The Conflict in Yemen
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Saudi-led air strikes killed 41 civilians and wounded 75 others Tuesday in Yemen's northwestern province of Haja, a senior provincial health official said. Haja is a region largely controlled by the Houthi rebels.
Brigadier General Ahmed al-Asseri, spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition that intervened in Yemen's popular uprising led by the Houthis, said it was looking into reports of the attack.
The coalition entered the conflict a year ago to stop Houthi forces and others loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh from seizing the entire country, and has fought to restore the government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
RELATED: Over 25 Killed in Saudi Strikes in Yemen amid Delayed UN Talks
Three of Tuesday's air raids hit an outdoor market in the Mustaba district, according to Ayman Mathkour from Haja health department. He said relatives gathered the bodies and took the wounded to Abs and Mustaba hospitals.
Saba Net, a Yemeni news agency controlled by the Houthis, reported that 65 people had been killed and 55 wounded in the strike on a market and restaurant in Mustaba.
"We are investigating this to make sure if it is true or not. It's too early to talk about until we reach a clear picture, but we regret any injuries or loss of life if it did happen," Asseri said.
He said Yemeni army forces loyal to Hadi and backed by the coalition were in action in parts of Haja.
The global charity Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said earlier on Tuesday that more than 40 people, all of them civilians including an eight-year-old in critical condition, were admitted to Abs Hospital after an air strike in Mustaba.
More than 6,000 people, half of them civilians, have been killed in Yemen's conflict since the Saudi-led intervention began in March 2015, according to the United Nations.
RELATED: Meet Yemeni Teen Who Died Filming a Criminal Saudi Airstrike
In January, a U.N. panel found that air strikes had targeted civilians and assessed that some of the attacks could be crimes against humanity, recommending the U.N. Security Council consider establishing an investigation.
The Saudi-led coalition strongly denies targeting civilians. In January it said it had introduced tougher procedures to investigate reports of airstrikes that caused civilian deaths as well as improve its targeting mechanisms with U.S. help.
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Brigadier General Ahmed al-Asseri, spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition that intervened in Yemen's popular uprising led by the Houthis, said it was looking into reports of the attack.
The coalition entered the conflict a year ago to stop Houthi forces and others loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh from seizing the entire country, and has fought to restore the government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.
RELATED: Over 25 Killed in Saudi Strikes in Yemen amid Delayed UN Talks
Three of Tuesday's air raids hit an outdoor market in the Mustaba district, according to Ayman Mathkour from Haja health department. He said relatives gathered the bodies and took the wounded to Abs and Mustaba hospitals.
Saba Net, a Yemeni news agency controlled by the Houthis, reported that 65 people had been killed and 55 wounded in the strike on a market and restaurant in Mustaba.
"We are investigating this to make sure if it is true or not. It's too early to talk about until we reach a clear picture, but we regret any injuries or loss of life if it did happen," Asseri said.
He said Yemeni army forces loyal to Hadi and backed by the coalition were in action in parts of Haja.
The global charity Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said earlier on Tuesday that more than 40 people, all of them civilians including an eight-year-old in critical condition, were admitted to Abs Hospital after an air strike in Mustaba.
More than 6,000 people, half of them civilians, have been killed in Yemen's conflict since the Saudi-led intervention began in March 2015, according to the United Nations.
RELATED: Meet Yemeni Teen Who Died Filming a Criminal Saudi Airstrike
In January, a U.N. panel found that air strikes had targeted civilians and assessed that some of the attacks could be crimes against humanity, recommending the U.N. Security Council consider establishing an investigation.
The Saudi-led coalition strongly denies targeting civilians. In January it said it had introduced tougher procedures to investigate reports of airstrikes that caused civilian deaths as well as improve its targeting mechanisms with U.S. help.
This content was originally published by teleSUR at the following address:
"http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Saudi-Led-Airstrikes-Kill-41-Civilians-in-Yemen-20160316-0004.html". If you intend to use it, please cite the source and provide a link to the original article. www.teleSURtv.net/english
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Bombing of Doctors Without Borders Hospital in Yemen Kills at Least 15
A body at the site of an airstrike on Monday at Abs Hospital in Yemen’s northern Hajjah Province.
