, if it WAS effective.
Just in:
Yet despite media hyperventilating, it amounted to no more than a pinprick: five dead and six injured — and no Houthi leaders even targeted.
Houthi strikes reveal Biden's dangerous fear of escalation (nypost.com)
The nypost is blocked here. I was wondering more about what infrastructure might have been obliterated by the strikes - e.g. weapons warehouses, the Houthies' means of launching their missiles and drones such as their rocket launchers, etc..
During the 2020 election it was kind of blocked here too.
I was wondering more about what infrastructure might have been obliterated by the strikes - e.g. weapons warehouses, the Houthies' means of launching their missiles and drones such as their rocket launchers, etc..
Those types of facilities were hit as was a radar facility.
Good job Biden.
Good job, CENTCOM.
Right, I am sure Biden had nothing to do with it. Figures, if it's good, Biden gets no credit, but if it's bad, it's all Biden's fault. Right out of the GOP handbook.
I don't care whether Biden had anything to do with it or not. It just needed to be done either way.
I don’t have a GOP handbook. But give credit to those in harms way.
You're welcome.
Sure thing.
To the contrary. Some here defend Biden when he does nothing and salute him when he finally responds.
Close observation of the actions for the last couple of weeks of US would tell you that something was going to happen. IMO, first was to get a UN warning to the Houties, done. Assemble a group of other countries so it doesn't look like it is just the US, done, Security Blienkin giving a very direct message to the Houties it was the last warning and we would respond if they attacked again, done.
The result was tonight.
And behind everything I mentioned was extensive planning, phase one, phase two etc.
And, unfortunately, I see this expanding far beyond what the intent was.
I agree. It was clear, especially over the last couple of days, that stepped up military action was coming.
The U.S. Air Force’s Mideast command said it struck over 60 targets at 16 sites in Yemen, including “command-and-control nodes, munitions depots, launching systems, production facilities and air defense radar systems.”
US, UK launch retaliatory strike against Houthis in Yemen | AP News
The Houthis did have a lot of advance warning over the past few days, so I expect their casualties were very light.