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November 5, 2009 | Posted by Abu Muqawama - 11:25am | 4 Comments
Aside from being a great Caitlin Cary album
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.
"But a Yemeni defence
"But a Yemeni defence ministry official denied that Saudi forces had struck targets inside Yemen."
There are advantages to borders in the desert - any bomb craters soon will be covered by sand, so there's plausible deniability for all sides ...
"Six locations were said to have been hit in Yemen, including one that received about 100 missiles in one hour."
100 missilies to kill 40 Houthis ??? Them Saudis need smart bombes ...? But maybe Aljazeera counted each 20mm shell as a "missile" ...
P.S. No comment on the weapons shipment intercepted by Israel?
I can only blog so many
I can only blog so many stories, but yes, I read the article in the Post today.When was the last time the
When was the last time the KSA conducted cross border ops?
The Saudis are actually starting to use some of their expensive hardware for war, rather than just buying off members of the Security Council. How amazing.
Having seen a couple Saudi exercises, I am not at all surprised at the ordanance expenditure to enemy casualty ratio.
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