The illiterate, kat chewing savages of Yemen are all too eager to meet the virgins. The United States is a reluctant exporter. But in the end, the US military does the right thing.
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US bombs Yemen’s Sanaa over Israel attack threats
- US President Donald Trump orders strikes on Yemen’s Houthi-held capital, Sanaa, threatening “hell” if the group does not cease attacks in the Red Sea. The Houthi health ministry says at least nine people are killed and nine wounded.
- At least nine people are killed and several wounded in an Israeli drone attack on Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza.
Trump says US military carried out major air raids against Yemen’s Houthis
Yemeni health officials say nine civilians killed in US bombardment, days after Houthis vowed to resume maritime attacks if Israel did not lift Gaza blockade.
United States President Donald Trump has announced a series of strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen in the most significant military action of his second term to date.
At least nine civilians were killed and nine injured in the strikes in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Saturday, according to Yemen’s Houthi-run Health Ministry.
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“Your time is up, and your attacks must stop, starting today. If they don’t, hell will rain down upon you like nothing you have ever seen before,” Trump said in a statement on Truth Social, his social media site.
“I have ordered the US military today to launch a decisive and powerful military operation against the Houthi terrorists in Yemen,” Trump added.
“We will use overwhelming lethal force until we have achieved our objective,” he said in the post, accusing the Iran-aligned group of threatening Red Sea shipping.
The Houthis, who control much of the Arabian Peninsula country, started a campaign targeting the busy sea route in support of Palestinians in Gaza after Israel began bombing the besieged enclave.