Operation 'Decisive Storm' | Saudi lead coalition operations in Yemen - Updates & Discussions.
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Meanwhile in Ukraine
Grasping at straws?
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Lying again. It was an incident that happened in Afghanistan nowhere close go Iraq.Yes indeed, why not? At least I'm sure that I'm morally in a better position compared to you, because I don't say "Boo Fuc**ng whoo" when I hear the news of few engineers killed by ISIS, even if their country of origin is my enemy, while you did exactly the same. Now try to be more Arab than Arabs themselves and see how that will end up for you.
And secondly irony eh. I cause me of trying to be more Arab then Arab. And yet it's up terbinator brigade that can't have enough of calling themselves Arabs. Lol
Worry about u r own skin boy. We will be fine inshAllah.
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Iraq's leader blisters Saudis over intervention in Yemen | NWADG
‘No logic’ to airstrike campaign against Houthis, he says
WASHINGTON -- Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi of Iraq on Wednesday sharply criticized Saudi Arabia's military intervention in Yemen, saying there was "no logic" to its bombing campaign.
Al-Abadi's comments illustrated the challenges confronted by President Barack Obama's administration as it tries to hold together a diverse coalition that includes Sunni Arab states and Shiite-dominated Iraq against the Islamic State militant group.
Saudi officials have insisted that their airstrikes, which they named Operation Decisive Storm, have been effective in weakening the Houthi forces that overran the Yemeni capital, who they say have been supported by Iran.
But al-Abadi dismissed the contention that the Houthis, who are based in northwestern Yemen, were "Iranian proxies" and said that the fighting in Yemen had created huge humanitarian problems.
"There is no logic to the operation at all in the first place," al-Abadi said. "Mainly, the problem of Yemen is within Yemen."
He also voiced concerns that Saudi airstrikes might be a precursor for a more assertive Saudi military role in the region.
"The dangerous thing is we don't know what the Saudis want to do after this," al-Abadi said. "Is Iraq within their radar? That's very, very dangerous. The idea that you intervene in another state unprovoked just for regional ambition is wrong. Saddam has done it before. See what it has done to the country."
Al-Abadi, who this week is making his first official visit to Washington, spoke to a small group of reporters at Blair House, the White House guest residence for visiting dignitaries.
The Iraqi leader met Tuesday with Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry. During his visit, al-Abadi also plans to meet with Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, congressional leaders, top executives from oil companies and banks, and the heads of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
Al-Abadi said the Saudi airstrikes had put the Obama administration in a difficult position and added that the White House was eager to pursue a political solution.
The Obama administration has sought to reassure Saudi Arabia and Arab states that it is attuned to their security concerns, especially as it tries to complete a nuclear accord with Iran, their regional adversary. It has also sought to work closely with Iraq in the campaign against the Islamic State.
"Can you work both sides?" al-Abadi asked rhetorically, referring to the Obama administration. "They want to stop this conflict as soon as possible."
"What I understand from the administration, the Saudis are not helpful on this," he added. "They don't want a cease-fire now."
James Jeffrey, a former U.S. ambassador to Baghdad, said al-Abadi's remarks reflected Iraqi concerns that sectarian tensions in the region might escalate further with devastating consequences for Iraq.
"The underlying fear in the whole Middle East, given the weak state system in most countries, is this three-way tug of war between Iran, Sunni Arab states and the Sunni Islamist militant movements," Jeffrey said.
Elsewhere on Wednesday, Egypt and Saudi Arabia were considering whether to hold joint military exercises in Yemen as airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition continued to pound Shiite rebels.
The airstrikes targeting Yemeni rebels known as Houthis began on March 26 in an effort to halt their advance across the Arab world's poorest country. Hundreds have been killed and more than 121,000 have been displaced in the turmoil.
The Houthis have captured Yemen's capital, Sanaa, and forced Western- and Persian Gulf-backed President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi to flee the country.
A statement late Tuesday from Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's office after he met Saudi Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman said they had agreed to form a commission to investigate whether to hold "a major strategic exercise" in the kingdom involving Egyptian, Saudi and other Persian Gulf forces.
The statement gave no further details about the exercise. Egypt, a member of the anti-Houthi coalition, has said in the past that it would send ground forces into Yemen if the military deemed it necessary.
In Iran, President Hassan Rouhani condemned Saudi Arabia over the airstrikes, accusing it of colluding with the U.S. and seeking to dominate the region.
