The US has launched several rounds of strikes on Yemen over the past few days as its war against the Houthis in the Red Sea continues.
US Central Command reported fresh strikes on Houthi-controlled Yemen, which is where most of the country’s population lives, on July 11, July 12, and July 14. Yemeni media reported the attacks each day and described them as joint US-British strikes, although it’s unclear if the UK was involved.
In the latest attack on Sunday, Yemen’s SABA news agency reported three strikes in the Red Sea province of Hodeidah. “A security source told SABA that the US-British aggression aircraft targeted Hodeidah International Airport with two raids, and launched a raid on the Bheisi area of Alluheyah district,” the news agency said.
There’s no indication if there were casualties in the three days of US strikes on Yemen. CENTCOM typically claims that its strikes destroy Houthi drones or some other type of military equipment that it deems a threat. According to the Yemen Data Project, joint US-British airstrikes killed 16 Yemeni civilians on May 30.
CENTCOM has also reported that US naval forces have been downing and intercepting Houthi missiles and drones. The US has already spent over $1 billion on munitions in its new war with the Houthis in what US commanders are calling the largest US naval battle since World War II.
Since the US and the UK began bombing Yemen in January, the Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, have only escalated their attacks on Israel-linked and other commercial shipping in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and beyond. There were more Houthi attacks on shipping in June than in any other month of this year.
The Houthis have been clear the only way they’ll stop their attacks is if there’s a ceasefire in Gaza. Tim Lenderking, the US’s envoy to Yemen, has acknowledged the Houthis would likely be true to their word, but the US continues to support Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza instead of pushing for a unilateral ceasefire.
The US backed a brutal Saudi/UAE war against the Houthis from 2015-2022 that involved heavy airstrikes and a blockade, and the Houthis only became a more capable fighting force during that time.
The war killed at least 377,000 people, with more than half dying of starvation and disease caused by the siege. A ceasefire between the Houthis and Saudis has held relatively well since April 2022, but new US sanctions are now blocking the implementation of a lasting peace deal.
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LOL. But even if you don't believe Caitlin and never believe that millions of people were killed in our wars, all you got to do is this: Watch the local news. You'll see plenty of: "stabbings, shootings, and people found dead."
The Houthis are so crazy. How can they not support killing hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians? IKR? They don't support "Freedom and Democracy?" Hey Biden, I think a few more bombs should do it. I think you can bomb more sense into the Houthis. A few more bombs and they'll help "genocide" the Palestinians themselves.
The Cradle:
Yemen attacks Israeli ship, port city in response to Khan Yunis massacre
Sanaa has vowed to continue its operations until Israel's genocidal war on Gaza is brought to an end
…The Yemeni army has vowed not to stop its operations until the war in Gaza comes to an end.
The western campaign has done nothing to deter the Yemenis. US and EU maritime task forces have failed to progress in preventing attacks on ships, which have strained both the Israeli economy and international shipping as a whole.
Commander Benjamin Orloff, a Navy pilot who recently returned home from deployment, described the experience of intercepting Yemeni missiles and drones as “traumatizing” in an interview on 13 July.
Late last month, a US navy commander said the threat posed by Yemen’s forces in the Red Sea and elsewhere poses a threat unseen by Washington since the Second World War.
Traumatized ?
There was an abc ? article about how they’ve been stuck out there for so long and were writing dark memes or something like that.
US and UK striking blind surface targets, hence causing human casualties…! Most of Houthis weaponry are underground…! They surface only during their attacks on Israeli, US and UK ships…!
Oh crap, the Houthinese have U-boat technology now.
"The US has already spent over $1 billion on munitions in its new war with the Houthis in what US commanders are calling the largest US naval battle since World War II."
That can't be a terribly high bar, can it ? Iraq has 36 miles of coastline; Grenada, 75 miles, Afghanistan, none. North Vietnam had those invisible ships allegedly in the Gulf of Tonkin, and I doubt North Korea assembled much of a blue-water fleet in the five years since Imperial Japan was ousted.
More proof that the US government, despite all the denials by the government and including many so-called "anti-war pundits", is still pushing for a wider war in the Middle East. They're not going to stop until the US is at war with every one of the Axis of Resistance counties – Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Iran – and maybe even Turkey, Russia and China.
We are using up what is in our arsenal. We do not have the capacity to quickly rev up production to wartime levels. We are dishing out weapons to two nations, while using weapons in Yemen. (by the way, Yemen has some gooey stuff……………..oil. )
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