Reuters
By SHUAIB ALMOSAWA and ROD NORDLAND
August 15, 2016
SANA, Yemen — At least 15 people were killed on Monday in northern Yemen when warplanes bombed a hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders, according to hospital and local health ministry officials.
The airstrike hit Abs Hospital in Yemen’s northern Hajjah Province, and three Yemeni staff members of Doctors Without Borders were among the dead, said the hospital director, Ibrahim Aram, who was reached by telephone. He said that three foreign doctors at the hospital were also wounded, and that three other staff members had limbs amputated.
The bombing came two days after Saudi airstrikes killed at least 19 people, mostly children, in a residential area and a school in northern Yemen.
The Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi militias has stepped up its bombing campaign in recent weeks after peace talks collapsed between the rebels who control the capital, Sana, and the largely exiled government of President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi, which is backed by the coalition and by Western powers.
Ayman Ahmed Mathkoor, the health director for Hajjah Province, said the airstrike on Monday had destroyed the emergency department of Abs Hospital, killing 15 people and wounding 20.
In a news release on Monday afternoon, Doctors Without Borders — often known by its French name, Médecins Sans Frontières — said that at least 11 people, including a member of the organization’s staff, had been killed in the attack on the hospital, and 19 wounded. Nine people were killed immediately, and two more died while being moved to another hospital, according to the news release. Mr. Aram said he was unsure how many patients had died.
Hospitals in Yemen supported by Doctors Without Borders have been hit by coalition airstrikes at least four times in the country’s 17-month war. Saudi officials have insisted that they have struck only at military targets, and have accused the Houthis of using civilian facilities to carry out attacks against the government and its coalition partners.
Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary general, condemned the attack in a statement, emphasizing that antagonists in the Yemen conflict had damaged or destroyed more than 70 health facilities since the hostilities began 17 months ago.
Ibrahim Jafari, a health ministry official who went to the hospital on Monday, said the emergency room had been full of patients when it was hit. Many of the victims were badly burned, he said, and body parts were scattered around the site. Mr. Jafari said there were no military forces near the hospital.
The nearest military activity involving the Houthi militias was more than 35 miles away, he said.
Amnesty International in the United States condemned the attack, and an Amnesty official said in a statement that the targeting of medical facilities could constitute “a serious violation of international humanitarian law, which would amount to a war crime.”
Mr. Aram, the hospital director, said the three Doctors Without Borders staff members who were killed were a guard, a logistician and an electrician. In addition, another guard, an X-ray technician and a nurse had limbs amputated because of their wounds, he said, adding that the three foreign doctors had relatively minor injuries.
“Today’s airstrike appears to be the latest in a string of unlawful attacks targeting hospitals, highlighting an alarming pattern of disregard for civilian life,” said Magdalena Mughrabi, an Amnesty official.
Other hospitals supported by Doctors Without Borders that are known to have been hit in Saudi strikes include Shiara Hospital in Razeh, in Sada Province, struck on Jan. 10; Taiz Hospital in the city of Taiz, struck on Dec. 2; and Haydan Hospital in Haydan, Sada Province, struck on Oct. 26, according to statements from the aid organization as well as government health officials.
Mr. Aram said that Doctors Without Borders had not begun supporting Abs Hospital until it was assured that the Saudi coalition was aware of the hospital’s geographical coordinates, in line with the organization’s longstanding policy for hospitals in war zones.
Maj. Gen. Ahmed Asseri, the spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition, said a statement about the airstrike would be issued. Efforts to reach spokesmen for the Yemeni government supported by the Saudi coalition were unsuccessful.
Follow Rod Nordland on Twitter @rodnordland.
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now how many so called Human rights organizations are Going to protest against this bombing ?? dear pakistaan please send your doctors in yeman .
