Thursday, December 28, 2017

Saudi-led Coalition in Yemen captured a few areas and then "did nothing" for over a year.

(1) Here's why the Saudi-led Coalition in Yemen captured a few areas and then "did nothing" for over a year.
4:14 PM - 28 Dec 2017
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      (2) "The Saudi-led coalition supporting the internationally recognized Yemeni government on Wednesday said it destroyed a Houthi rocket-manufacturing workshop in Saada, as well as weapons stockpiles including surface-to-surface and ballistic missiles."
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    2.  44 minutes ago
      (3) Saada is in north Yemen. It's the home base of the Houthis. This means commandos infiltrated all the way up there and gathered intelligence.
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      (4) "Weapons obtained by Houthi militias from Iran were also seized, said coalition spokesman Col. Turki Al-Maliki at a press conference in Riyadh on Wednesday."
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      (5) "[The Coalition] has developed a new mechanism for inspection and verification of arms smuggling, Al-Maliki said."
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    5.  41 minutes ago
      (6) He's talking about synthetic-aperture radar (SAR), which can be used to see inside ships and trucks. This means the Saudis now have land and sea-based SAR platforms.
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      (7) "Coalition forces targeted 412 Houthi military positions, including those near the Saudi border, as well as a supply vehicle for militias and field commanders at the border, Al-Maliki said."
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    7.  39 minutes ago
      (8) I think that means 412 positions in a week. If so, that's amazing.
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      (9) By the way, Colonel al-Malki is Royal Saudi Air Force.
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    9.  28 minutes ago
      (10) I think that means that the Yemenis are in full control of the ground offensives, just like in Iraq.
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    10.  28 minutes ago
      (11) The Saudi strategy is to attach commandos to the local forces AND train as many of the locals as possible.
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      (12) Then the newly trained locals gradually replace the foreign commandos until the local armed force is completely comprised of its own citizens again...
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Posted by Robby Ball at 2:02 PM