"Why are you dropping bombs on innocent people in Yemen by employing donated aircrafts from the U.S.?" he said in a speech broadcast on state television. "Why are you destroying all the infrastructure of a weak country?"
‘No logic’ to airstrike campaign against Houthis, he says
WASHINGTON -- Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi of Iraq on Wednesday sharply criticized Saudi Arabia's military intervention in Yemen, saying there was "no logic" to its bombing campaign.
Al-Abadi's comments illustrated the challenges confronted by President Barack Obama's administration as it tries to hold together a diverse coalition that includes Sunni Arab states and Shiite-dominated Iraq against the Islamic State militant group.
Saudi officials have insisted that their airstrikes, which they named Operation Decisive Storm, have been effective in weakening the Houthi forces that overran the Yemeni capital, who they say have been supported by Iran.
But al-Abadi dismissed the contention that the Houthis, who are based in northwestern Yemen, were "Iranian proxies" and said that the fighting in Yemen had created huge humanitarian problems.
"There is no logic to the operation at all in the first place," al-Abadi said. "Mainly, the problem of Yemen is within Yemen."
He also voiced concerns that Saudi airstrikes might be a precursor for a more assertive Saudi military role in the region.
"The dangerous thing is we don't know what the Saudis want to do after this," al-Abadi said. "Is Iraq within their radar? That's very, very dangerous. The idea that you intervene in another state unprovoked just for regional ambition is wrong. Saddam has done it before. See what it has done to the country."
Al-Abadi, who this week is making his first official visit to Washington, spoke to a small group of reporters at Blair House, the White House guest residence for visiting dignitaries.
The Iraqi leader met Tuesday with Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry. During his visit, al-Abadi also plans to meet with Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, congressional leaders, top executives from oil companies and banks, and the heads of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
Al-Abadi said the Saudi airstrikes had put the Obama administration in a difficult position and added that the White House was eager to pursue a political solution.
The Obama administration has sought to reassure Saudi Arabia and Arab states that it is attuned to their security concerns, especially as it tries to complete a nuclear accord with Iran, their regional adversary. It has also sought to work closely with Iraq in the campaign against the Islamic State.
"Can you work both sides?" al-Abadi asked rhetorically, referring to the Obama administration. "They want to stop this conflict as soon as possible."
"What I understand from the administration, the Saudis are not helpful on this," he added. "They don't want a cease-fire now."
James Jeffrey, a former U.S. ambassador to Baghdad, said al-Abadi's remarks reflected Iraqi concerns that sectarian tensions in the region might escalate further with devastating consequences for Iraq.
"The underlying fear in the whole Middle East, given the weak state system in most countries, is this three-way tug of war between Iran, Sunni Arab states and the Sunni Islamist militant movements," Jeffrey said.
Elsewhere on Wednesday, Egypt and Saudi Arabia were considering whether to hold joint military exercises in Yemen as airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition continued to pound Shiite rebels.
The airstrikes targeting Yemeni rebels known as Houthis began on March 26 in an effort to halt their advance across the Arab world's poorest country. Hundreds have been killed and more than 121,000 have been displaced in the turmoil.
The Houthis have captured Yemen's capital, Sanaa, and forced Western- and Persian Gulf-backed President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi to flee the country.
A statement late Tuesday from Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's office after he met Saudi Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman said they had agreed to form a commission to investigate whether to hold "a major strategic exercise" in the kingdom involving Egyptian, Saudi and other Persian Gulf forces.
The statement gave no further details about the exercise. Egypt, a member of the anti-Houthi coalition, has said in the past that it would send ground forces into Yemen if the military deemed it necessary.
In Iran, President Hassan Rouhani condemned Saudi Arabia over the airstrikes, accusing it of colluding with the U.S. and seeking to dominate the region.
"Why are you dropping bombs on innocent people in Yemen by employing donated aircrafts from the U.S.?" he said in a speech broadcast on state television. "Why are you destroying all the infrastructure of a weak country?"
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Riyadh, Jumada II 27, 1436, Apr 16, 2015, SPA -- Brig. Gen. Ahmed bin Hasan Asiri, Consultant at the Minister of Defense's Office and Spokesman of the Coalition Forces, said that the Coalition Forces are now focusing on attacking the pro-Houthi militia brigades, noting that, at the same time, many brigades, once joining the Houthi militias, have abandoned their ranks, citing brigade 90 marines, and reiterated his call for other brigade commanders to come back to the support for legitimacy to evade the coalition airstrikes.