A body at the site of an airstrike on Monday at Abs Hospital in Yemen’s northern Hajjah Province.
Reuters
By SHUAIB ALMOSAWA and ROD NORDLAND
August 15, 2016
SANA, Yemen — At least 15 people were killed on Monday in northern Yemen when warplanes bombed a hospital supported by Doctors Without Borders, according to hospital and local health ministry officials.
The airstrike hit Abs Hospital in Yemen’s northern Hajjah Province, and three Yemeni staff members of Doctors Without Borders were among the dead, said the hospital director, Ibrahim Aram, who was reached by telephone. He said that three foreign doctors at the hospital were also wounded, and that three other staff members had limbs amputated.
The bombing came two days after Saudi airstrikes killed at least 19 people, mostly children, in a residential area and a school in northern Yemen.
The Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi militias has stepped up its bombing campaign in recent weeks after peace talks collapsed between the rebels who control the capital, Sana, and the largely exiled government of President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi, which is backed by the coalition and by Western powers.
Ayman Ahmed Mathkoor, the health director for Hajjah Province, said the airstrike on Monday had destroyed the emergency department of Abs Hospital, killing 15 people and wounding 20.
In a news release on Monday afternoon, Doctors Without Borders — often known by its French name, Médecins Sans Frontières — said that at least 11 people, including a member of the organization’s staff, had been killed in the attack on the hospital, and 19 wounded. Nine people were killed immediately, and two more died while being moved to another hospital, according to the news release. Mr. Aram said he was unsure how many patients had died.
Hospitals in Yemen supported by Doctors Without Borders have been hit by coalition airstrikes at least four times in the country’s 17-month war. Saudi officials have insisted that they have struck only at military targets, and have accused the Houthis of using civilian facilities to carry out attacks against the government and its coalition partners.
Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary general, condemned the attack in a statement, emphasizing that antagonists in the Yemen conflict had damaged or destroyed more than 70 health facilities since the hostilities began 17 months ago.
Ibrahim Jafari, a health ministry official who went to the hospital on Monday, said the emergency room had been full of patients when it was hit. Many of the victims were badly burned, he said, and body parts were scattered around the site. Mr. Jafari said there were no military forces near the hospital.
The nearest military activity involving the Houthi militias was more than 35 miles away, he said.
Amnesty International in the United States condemned the attack, and an Amnesty official said in a statement that the targeting of medical facilities could constitute “a serious violation of international humanitarian law, which would amount to a war crime.”
Mr. Aram, the hospital director, said the three Doctors Without Borders staff members who were killed were a guard, a logistician and an electrician. In addition, another guard, an X-ray technician and a nurse had limbs amputated because of their wounds, he said, adding that the three foreign doctors had relatively minor injuries.
“Today’s airstrike appears to be the latest in a string of unlawful attacks targeting hospitals, highlighting an alarming pattern of disregard for civilian life,” said Magdalena Mughrabi, an Amnesty official.
Other hospitals supported by Doctors Without Borders that are known to have been hit in Saudi strikes include Shiara Hospital in Razeh, in Sada Province, struck on Jan. 10; Taiz Hospital in the city of Taiz, struck on Dec. 2; and Haydan Hospital in Haydan, Sada Province, struck on Oct. 26, according to statements from the aid organization as well as government health officials.
Mr. Aram said that Doctors Without Borders had not begun supporting Abs Hospital until it was assured that the Saudi coalition was aware of the hospital’s geographical coordinates, in line with the organization’s longstanding policy for hospitals in war zones.
Maj. Gen. Ahmed Asseri, the spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition, said a statement about the airstrike would be issued. Efforts to reach spokesmen for the Yemeni government supported by the Saudi coalition were unsuccessful.
Follow Rod Nordland on Twitter @rodnordland.
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now how many so called Human rights organizations are Going to protest against this bombing ?? dear pakistaan please send your doctors in yeman .
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Yemen bombing ‘calculated war on entire people’
The Saudi-led coalition bombing Yemen knows the location of hospitals in the country, experts say, meaning the recently-hit MSF facility was likely a deliberate target and that both the bombers and the US - which coordinates the strikes - are responsible.
