The Houthis said Wednesday that their forces downed another US MQ-9 Reaper drone over Yemen and also claimed attacks on several ships as their campaign in response to Israel’s onslaught in Gaza continues.
The Associated Press reported that it analyzed images showing a US MQ-9 on its belly in a desert and noted that the aircraft looked relatively intact. The Houthis said the drone was downed over Yemen’s Maarib province and released footage that showed an aircraft being hit with surface-to-air missiles.
A Pentagon official told AP that “the US Air Force has not lost any aircraft operating within US Central Command’s area of responsibility” and did not elaborate further. AP noted that MQ-9 Reaper drones are sometimes operated by the CIA.
The incident marks the sixth time the Houthis said they downed a US MQ-9 Reaper drone since November 2023. The drones cost about $30 million a piece, putting the cost for the US at about $180 million, on top of the over $1 billion it spent on munitions in its bombing campaign in Yemen and other operations in the region since October.
The Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, also claimed that its forces targeted six ships in three different seas: the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, and the Arabian Sea. The only attack that was confirmed was a missile attack on the Laax, a Greek-owned bulk carrier.
While the Houthis say they’re targeting Israeli-linked shipping, the Laax’s security company, LSS-SAPU, said the vessel had no connection to Israel, and shipping data showed its destination was Iran. LSS-SAPU said the ship and crew were safe and headed for their destination.
Do the Saudis have these?
Why are we surprised? According to Wikipedia, “In total, the United States military lost in Vietnam almost 10,000 aircraft.” Did you see what the Vietcong looked like? Here’s a picture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viet_Cong#/media/File:Vietconginterrogation1967.jpg
Did you see what Houthis look like? …Oh, sorry, yes. There is a picture in the article above.
Our enemies are so retarded, and we are so exceptional. Where do we find them? (Of course this is sarcasm)
I’m more inclined to believe Ansarallah than anything coming from western governments or their press regarding Israel. Consider it a sign of the times, with “the times” being real headless charred babies vs the hasbara kind Biden didn’t see AND Tuesday’s bombshell about Israel’s personal little Mob of Fixers dropped by +972 & the Guardian about the near decade of the Israeli Mafia’s Spying, Hacking, Threatening & Intimidating ICC Officials “as part of a secret operation to thwart the ICC’s probe into alleged war crimes.”
https://www.972mag.com/icc-israel-surveillance-investigation/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/28/israeli-spy-chief-icc-prosecutor-war-crimes-inquiry
It certainly sheds light on why it took 19 years, and 3 Chief Prosecutors, to get an ICC Israeli war crimes investigation launched and almost 3 more years to get 2 measly warrant applications.
For historical context I highly recommend Wed’s Bad Faith pod: Norm Finkelstein and Mouin Rabbani with Brianna Joy Gray on 5/28’s Bad Faith at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsO-XDdXARU&t=2976s
A sheer lie…!
”Lie, deny, then alibi.”
Good for the Houthis. I hope they down 6 more, and 6 more after that. I am deeply ashamed of my country's use of robot killing machines to enforce its will on third world populations, who until now have been largely defenseless against them. I'm glad to see those days are passing; now, once drones become largely ineffective, or too expensive to risk losing in the hopes of killing two goats, a shepherd and his child, then either the chickenhawks will have to think twice, or try to persuade actual live americans to risk their lives on these pointless expeditions. And, in parallel good news, fewer and fewer live americans have any interest in serving as cannon fodder for our gutless, cowardly, neocon warmongering elites. So there's that.