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United States President Donald Trump ordered on March 15 a massive attack against Houthis (Ansar Allah) in Yemen over the group’s attacks on shipping.
The Houthis, who are backed by Iran, have attacked Israel and Red Sea shipping throughout the Israeli war on the Hamas Movement in the Gaza Strip. The attack crippled the vital route, which normally carries about 12% of world shipping traffic, forcing many companies into a costly detour around Africa.
In addition, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said that the Houthis had “attacked U.S. warships 174 times and commercial vessels 145 times” since the start of the war in Gaza.
U.S. strikes on the rebel-held capital Sanaa, as well as on areas in Saada, al-Bayda and Marib killed 31 people and wounded 101, “most of whom were children and women”, Houthi health ministry spokesperson Anis al-Asbahi said in a statement.
“To all Houthi terrorists, 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 posted on his Truth Social platform. “Do NOT threaten the American People, their President… or Worldwide shipping lanes. If you do, BEWARE, because America will hold you fully accountable and we won’t be nice about it!”
Trump also warned Iran that it needed to immediately halt support for the group. He said if Iran threatened the United States, “America will hold you fully accountable and we won’t be nice about it!”
The strikes were reportedly carried out in part by fighter aircraft from the Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, which is in the Red Sea.
In a statement, the U.S. Central Command, which released footage of the strikes, said that “precision strikes” were launched to “defend American interests, deter enemies, and restore freedom of navigation”.
The command also described the large-scale attack as the start of a large-scale operation targeting the Houthis across Yemen.
“Houthi attacks on American ships & aircraft (and our troops!) will not be tolerated; and Iran, their benefactor, is on notice,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote on X. “Freedom of Navigation will be restored.”
The Houthis warned that the deadly strikes “will not pass without response,” while the group’s website slammed what it called “U.S.-British aggression” and Washington’s “criminal brutality”.
Meanwhile, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that the U.S. had “no authority, or business, dictating Iranian foreign policy.”
“End support for Israeli genocide and terrorism. Stop killing Yemeni people,” he said in an X post early on March 16.
On March 11, the Houthis said they would resume attacks on Israeli ships passing through the Red Sea and Arabian Sea, the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Gulf of Aden, ending a period of relative calm that started in January with the ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
The U.S. launched hundreds of strikes against the Houthis over the past year, some in collaboration with the United Kingdom. The group was also targeted by the Israeli military more than once in response to direct drone and missile attacks on Israeli territories. All of these attacks failed to deter the group or to degrade its military capabilities.
The campaign order by Trump will not likely fare any better. However, the U.S. could seek other ways to weaken the Iran-backed group, including reigniting the war in Yemen.
On March 14, Yemen government forces, which are backed by Saudi Arabia and allied to the U.S., said that they repelled multiple attacks by the Houthis in Marib and retaliated. And on March 15, Saudi activists reported the death of two soldiers from the kingdom’s military on the border Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen
All in all, the Trump administration appears to be determined to put an end to Houthi attacks on shipping. The group will likely face unprecedented military and political pressure.
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usa is a jewish colony. europe too. the shit started during the 18th century in europe. now people are totally brainwashed everyday on tv, in education, in newspapers….. the holocaust, you know…. they suffered, you’re nazi, blablabla…..
yes, they suffered and you’re a nazy
the inflection point between feudalism (monarchal and roman catholic power) and neo feudalism (banker corporatocracy) happened in 18th c as you pointed out. most of the world is under globalist rule. the banker is the ultimate globalist for their only flag is that of money & power.
europe is america’s bitch. america is israel’s bitch. chumpo is nuttyyahoo’s bitch.
mabus gave him five hundred billion dollars to destroy the houthis.
yes, and he is ‘extincting’ them for much less.
he is a really good business man, ya know?!
as i said before… a brand new parking lot is being build in yemmen.
right now, they are making huge holes into yimmen.
after that the yimmai land will be flatened.