Saudi-led coalition air raids hit a Doctors Without Borders’ (MSF) hospital in Yemen on Monday, according to MSF. At least 11 people were killed and 19 wounded.
Sara Flounders, from International Action Center, shared her thoughts with RT.
Read more
RT: This isn't the first strike on a civilian facility. With modern military equipment, isn’t it possible to avoid miscalculations and to better plan targets of air raids?
Sara Flounders: It is not only possible, but it is absolutely urgent. It is impossible to imagine that these four strikes on different hospitals, four different times on hospitals in Yemen, and we should also bring in the Doctors Without Borders’ hospital hit in Afghanistan. Even though again, and again and again they send the GPS coordinates and connected directly to US command.
But in Yemen – who really runs the whole bombing operation? Who refuels Saudi planes? Who gives GPS coordinates – that is the US. Saudi Arabia couldn’t fly one plane without US assistance – both from military contractors and directly from the Pentagon. They can’t refuel their planes without US assistance. The naval blockade is carried out by the US Navy. So they have mapped every corner of the globe and they have certainly mapped Yemen.
Just imagine that these strikes on hospitals, on schools, on food processing plants, and on water, which is the most precious resource in Yemen. Again and again what is being destroyed is the civilian infrastructure. It is a calculated war on the entire people, but especially hospitals. Hospitals are absolutely prohibited to strike under international law for any reason whatsoever. That goes back to the Geneva conventions, 1949, Article 19, and reiterated in 1977. The US has signed this, the world has signed these international conventions on war, and yet they are being directly violated. A hospital is a known location… So to imagine that it’s an accident that they are hit and not just once… We know who is responsible: it is both the Saudi bombers, but it is also the US who is coordinating the Saudi bombing.
RT: The US State Department has already expressed concern over Monday's strikes, saying that they condemn all attacks on medical facilities. But they were supplying Saudi Arabia with weapons. How does their relationship work?
SF: It really works because it is profitable, for example, to General Dynamics. A new military contract, $1.5 billion in weapons sales to Saudi Arabia. That is not for the benefit of anyone except General Dynamics and their profits... The US is the largest weapon seller in the world today and that is the way weapon sales works. Any concern that is expressed – they know exactly who they are hitting.
Who, though, does the US fear in Yemen, and who does Saudi Arabia fear? They really fear the Ansarullah movement, which is an independent movement that is for democratic change in Yemen, and it is a large coalition force. That is what Saudi Arabia most fears as an absolute monarchy trying to press down the population that has no rights whatsoever. They fear a movement anywhere in the region that has independence and that represent the people in anyway whatsoever. In Saudi Arabia they are against the parliament in Yemen even convening a meeting again, which they have not been able to do for two years… they wanted to re-establish the parliament [but] Saudi Arabia opposed it.
Journalist Steve Topple believes the MSF hospital in Yemen was likely “a deliberate target.”
“MSF’s own statistics from last year say that 63 of their hospitals were bombed on 94 separate occasions. MSF give the coordinates of their facilities to both sides. The excuse that this is a mistake is now long gone in my opinion,” he told RT.
The UN chief has urged a probe into an airstrike that killed 10 children just days ago.
RT asked Topple whether the international community is doing enough to investigate cases like this.
“The problem is – we’ve been here before,” he said. “The conflict died down somewhat, and then we’ve seen this escalation are going in the past few weeks. Until there is a political solution to this, nothing is going to change. All sides need to get around the table. The UN has to intervene now, because it is starting again to get out of control.”
Saudi Arabia has repeatedly been accused of war crimes; and yet the UK and the US are still selling their weapons to the country. According to Topple, the explanation for this is that “too much money” is involved and many decision-makers have interests in arms companies.
“Just a few weeks ago the US signed off an over US$1 billion contract to Saudi Arabia, which the US Senate suggested and now is considering blocking. However, the UK is wholly complicit in this. We sold nearly £3 billion worth of arms to Saudi Arabia since the Yemen conflict started,” Topple said.
