The United States and United Kingdom are carrying out airstrikes against multiple targets in Yemen against the Houthi terrorist group.

The war in the middle east may get broader.

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Joint Statement from the Governments of Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, United Kingdom, and the United States

11 January 2024 (UTC -0500)

THE WHITE HOUSE

Recognizing the broad consensus as expressed by 44 countries around the world on December 19, 2023, as well as the statement by the UN Security Council on December 1, 2023, condemning Houthi attacks against merchant and commercial vessels transiting the Red Sea, our governments issued a joint statement on January 3, 2024, which called for the immediate end of illegal attacks and warned that malign actors would be held accountable should they continue to threaten lives, the global economy, and the free flow of commerce in the region’s critical waterways. Despite this strong warning, attacks in the Red Sea have continued, including the launch of numerous missiles and one-way attack aerial vehicles against ships in the Red Sea on January 9, 2024, including U.S. and UK vessels.  On January 10, 2024, the UN Security Council passed UNSCR 2722, which also condemned these attacks and demanded that they cease.

In response to continued illegal, dangerous, and destabilizing Houthi attacks against vessels, including commercial shipping, transiting the Red Sea, the armed forces of the United States and United Kingdom, with support from the Netherlands, Canada, Bahrain, and Australia, conducted joint strikes in accordance with the inherent right of individual and collective self-defense, consistent with the UN Charter, against a number of targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.  These precision strikes were intended to disrupt and degrade the capabilities the Houthis use to threaten global trade and the lives of international mariners in one of the world’s most critical waterways.

FULL STATEMENT: whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/01/11/joint-statement-from
-the-governments-of-australia-bahrain-canada-denmark-germany-netherlands-new-zea
land-republic-of-korea-united-kingdom-and-the-united-states/

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-us-canada-67952029




Summary

    US and UK forces have begun air strikes against Houthi rebel targets in Yemen, US officials say
    Strikes are reported on the capital Sanaa, the Houthi Red Sea port of Hudaydah, the city of Dhamar, and north-western Houthi stronghold of Saada

    A US official told Reuters news agency that strikes were carried out by aircraft, ships and a submarine

    UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak earlier briefed his cabinet on possible British and US strikes on Houthi rebels

    It comes after White House national security spokesman warned the US would counter continued attacks on Red Sea shipping by Houthi rebels

    Pentagon officials say the group has now launched 27 attacks on ships since 19 November

    The Houthis, an Iranian-backed group that controls much of Yemen, say they are supporting ally Hamas by targeting shipping headed to Israel


'Massive strike' with ship-launched missiles and jets - AP report

US officials quoted by the Associated Press spoke of a massive retaliatory strike using warship-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles and fighter jets.

The Houthi targets included logistical hubs, air defence systems and arms depots, they said.

AP journalists in Sanaa heard four explosions, but saw no sign of warplanes. Two residents of Hudaydah said they heard five strong explosions.

It is the first US military strike against the Houthis in Yemen since the Iran-backed group began firing drones and missiles at cargo ships in the Red Sea in November.

Bobby. wrote on Jan 12^th, 2024 at 10:39am:



Good news

LOL

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slogan_of_the_Houthi_movement

The slogan of the Houthi movement (officially called "Ansar Allah"), a Shia Islamist political and military organization in Yemen, reads "God Is the Greatest, Death to America, Death to Israel, A Curse Upon the Jews, Victory to Islam"

I am reminded here of the Cuban Missile Crisis (reading Abyss by Max Hastings), where JFK and a few other level heads felt that air strikes on Cuba could not give the required result and would leave some missiles untouched - and could themselves perhaps trigger a launch by some shell-shocked Russki with a finger on the button.

The difference here is that these Houthi 'rebels' do not have the support of many who equally have a finger on the button... and air strikes are more accurate than they were then.  Over Vietnam the US Air Force found out how inaccurate they remained and improvements made using technology.

Hastings himself said that his book was relevant today given the Russian attack on Ukraine - he began the book before that event - and especially long before this nonsense of indiscriminately firing on cargo vessels passing by in international waters.

Back to 1972 and the Battle of Mirbat .... FLOSY (Federation for the Liberation of South Yemen)** defeated by a tiny group of British SAS.... and two BAC Strikemasters which received their final run-ins via a telephone line to HQ and then relayed via radio  Kennedy equally lamented the slow passing of radio traffic from the US Navy - which left planners in the dark and wondering if they should strike or not!!

Lessons learned - we all hope this time.  P.S.  I do hope Old White Joe is awake.... and on the ball.........

"My fellow... ummm... Americans... in the context of the current air strikes, we are negotiating with the airline pilots...."

"No - no, Mr President - Yemen... YEMEN!"

"Ahhh - we are negotiating with the airline yemen......now what do these yemen DO at an airline?  Are they yes men or something?"

** Not the dreaded 'Yemeni People's Liberation Front' splitters.

Bias_2012 wrote on Jan 12^th, 2024 at 12:56pm:


not sure he can do much from the inside of a cell

Bobby. wrote on Jan 12^th, 2024 at 1:42pm:


Three?!

He's still worried about WWII, Bobby.

https://edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2023/09/18/donald-trump-wwii-gaffe-sot-e...