Also see: Saudis Softening Up Yemen For Iran War
Saudis Carrying USraeli Water
Saudi Arabia Invades Yemen
Yeah, they ALREADY CROSSED the BORDER with TROOPS!!
Is it just me, or does WORLD REACTION seem MUTED?
No stirrings at the U.N. Security Council, hmmmm?
"Saudi Navy imposes blockade on Yemen coast" by Salah Nasrawi, Associated Press | November 11, 2009
CAIRO - Saudi Arabia imposed a naval blockade on the Red Sea coast of northern Yemen to stem the flow of weapons and fighters to Shi’ite rebels along its border, a Saudi government adviser and media reports said yesterday.
Iran, the dominant Shi’ite power in the Middle East, warned neighboring countries not to interfere in Yemen’s internal affairs in a clear reference to predominantly Sunni Saudi Arabia. Yemen and the Saudis have accused Iran of sending money and weapons to the rebels to fight government forces. Iran denies the charge. “We seriously recommend the regional countries and especially the neighboring countries not interfere in the internal issues of Yemen and instead try to restore stability in Yemen,’’ Iranian Foreign Minister Manochehr Mottaki said yesterday.
Saudi Arabia launched an air and ground offensive against the Yemeni rebels last week. The fighting has raised concerns of another proxy war in the Middle East between Iran and rival Saudi Arabia, a key US ally....
It was SAUDI backing SADDAM the last time, wasn't it, MSM?
Fighting has intensified since August, displacing tens of thousands of people and limited their access to humanitarian aid. Yemen’s weak central government of Yemen, which has little control outside the capital San’a, is fighting on multiple fronts including the northern rebels and a separatist movement in the south. But the most worrisome is a lingering threat from Al Qaeda militants.
Then WHY are they SMASHING Shi'ites, 'eh?
Related: Yemen Fingers "Al-CIA-Duh"
The Saudi blockade was the latest escalation of fighting in the impoverished country at the southern tip of the Arabian peninsula. After some border clashes between the rebels and Saudi forces last week, the Saudis responded with rare cross-border military action. They launched several days of air strikes against the rebels, which continued yesterday according to the rebels. An adviser to the Saudi government said that the kingdom’s warships had been ordered to search any suspected ship sailing near the Yemeni coast for weapons or fighters destined to aid the rebels....
This could ESCALATE in a heartbeat -- and thus any reference was ABSENT from my paper the next day.
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