“You have to look at who’s involved with this. If you look at the House of Lords in the UK, which is equivalent of the American upper house – around 20 percent of the peers who sit in there, the lawmakers, have vested interests in arms companies. When you have the likes of the Royal United Services Institute, RUSI, who advise the UK government and the US government on defense policy – they are sponsored by Lockheed Martin, Babcock, British Aerospace, Raytheon… The bottom line – too much money is involved in this. Unfortunately, what happens – children’s lives go out of the window,” the journalist said.
The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT.
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so much for Umah ka chumah .....................
muzzies will protest against Israel but not against their Islamic Saudi Arabia .
criticizing Saudi Arabia is UnIslamic .
Yemen bombing ‘calculated war on entire people’
The Saudi-led coalition bombing Yemen knows the location of hospitals in the country, experts say, meaning the recently-hit MSF facility was likely a deliberate target and that both the bombers and the US - which coordinates the strikes - are responsible.
Saudi-led coalition air raids hit a Doctors Without Borders’ (MSF) hospital in Yemen on Monday, according to MSF. At least 11 people were killed and 19 wounded.
Sara Flounders, from International Action Center, shared her thoughts with RT.
Read more
RT: This isn't the first strike on a civilian facility. With modern military equipment, isn’t it possible to avoid miscalculations and to better plan targets of air raids?
Sara Flounders: It is not only possible, but it is absolutely urgent. It is impossible to imagine that these four strikes on different hospitals, four different times on hospitals in Yemen, and we should also bring in the Doctors Without Borders’ hospital hit in Afghanistan. Even though again, and again and again they send the GPS coordinates and connected directly to US command.
But in Yemen – who really runs the whole bombing operation? Who refuels Saudi planes? Who gives GPS coordinates – that is the US. Saudi Arabia couldn’t fly one plane without US assistance – both from military contractors and directly from the Pentagon. They can’t refuel their planes without US assistance. The naval blockade is carried out by the US Navy. So they have mapped every corner of the globe and they have certainly mapped Yemen.
Just imagine that these strikes on hospitals, on schools, on food processing plants, and on water, which is the most precious resource in Yemen. Again and again what is being destroyed is the civilian infrastructure. It is a calculated war on the entire people, but especially hospitals. Hospitals are absolutely prohibited to strike under international law for any reason whatsoever. That goes back to the Geneva conventions, 1949, Article 19, and reiterated in 1977. The US has signed this, the world has signed these international conventions on war, and yet they are being directly violated. A hospital is a known location… So to imagine that it’s an accident that they are hit and not just once… We know who is responsible: it is both the Saudi bombers, but it is also the US who is coordinating the Saudi bombing.
RT: The US State Department has already expressed concern over Monday's strikes, saying that they condemn all attacks on medical facilities. But they were supplying Saudi Arabia with weapons. How does their relationship work?
SF: It really works because it is profitable, for example, to General Dynamics. A new military contract, $1.5 billion in weapons sales to Saudi Arabia. That is not for the benefit of anyone except General Dynamics and their profits... The US is the largest weapon seller in the world today and that is the way weapon sales works. Any concern that is expressed – they know exactly who they are hitting.
Who, though, does the US fear in Yemen, and who does Saudi Arabia fear? They really fear the Ansarullah movement, which is an independent movement that is for democratic change in Yemen, and it is a large coalition force. That is what Saudi Arabia most fears as an absolute monarchy trying to press down the population that has no rights whatsoever. They fear a movement anywhere in the region that has independence and that represent the people in anyway whatsoever. In Saudi Arabia they are against the parliament in Yemen even convening a meeting again, which they have not been able to do for two years… they wanted to re-establish the parliament [but] Saudi Arabia opposed it.
Journalist Steve Topple believes the MSF hospital in Yemen was likely “a deliberate target.”
