Really interesting stuff….
The Saudi air force has bombed strongholds of Houthi fighters in northern Yemen, officials have said. The attack on Thursday came a day after Saudi authorities accused the fighters, who want autonomy from Sana’a, of killing at least one of their soldiers on the countries’ border. The Reuters news agency reported Saudi officials as saying that the air force had attacked fighters who had seized a border area, killing about 40 Houthis.
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I think this shows Yemen’s internal problem turning into an even larger international one. Anybody wanna bet that Iran has a hand in supporting these Shi’a rebels to piss off the Saudis?
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I can’t imagine this was particularly well thought-out by Riyadh. It seems like fighting with the Fivers has an exceptionally high probability of spilling over into fighting with other tribes in the Sa’dah region that have more of a presence in the Kingdom. That would be … suboptimal.
Even more interesting: apparently some Saudis were taken prisoner.[1] What now?
(_of course_ Iran is supporting Shi’as in the area. That’s their MO. Why wouldn’t they?)
[1][http://www.al-tagheer.com/news.php?id=11879]
(by the way, this is neither about barbells nor bacon. I want to hear your valued opinions about lifting heavy stuff and eating pork products)
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