US and UK prepare to launch strikes against Houthis in Yemen

www.theguardian.com US and UK prepare to launch strikes against Houthis in Yemen

Experts believe western allies most likely to target coastal sites in attempt to halt spate of Houthi attacks in Red Sea

Britain and the US are poised to launch strikes against Houthi military targets in Yemen, as the leader of the rebel group promises to respond to any assault with fresh attacks on shipping in the Red Sea.

Western defence sources indicated preparations were intensifying on Thursday in response to a Houthi attack of 21 missiles and drones aimed at US and UK warships on Tuesday night, although its scale and timing remain secret.

Asked about potential US strikes against the Houthis in Yemen, the national security spokesperson, John Kirby, said: “I’m not going to telegraph our punches one way or another here. We’re gonna do what we have to do, to counter and defeat these threats that the Houthis keep throwing up on commercial shipping in the Red Sea.”

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US and UK prepare to launch strikes against Houthis in Yemen

www.theguardian.com /world/2024/jan/11/uk-us-strikes-houthi-yemen-red-sea

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Lay waste
- I would be very interested in the opinion of the person who disagreed with you. Are there people here who are pro Houthis blowing up and and hijacking civilian shipping?
  
  Waaay too many, yes.
  
  Yes. All the losers at .ml who take Houthi statements at face value. But if they had a clue they wouldn't be tankies in the first place.
  
  Yes, because this is an attempt to pressure the West into actually doing something about Gaza instead of defending them at the UN.
- Loiter munitions. Have them hang out endlessly circling until those fuckers set something up, then BOOM!
  No more assholes.

This was mega predictable. I think the Houthis thing was mainly a play to distract the US/Nato countries further and spread resources thinner.

Can we please just not?
- They keep fucking around, it's time for them to find out.
  
  Yes, because more violence is always the answer

I'd be willing to bet they (US and UK navies) let the previous attacks get so close just so they could gather intel on the launch sites. Houthis are fucked, should have kept those missiles and drones pointed inland.

These attacks would stop if the US stopped supporting the genocide in Gaza.
The official position of Ansarallah is that they're disrupting shipping to Israel because of the responsibility to protect, and as a result this has disrupted all shipping. Rather than diplomacy the Biden admin is choosing to waste more money in another pointless war that will only stretch resources further and get more people killed.
harm: reduced
- Yemen is attacking civilian ships that are neither originating nor destined for Israel. How would some third party supporting or not supporting a war in Palestine help?
  
  Israel has been bombing Gaza for 3 months now, disrupting trade with whatever means they have necessary is within the Responsibility to Protect.
  It may be disruptive, but that's the point, it has demanded a resolution from the US (Israels primary backers) in extremely short order unless they want to have their own suez moment.

Defeat genocidejoe
- Yawn 🥱
  
  That dude has only a few keyboard shortcuts. Every comment is either "defeat genocide joe", "fucking capitalists" or "Goddamn fascists". I think it might be a parody account or a bot.

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