“MSF’s own statistics from last year say that 63 of their hospitals were bombed on 94 separate occasions. MSF give the coordinates of their facilities to both sides. The excuse that this is a mistake is now long gone in my opinion,” he told RT.
The UN chief has urged a probe into an airstrike that killed 10 children just days ago.
RT asked Topple whether the international community is doing enough to investigate cases like this.
“The problem is – we’ve been here before,” he said. “The conflict died down somewhat, and then we’ve seen this escalation are going in the past few weeks. Until there is a political solution to this, nothing is going to change. All sides need to get around the table. The UN has to intervene now, because it is starting again to get out of control.”
Saudi Arabia has repeatedly been accused of war crimes; and yet the UK and the US are still selling their weapons to the country. According to Topple, the explanation for this is that “too much money” is involved and many decision-makers have interests in arms companies.
“Just a few weeks ago the US signed off an over US$1 billion contract to Saudi Arabia, which the US Senate suggested and now is considering blocking. However, the UK is wholly complicit in this. We sold nearly £3 billion worth of arms to Saudi Arabia since the Yemen conflict started,” Topple said.
“You have to look at who’s involved with this. If you look at the House of Lords in the UK, which is equivalent of the American upper house – around 20 percent of the peers who sit in there, the lawmakers, have vested interests in arms companies. When you have the likes of the Royal United Services Institute, RUSI, who advise the UK government and the US government on defense policy – they are sponsored by Lockheed Martin, Babcock, British Aerospace, Raytheon… The bottom line – too much money is involved in this. Unfortunately, what happens – children’s lives go out of the window,” the journalist said.
The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT.
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so much for Umah ka chumah .....................
muzzies will protest against Israel but not against their Islamic Saudi Arabia .
criticizing Saudi Arabia is UnIslamic .
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chummah's criticism & headbands, tees, wristbands, protests are reserved only for the 'kaafir ka palatwaar' scenarios.
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As # Huthis run # PTRC
# Yemen #houthis #Yemen #BallisticMissile strikes #Riyadh , #SaudiArabia #KSA
#YemenCrisis #SCUD
http://imp-navigator.livejournal.com/578091.html
add that the new warhead (probably lightweight) as the rest of the rocket, it reminded Iranian counterparts.
# Yemen #houthis #Yemen #BallisticMissile strikes #Riyadh , #SaudiArabia #KSA
#YemenCrisis #SCUD
http://imp-navigator.livejournal.com/578091.html
add that the new warhead (probably lightweight) as the rest of the rocket, it reminded Iranian counterparts.
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# Yemen # Huthis # frigate # Attack
Attack Huthis the Saudi frigate.
Weekdays war. Yemen. Videotape Huthis frigate attack on the Saudi "Al-Madinah". Experts are wondering - what it was.
The Saudis claim that the patrol boat Navy KSA was attacked three boats with crews of bombers. Two of them managed to destroy airborne artillery. The third managed to break through to the end. The explosion and subsequent fire in the ship's crew of 2 "200" and 3 "300". The frigate was severely damaged, but generally stay afloat and even kept running.
However ...
no documentary evidence of the presence of the crews on the boats bombers were found. In any case, apart from the words of the press service of the Kingdom of the fleet, there is nothing else. Experts do not exclude that in general the boat is controlled from the shore on the radio. The incident occurred on the coast line of sight, so that version is not without reason.
Although the recording and the quality is different, however frigate struck something on a normal boat is not particularly similar. In simple motorboat can put a couple of powerful "Kawasaki" and put a hundred pounds of explosives, but then people usually manage it are clearly visible, and the question - who ran the watercraft - not standing was. And even at this video of people in the boat can be easily discerned. However, the frigate attacked the boat (and judging by the breaker is still something of a displacement) is more like something closed, the deck and the crew are in a closed cabin. Such boats exist in nature, but their size usually starts meters with eight - ten. While the recording when compared with the size of the boat well visible helicopter whose dimensions roughly understood, it follows that the cutter along the length does not exceed four meters. What exactly is suggestive of the radio-controlled drones and bombers, not humans.
