US Central Command said it launched more missile strikes against the Houthis in Yemen early Wednesday morning, marking the ninth time the US bombed Yemen since January 12.
CENTCOM claimed the strikes targeted “two Houthi anti-ship missiles that were aimed into the Southern Red Sea and were prepared to launch” and that US forces “identified the missiles in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen and determined that they presented an imminent threat.”
The new US bombing campaign has done nothing to deter the Houthis and has only escalated the situation in the region. Later on Wednesday, the Houthis launched an attack on an American-owned commercial vessel.
CENTCOM said the Houthis “fired three anti-ship ballistic missiles from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen toward the US-flagged, owned, and operated container ship M/V Maersk Detroit, transiting the Gulf of Aden.” The command said one missile landed in the water, and the other two were intercepted by a US Navy warship.
Later in the day, the Houthis said their forces engaged in a two-hour battle with several US warships. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea claimed the confrontation resulted in a Houthi missile “directly hitting an American warship,” but so far, the US has not confirmed the account.
The Houthis began targeting American commercial shipping after President Biden started bombing the Yemeni group, which governs an area of Yemen where 70-80% of Yemenis live. The Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, have vowed not to back down and have repeatedly stated the only way they’ll stop targeting Israeli-linked commercial vessels is if the Israeli slaughter in Gaza ends.
President Biden has previously acknowledged the strikes against the Houthis were not working but vowed they would continue anyway. “Are they stopping the Houthis? No. Are they going to continue? Yes,” Biden said last week, referring to the missile strikes. US officials have said the Biden administration is planning for an open-ended war against the Houthis.
The US-backed Saudi-led war against the Houthis killed 377,000 people from 2015-2022, according to the UN. More than half died due to starvation and disease caused by the brutal bombing campaign and blockade on Yemen. The new US bombing campaign has already disrupted relief work in Yemen and could have grave implications for the country’s aid-reliant population.
If Saudi Arabia wants to stop the genocide in Gaza it needs to cooperate with Yemen. But it looks like it is still fearful of western sanctions. It should then at least allow Yemen to have access to relief from other neighboring countries.
Perhaps the KSA is more concerned that if it sides with Yemen, the US will freeze aka steal its central bank assets (which it has threatened to do) just like it did to Russia. So it is trying not to upset Ansarallah and not to side with the US. Ansarallah will bomb the oil wells in the KSA if it sides with the US and then oil prices with skyrocket.
Its like they (KSA) are playin both sides but leaning towards russia..
Move all cash out of western banks and put it in the BRICS New Development Bank, President is Dilma Rousseff, Shanghai, China.
WTF?!
In honor of our founders we really should change the country’s name – ideas?
People’s Democracy of Central North America
Sorry, disqualified for being a product of wishful thinking đ
Bullsh!tistan
“#1”
LOL! Succinct , apt and memorable đ Good job!
Propagandastan.
Offered as a second choice.
dennis hanna
Donna, did you really post that?
Looks good on you. LOL
Meanwhile back in Israel the Israelis are burying their dead while their military is razing Gaza cemeteries and demolishing buildings creating an eastern “buffer zone” in yet another war crime. Is their one Israel hasn’t committed yet; no doubt the Zionists just need a bit more time to check all the boxes.
In the end hopefully pretty soon the Genocidal state of Israel will get what they deserve and it won’t be Greater Israel.
Whether they will or wonât history suggests the timeframe getting to whichever end results will not be short. Itâs been 100+ years between Zionism founder Theodore Herzlâs vision of Israel stretching “From the Brook of Egypt to the Euphratesâ and Netanyahu presenting the UNGA a âNew Middle East Mapâ with Israelâs borders including Palestinian territories. With 100+ years of patient intention one can’t see the Zionists accepting failure with this single battlefield.
Not when many more battlefields lie ahead before Eretz Yisrael,Greater Israel realizes Godâs covenant with Abraham: “To your descendants I have given this Land, from the river of Egypt to the Great river, the River of Euphrates.â Greater Israel, from the Euphrates to the Nile. And all the land in between: âEastern Egypt, Sinai, Jordan, part of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, part of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and part of Turkey [and Cyprus]â – Rabbi M.M. Schneerson of Lubavitch.
âLasciate ogne speranza, voi ch’intrateâ đ
The way tech is increasing, they will need not just a buffer zone, but total isolation.
Personnaly, I think no one in the world has figured out yet that US total commitment to their neighbors safety regardless of cost is a bunch of lip flapping BS.
Wait till Israel figures it out. Its really gonna be a mess then.
Or do they really bieve the US will sacrifice themselves for Israel. This dilusional behavior seems to be self destructive.
For their sake I hope they figure it out soon and save themselves rather than later and not.
Here is my support for Israel coverning their behavior and the state they are in. . . WAKE UP!
