The Pentagon said on Tuesday that US Central Command forces have struck 1,000 targets in Yemen since March 15, a massive bombing campaign that has killed hundreds of civilians and failed to deter the Houthis.
“USCENTCOM strikes have hit over 1,000 targets, killing Houthi fighters and leaders, including senior Houthi missile and UAV officials, and degrading their capabilities,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement on the first 100 days of the Trump administration.
On Sunday, CENTCOM said its forces had struck 800 targets in Yemen, suggesting a significant uptick in US airstrikes on the country in recent days. The Pentagon has shared virtually no details of its bombing campaign, which CENTCOM acknowledged, claiming it was protecting “operational security.”
According to the Yemen Data Project, US airstrikes on Yemen killed at least 158 civilians and wounded 342 from March 15 to April 22. On Monday, the US bombed a detention facility for African migrants, killing 68 people. If all of the casualties were migrants, which appears to be the case, that would bring the total number of civilians killed by the US to at least 226.
While the Pentagon claims the bombing campaign has been a success, the Houthis, officially known as Ansar Allah, have shown no sign of backing down. In recent weeks, Yemeni air defenses have shot down seven US MQ-9 Reaper drones, which are worth $30 million each.
On Monday, the US Navy said it lost a $60 million F/A-18 fighter jet when it fell overboard as the aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman made a hard turn to avoid a Houthi attack, suggesting a missile or drone fired from Yemen came close to hitting the warship.
Ansar Allah leaders have repeatedly vowed they will only stop attacks on Israel and end their blockade on Israeli shipping if a ceasefire is reached in Gaza. They have offered to stop attacking US warships if the US stops bombing Yemen, but the Trump administration has shown no interest in the offer.
"Ansar Allah leaders have repeatedly vowed they will only stop attacks on Israel and end their blockade on Israeli shipping if a ceasefire is reached in Gaza" So they keep getting killed and having their country busted up. And for what? Nothing they do will alternate what is happening in Gaza.
But they are trying, which is more than I can say for anybody else on earth.
Trying and dying in vain. Not a good plan. If their deaths and destruction would be accomplishing something that would be different.
The fat lady hasn't sang yet. The long range good could be years away but it will come. Israel has made that inevitable.
Might as well sit back and enjoy the show, right? /s
That makes them thousand times better heroes than the rest of the world. The rest of the world sits by and watches the slaughter – sometimes talks about it but does nothing.- The Houthis are the only ones who are helping the Palestinians in spirit and in action.
The rest of world would not be sitting by if 1. Gaza did not start the war and 2 Gaza would not be holding hostages for the last 572 days.
Just because you can't grasp what Israel is doing doesn't mean the rest of the world is as ignorant as you allow yourself to be. If the US wasn't backing Israel; the rest of the world would be doing what the Houthis are doing. Which makes the Houthis even more admirable.
Your concern for Yemen is touching.
Good 'Real World' practice for all personel involved while equipment and munitions get tested. It it keeps the crazies from firing missiles at commercial shipping, well, that's a bonus.
Ah, you're a special kind of sick fucker. Might as well get some "real world practice" in while we're slaughtering civilians so Israel can slaughter citizens. After all, it's a bonus.
I think your problem is not the killing but who is doing the killing and who is getting killed. I’ll bet you had no problem with Hamas killing innocents on October 7, 2023.
BTW, th reason for the attacks on the Houtis is they were firing missiles at international shipping in the Red Sea. FAFO.
Sure, that must be it. I guess when you get called out for being a sick fucker, you're only comeback is that I must be a sick fucker like you. And yes, I had a problem with the Oct 7th attack. But unlike you I also have a problem with the genocidal butchering that has been going on since that attack. Whereas you cheerlead it on.
And you're even a bigger idiot if you believe the US is attacking the Houthis for any other reason than to allow Israel to carry on with the slaughter.
Yep, Amerika is winning again at the loss of 14 predator drones, 1 fighter jet that fell of the deck of AC while trying to avoid drone hitting the deck. Things are going really will/s
Dave, you make it easy to brag. All he's got to do is cut and paste the link to your article on Twitter.
“USCENTCOM strikes have hit over 1,000 targets, killing Houthi fighters and leaders, including senior Houthi missile and UAV officials, and degrading their capabilities,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement on the first 100 days of the Trump administration.
What UScentcom doesn't say on the first 100 disaster days of TA is how many ships went back to Virginia for repair…! That is called degradation…
No ships have been hit.
Houthis claimed they shut down the F-18A…!