Meanwhile in Yemen

Started by LongBlade, January 21, 2015, 10:28:16 AM

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LongBlade

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Centurion40

Quote from: Gusington on January 21, 2015, 09:50:33 PM
They are wanting for a new king pretty soon though. I'm sure the ISIS wannabes are salivating over perhaps renaming the peninsula Islamic Arabia. I read some chatter today that the Saudis are currently building a Berlin like wall to defend against ISIS and other insurgents. Anyone read about that anywhere?

No I haven't.

From what I've heard about Yemen, ISIS backed Sunnis (about 60% of the population) are battling Iranian backed Shiites.  Kind of like Syria.

What worries me about ISIS is that they are consolidating into an actual state.  Some of their generals actually know what they are doing.  They are capitalizing upon seized equipment and resources.  If this all leads to a general Sunni vs. Shiite war, the Sunnis could rally to the "Caliph" or "Caliph Ibrahim" as ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is now calling himself.  If this shit continues to spiral, I can foresee a scenario where the Saudi regime may have to fall in line with the "Caliph" or risk the Caliph calling upon Sunnis to overthrow the corrupt, American-loving Saudi royal family.  They they get all of that military hardware sitting in Saudi Arabia.  315 M1A2 Abrams, 460 AMX-30s, over 1800 LAVs, 80 Apaches, over 200 F-15s, 40+ Typhoons, 80 Tornadoes... well, you get the picture.
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Fortunately, Obama wants to put a few boots back on the ground in Iraq to help our allies whom he abandoned for his own personal political benefit previously.  ::)

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Centurion40

Smart move.  No need for another Tehran, or worse.
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LongBlade

Yeah, but it says that Yemen has completely collapsed into chaos. More bad news from an area that doesn't need any more bad news.
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Gusington

Funny how sparse the coverage is on that over here.


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LongBlade

Quote from: Gusington on February 10, 2015, 08:25:07 PM
Funny how sparse the coverage is on that over here.

I hate to say it, but I think you're watching the wrong news sources. Dump the NYT at a minimum.
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Gusington

I've been searching for a credible news source for a while. My favorite right now is Reuters.


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The simplest way is to hit a news aggregator. Try news.google.com it allows you to create custom alerts for specific news items. It also will show you links to all 1400 news articles on a particular topic.
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jomni

Chinese troops disembark in Yemen to secure evacuation.  Supposedly gets into a skirmish.

http://rt.com/news/246189-troops-aden-port-yemen/

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7e4_1427877161

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