Let it not be said I didnt try to support the people of Israel. They need to change their ways, . . As it is written.
Please change your ways and ideals towards your neighbors before its too late.
Even if you have nuclear weapons they can not help you.
The more you treat your neighbors like this the more they rush to get nuclear weapons.
And where will you be when the entire mid east is a radioactive wasteland and you have destroyed your home?
Your neighbors are not animals, They are Gods creation. Respect that please.
NFC= No Friggin Chance
LOL!
I think the main problem with your hypothesis is neither party exists on the human plane of reality. They’ve lived so long in “the narrative” the cognitive dissonance accompanying truth is too painful to bare đ
And they still will come up with more, who would have thought to bulldoze cemeteries? They even weaponize the cemeteries, maybe there are not enough living bodies left to kill?
Maybe the mass of death created has an caused a mass outbreak of nonsexual necrophilia, providing no evidence of sexual necrophilia exists?
with people like that, who knows, anything is possible.
Iâm glad that we as a species have evolved from pointy metal objects to flying robots of death. Back in the old days. you looked a man in the eye when you killed him, but the even the most hardened killers eventually grow tired of the slaughter and want to go home. Now, we have these cool electronic and mindless drones to do the bombing and killing for us.
I like what one commentator said regarding the situation – âthe bombings will continue until morale improves.â
Pretty soon (if not already), the firing decision makers will also be cool, electronic, and mindless too …
They already are mindless đ
The idiocy is approaching a mathematical formula:
For n=1 to infinity: if the nth bombing does not work, start the n+1 bombing.
“For n=1 to infinity: if the nth bombing does not work, start the n+1 bombing.”
… and the Merchants of Death smile.
The bombing will only stop when the Houthis and Yemen yell uncle. As usual the US and Israel are under estimating the will and fervor of their victims.This is not good forb thev citizens of the US. A continued battle means shortages on the home front already in trouble not to mention morality a foreign concept for the MIC,MSM and the Masters of Mankind.
https://t.me/ResistanceTrench/23790
Totally, lets aggro these guys for sure…
Any political “leader” in the USA who dares stand up to Israel and its bulldog the USA knows full well what’s in store for them. Look what happened to JFK! The tragic thing about all this is if the Israeli and American public knew the whole truth and facts behind Israel’s theft of Palestinian lands and their brutal occupation, “their” governments would be harder pressed to do what they’re doing in Gaza! Israelis and Americans are in DENIAL that “their” side ARE the “bad guys”!
Weaponized ant-Semitism and the endless holocaust whining is the biggest club to hit anyone over the head who utters a word of critic of the Zionist-Nazis.
One thing Houthis resistance is doing to to alienate most if not all of the US middle east allies…!
And who are those?
Saudi Arabia is leaning towards eastâŚ! When they do others such as Egypt, UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, etc. would followâŚ!
This was offline for awhile (Back story. Iran has had a high-speed totally updated heavily-armed communication-center cruiser in the area for about a month⌠a pawn move by chess masters).
https://thecradle.co/articles/how-yemens-asabiyya-is-reshaping-geopolitics
When there is a general change of conditions,
It is as if the entire creation had changed
and the whole world been altered,
as if it were a new and repeated creation,
a world brought into existence anew.
â Ibn Khaldun
https://ericmargolis.com/2024/01/watch-those-houthis-they-are-pretty-tough/
Eric Margolis has a pretty good feel for the players:
âMeanwhile, the Houthis are showing more guts than the rest of the Arab world. American âexperts,â scoff at the Houthis as mountain primitives. So they were, as I found, being caught in Houthi royalist fighting. The US and Britain have been bombing Houthi tribesmen for seven years. This has only made them angrier. We also dismissed Afghanistanâs âbackwardsâ mountain warrior Pathans (Pashtuns) and look what happened â they whipped us.
President Joe Biden, who never served in the military, should keep this in mind. As Ben Franklin said, âno good war, no bad peace.â
I would suggest a new state of Israel be established on Titan, …., lots of room, complete with fire and brimstone galore! The perfect solution with a view and Lebensraum. All expenses paid! Middle East at peace! First time ever!
The Moon of Alabama today claims that the ship and its companion defended by the USN from those earlier three missiles then turned around, and did not sail on through.
It also claims the ship and her companion were under US military charter, both carrying ammo to Israel. That both explains why the US so strongly escorted them, and why ammo ships did not risk more missile fire.
This if true would be a win for the Yemen forces seeking to impede the Gaza genocide. No wonder US media did not mention these aspects.
UTILIZE PEACE RIGHT NOW TO AVERT THE THIRD WORLD WAR, WE ARE FACING,WHICH WILL UTILIZE WITH ENDING ALL LIFE ON PLANET EARTH, IF THERE IS ANYTHING LEFT OF IT.
I wonder how much longer it will be until the US and UK start really kicking a$$ and taking names?