In his daily press briefing held this evening at Riyadh Airbase, Asiri said the Houthi militias are now lacking command and control and that the leading hierarchy associated with the deposed president Ali Abdullah Saleh has turned to be cut off leaving the Houthi militias to launch random individual operations to achieve personal gains at the expense of the security and safety of Yemen and its citizens.
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21:48 LOCAL TIME 18:48 GMT
Brig. Gen. Asiri explained that the coalition forces have become more accurate in targeting vehicles, camps, ordnance warehouses and fuel tanks captured by the Houthis through robbery, in order to use them, later on, indicating that the airstrikes have carried a quantum operation, in Abeen, as solid information were received on mobilizing military vehicles and equipment there, hence the coalition forces hit them.
Having been informed of Houthis plan to launch attack on the Saudi border, Coalition forces consequently targeted spots of ammunition and fuels, alike, in addition to their military concentrations, he added.
On the situation, in Aden, he disclosed that there is communication between the coalition forces, the People's Committees and resistance units, in order to pinpoint Houthi targets, pointing to yesterday's tasks of air dropping of foodstuffs and ammunition for that end in Aden.
In the surroundings of Sana'a, the operations have become less fierce, despite vivid movement to get the Scud missiles out of it, in a move that expose the Houthis retreat to Northern Yemen, however, the coalition airstrikes have targeted and destroyed equipment, rocket launching pads, which were destined to be moved to the North of Yemen, he remarked.
He asserted that the operations of the Houthis have been raging for along the whole Southern border of the Kingdom, especially in the sectors of Najran and Jazan, as daily skirmishes continue with sporadic mortar, while the Land Forces, directly, deal with them, to guarantee the safety along the Saudi border.
Naval tasks, Asiri said that the number of battleships will increase, within coming few days, as new battleships will join the coalition navy, while the people committees, tribesmen and other forces loyal to the Yemeni Army will assist in deliverance of provisions to the needy citizena, commenting that checking up operations, on board of all ships, will also continue.
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22:14 LOCAL TIME 19:14 GMT
Answering a question on the Coalition forces plan to attack Al-Qaeda sites in Yemen, Asiri said the overall plan does not specify Al-Qaeda or ISIS but has specified scheduled targets on the ground to achieve the goals of restoring the legitimacy in Yemen, led by President Abdrabbo Mansour Hadi.
Asked about the so-called initiative of a special envoy of the deposed president Ali Saleh to secure a safe haven for his boss and find a possible settlement to the determination storm operation, or have it ended or stopped, Asiri said the operation never deals with individuals but is committed to solve the whole issue absolutely, noting that the situation before the start of the operation would never come back again.
He noted that the militias were controlling most of the Yemeni territories of the north and southwards at the beginning of the storm, but now they have lost control and scattering on the ground in isolated spots.
He drew the attention to the fact that the militias are now on the defensive and more vulnerable to coalition forces airstrikes which became more accurate, vowing that they would achieve their goals very soon.
He said fighting in Taiz is taking place between Brigade 35 which supports legitimacy and some militia elements and popular army supporters, drawing the attention that over the last 24 hours, the operations were continuing and that the airstrikes are providing a strong back up, describing the situation inside Taiz as stable.
He noted that the militias are taking refuge in residential cities and inside schools, hotels and hospitals with strict instructions for the coalition airplanes not to attack them unless a rare definite chance arises, citing the attack on the vocational institute and adding that yesterday targets in Loder and Abeen were attacked as they were seized by the militias.
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22:32 LOCAL TIME 19:32 GMT
In his daily press briefing held this evening at Riyadh Airbase, Asiri said the Houthi militias are now lacking command and control and that the leading hierarchy associated with the deposed president Ali Abdullah Saleh has turned to be cut off leaving the Houthi militias to launch random individual operations to achieve personal gains at the expense of the security and safety of Yemen and its citizens.
--More
21:48 LOCAL TIME 18:48 GMT
Brig. Gen. Asiri explained that the coalition forces have become more accurate in targeting vehicles, camps, ordnance warehouses and fuel tanks captured by the Houthis through robbery, in order to use them, later on, indicating that the airstrikes have carried a quantum operation, in Abeen, as solid information were received on mobilizing military vehicles and equipment there, hence the coalition forces hit them.