In general, be that as it may, the incident shows that the weapons of modern frigates in the near coastal zone does not provide them a guaranteed successful reflection of all of today's threats.
Source: http://alex-leshy.livejournal.com/959365.html
Attack Huthis the Saudi frigate.
Weekdays war. Yemen. Videotape Huthis frigate attack on the Saudi "Al-Madinah". Experts are wondering - what it was.
The Saudis claim that the patrol boat Navy KSA was attacked three boats with crews of bombers. Two of them managed to destroy airborne artillery. The third managed to break through to the end. The explosion and subsequent fire in the ship's crew of 2 "200" and 3 "300". The frigate was severely damaged, but generally stay afloat and even kept running.
However ...
no documentary evidence of the presence of the crews on the boats bombers were found. In any case, apart from the words of the press service of the Kingdom of the fleet, there is nothing else. Experts do not exclude that in general the boat is controlled from the shore on the radio. The incident occurred on the coast line of sight, so that version is not without reason.
Although the recording and the quality is different, however frigate struck something on a normal boat is not particularly similar. In simple motorboat can put a couple of powerful "Kawasaki" and put a hundred pounds of explosives, but then people usually manage it are clearly visible, and the question - who ran the watercraft - not standing was. And even at this video of people in the boat can be easily discerned. However, the frigate attacked the boat (and judging by the breaker is still something of a displacement) is more like something closed, the deck and the crew are in a closed cabin. Such boats exist in nature, but their size usually starts meters with eight - ten. While the recording when compared with the size of the boat well visible helicopter whose dimensions roughly understood, it follows that the cutter along the length does not exceed four meters. What exactly is suggestive of the radio-controlled drones and bombers, not humans.
In general, be that as it may, the incident shows that the weapons of modern frigates in the near coastal zone does not provide them a guaranteed successful reflection of all of today's threats.
Source: http://alex-leshy.livejournal.com/959365.html
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With Pakistani involvement, things will get even more heated. This would directly impact the subcontinent as well. Why? IMHO due to the following reasons:
- Yemen is a sectarian power struggle. The country is one of the few Arab states with a meaningful Shia-Sunni strife. Right now the conflict is all about who sides with Iran and who sides with Saudi Arabia; former being Shiite power while the latter being Sunni power.
- Pakistan is the largest and most unstable Islamic country on earth in terms of internal strife, sectarian violence and a systematic government machinery to eradicate anyone who opposes the will of the power holder. As seen in the last so many years, the assaults in Shia minorities have increased a lot, to the extent that many of them are not even spared during their mourning sessions of their prophet.
Pakistan's decision to challenge Iranian interests by sending their prominent and experienced general to lead a war on behalf of Saudi.
For now, Pakistani troops are not involved. However, given the fact that they still have a strategic defence pact with Saudis to this date, which mandates Pakistan to listen to Saudi's military requests.
It would be interesting to see Pakistani troops participating in this conflict if at all it is going to escalate, as Pakistan is the most battle-hardened muslim country in the world other than perhaps Turkey.
- Yemen is a sectarian power struggle. The country is one of the few Arab states with a meaningful Shia-Sunni strife. Right now the conflict is all about who sides with Iran and who sides with Saudi Arabia; former being Shiite power while the latter being Sunni power.
- Pakistan is the largest and most unstable Islamic country on earth in terms of internal strife, sectarian violence and a systematic government machinery to eradicate anyone who opposes the will of the power holder. As seen in the last so many years, the assaults in Shia minorities have increased a lot, to the extent that many of them are not even spared during their mourning sessions of their prophet.
Pakistan's decision to challenge Iranian interests by sending their prominent and experienced general to lead a war on behalf of Saudi.
For now, Pakistani troops are not involved. However, given the fact that they still have a strategic defence pact with Saudis to this date, which mandates Pakistan to listen to Saudi's military requests.
It would be interesting to see Pakistani troops participating in this conflict if at all it is going to escalate, as Pakistan is the most battle-hardened muslim country in the world other than perhaps Turkey.