then new parking lot will be build
for the shoppers in gayza.
hooties & ham@ss can blow i-runian dyks.
happy end
lol
as usual wanting to feel like some sort of boogie man, america always feeling a certain way when actions like this are taken, houthis are strong in their own ways yet uncle sam wouldn’t dare do this to china or north korea even iran, and russia has proven itself in the battlefield of ukraine. also women and children were killed in these trump strikes you feeling good and proud about that?
that bloviating pos likes to play the tough guy. just another draft dodging windbag.
where is shiksa bibas ? did she return to auschwitz ?
oh dear, eilat is a bankrupt ghost town going back to the desert. big queues at the eilat dole office. no more shekels for shlomo. sad.
only an unacceptable oil price is harmful to the anglonazis. anything else is just charades.
iranian foreign affairs will once again send a brave condemnation, while refusing to eliminate the saudi-azeri oil which is used by terrorists. they dont want to anger their father and mother china and russia
do what trump said shia homie;don’t intervene sunni struggle with jewish, so it’s all will be good,or you got it 🤗.
once again;
‘cant teach anything to arabs…
where is shiksa biba ? why did she bring her children when she had a choice to let them in a safe place ? did she fear the hanibaal thing ? or did she use them to make jewllywood drama ? we all know the answer.
what u meant with shiksa biba and hanibaal ? explain these
the houthis are mean hombres. they eat shlomos and goy whores like chumpo for breakfast.
the trumpster is looking at another vietnam if he sends troops into yemen. the trumpster, and the rest of the zionists in his gov’t who are bankrolled by the jewish lobby, are merely protecting their genocidal plans for palestine. when usadmins talk of freedom, they are talking out of their arse and everyone knows it.
a few months ago there was a joint raid on yemen by shlomos and amerikunts. the houthis ambushed it and killed all 70. they will sink chumpo’s little boats in their shooting gallery.
hollywoodian goyim gang vs heavenly soldiers
we know who will win.
just on these words alone i hope putin finishes off what is left in kursk with a picture show for 0range $hit $tain presenting all his american terr0ri$t$ inside his country with his own announcement that the trumptard can “kiss our rare earth minerals goodbye”!…
first syria, then yemen, followed by iran. the zionist/wahabbis are systematically eliminating shia muslims and they’re not even responding. when yemen is destroyed the usa and israel will launch a full on war against iran. nukes likely.
more juvenile threats ftom windbag zio puppet chumpo the clown. no zio- or amerikunt-flagged ship has gone through yemeni waters or the suez canal for over a year. 4 months ago the amerikunts risked one of their pathetic little battleships near yemen and ansar allah attacked it 12 times, they haven’t been back since. they have shot down 13 of their crappy reaper drones at $30 million a pop. anything that is sent to yemen, in the air or at sea, is like a duck in a shooting gallery.
container shipping has dropped by 90% and taking the scenic route around africa has sent freight and insurance rates rocketing. chumpo is just dancing to the tune of his zio puppet masters. but all he can do now is murder civilians, like his jew masters in gaza. the houthis are not going to sit back while chumpo continues to arm and fund the gaza genocide. if he wants to stop houthi attacks, all he has to do is stop the genocide.
chumpo supposedly heads a 20 strong coalition, but in reality he is leading a one man charge. the red sea will remain a zio-free and amerikunt-free zone. chumpo was elected to end the wars but he is getting sucked into another one. sooner or later the houthis will sink one of his little battleships with heavy loss of life. then we face a major escalation, probably against iran. unless chumpo is very lucky, this will sink his presidency, like l.b.j. and vietnam.
nothing will stop the houthis retaliating. they stopped their blockade when the gaza “ceasefire” came into force. unlike the zio regime and the jewsa, the houthis honour their commitments and respect ceasefires. the zio regime has decided to resume the genocide and ethnic cleansing in gaza. they (and their puppet chumpo) are responsible for whatever now transpires.