Having been informed of Houthis plan to launch attack on the Saudi border, Coalition forces consequently targeted spots of ammunition and fuels, alike, in addition to their military concentrations, he added.
On the situation, in Aden, he disclosed that there is communication between the coalition forces, the People's Committees and resistance units, in order to pinpoint Houthi targets, pointing to yesterday's tasks of air dropping of foodstuffs and ammunition for that end in Aden.
In the surroundings of Sana'a, the operations have become less fierce, despite vivid movement to get the Scud missiles out of it, in a move that expose the Houthis retreat to Northern Yemen, however, the coalition airstrikes have targeted and destroyed equipment, rocket launching pads, which were destined to be moved to the North of Yemen, he remarked.
He asserted that the operations of the Houthis have been raging for along the whole Southern border of the Kingdom, especially in the sectors of Najran and Jazan, as daily skirmishes continue with sporadic mortar, while the Land Forces, directly, deal with them, to guarantee the safety along the Saudi border.
Naval tasks, Asiri said that the number of battleships will increase, within coming few days, as new battleships will join the coalition navy, while the people committees, tribesmen and other forces loyal to the Yemeni Army will assist in deliverance of provisions to the needy citizena, commenting that checking up operations, on board of all ships, will also continue.
-- More
22:14 LOCAL TIME 19:14 GMT
Answering a question on the Coalition forces plan to attack Al-Qaeda sites in Yemen, Asiri said the overall plan does not specify Al-Qaeda or ISIS but has specified scheduled targets on the ground to achieve the goals of restoring the legitimacy in Yemen, led by President Abdrabbo Mansour Hadi.
Asked about the so-called initiative of a special envoy of the deposed president Ali Saleh to secure a safe haven for his boss and find a possible settlement to the determination storm operation, or have it ended or stopped, Asiri said the operation never deals with individuals but is committed to solve the whole issue absolutely, noting that the situation before the start of the operation would never come back again.
He noted that the militias were controlling most of the Yemeni territories of the north and southwards at the beginning of the storm, but now they have lost control and scattering on the ground in isolated spots.
He drew the attention to the fact that the militias are now on the defensive and more vulnerable to coalition forces airstrikes which became more accurate, vowing that they would achieve their goals very soon.
He said fighting in Taiz is taking place between Brigade 35 which supports legitimacy and some militia elements and popular army supporters, drawing the attention that over the last 24 hours, the operations were continuing and that the airstrikes are providing a strong back up, describing the situation inside Taiz as stable.
He noted that the militias are taking refuge in residential cities and inside schools, hotels and hospitals with strict instructions for the coalition airplanes not to attack them unless a rare definite chance arises, citing the attack on the vocational institute and adding that yesterday targets in Loder and Abeen were attacked as they were seized by the militias.
--More
22:32 LOCAL TIME 19:32 GMT
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They have none of that, in fact when Iran held last election all the TV channels were blurred...from fear that the Soudi lambda might mimic the Iranians...
But you have to give it to them...They wanted to democratize Somalia, Algeria, Yemen, Syria, Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Iraq...A country where a women can't drive, a women conference where no women are present...
You need to buy some good glasses not the one given to you by the american welfare system, and wash your eyes with good water, the one you get from Nethan dish rag drips.is giving cataract.. Then you may see that the Berber homeland that we recovered with our forceps is over 2,000,000 km2, one of the richest African land..
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Reuters / Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Saudi army artillery fire shells towards Houthi movement positions at the Saudi border with Yemen, April 15, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer
PLZ-45 155mm Self-Propelled Gun Howitzer
The PLZ-45 fires three types of munitions -- ERFB/HE, ERFB-BB/HE and ERFB-BB/RA/HE projectiles, which have respective firing ranges of 24, 30 and 39 Km.
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Saudis support for Al Qaeda and pro Hadi forces is in Houthis hands :
Saudis support for Al Qaeda and pro Hadi forces is in Houthis hands :
Houthis captures way more arms from Saudi Arabia than Iran can ever ship
PLZ-45 155mm Self-Propelled Gun Howitzer
The PLZ-45 fires three types of munitions -- ERFB/HE, ERFB-BB/HE and ERFB-BB/RA/HE projectiles, which have respective firing ranges of 24, 30 and 39 Km.
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Even 39 km can't reach Saada. Useless.
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Saudis support for Al Qaeda and pro Hadi forces is in Houthis hands :
someone was definitely on the good stuff when modifying their AK
