Too my knowledge the US has been involved in the atrocity that is the destruction of Yemen from the get go- Therefore it's not credible to have the WSJ claim that they are "deepening" their role. The US is simply increasing the misery and it was expected that they would. As they continue on with the remake the region agenda.Reuters
The Saudi-led coalition,(not Saudi led in my opinion) which the UAE is part of, is gearing up for an assault on Hodeidah, preparing to launch by far the biggest battle of a three-year-old war between an alliance of Arab states and the Houthi movement that controls Yemen’s capital Sanaa.Hodeidah, the only Yemeni port controlled by the Houthis, serves as a lifeline channeling food, medicines and other vital imports to the majority of Yemenis who live in Houthi-ruled territory.“We gave U.N. special envoy Martin Griffiths 48 hours to convince the Houthis to withdraw from the port and city of Hodeidah,” UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash told France’s Le Figaro newspaper.
Ultimatums delivered by the 'coalition'
“We are awaiting his response. These 48 hours expire during the night of Tuesday and Wednesday.” The United Nations said it was engaged in “intense” shuttle diplomacy between the Houthis and coalition leaders Saudi Arabia and the UAE to avert an all-out attack.“If the Houthis don’t get out of Hodeidah city and the port, the UAE will start a military operation against the rebels in Hodeidah,” Gargash was quoted as saying by the French daily.
Wait just a minute is this a Yemeni port? Oh yes, it is. So the question is really why are the UAE & the US demanding that the Houthi’s exit the one lifeline that nation state has. The one life channeling port for food, medicine and vital imports for the vast majority of Yemeni’s. Isn’t it in fact absurd that such demands are being made by the US led coalition?Isn't it simply a reality that the UAE/US led coalition want to take control of this port in order to inflict maximum damage on the people- denying them food,denying them medicines. Basically laying siege to the nation. But if this doesn't occur as demanded the US and company will inflict massive misery on this nation and it's people. So isn't this demand met or unmet a losing proposition for the people of Yemen?
"A senior United Arab Emirates official said an ultimatum for the United Nations to convince the Iran-aligned Houthi movement to evacuate Yemen’s main port of Hodeidah expired on Tuesday night"
Three quarters of all humanitarian aid etc., passes through this portWSJ
"WASHINGTON—The U.S. military is providing its Gulf allies with intelligence to fine-tune their list of airstrike targets in Yemen’s most important port, one sign of the Trump administration’s deepening role in a looming assault that the United Nations says could trigger a massive humanitarian crisis."
War crime. Crime against humanity
"While the U.N. is working furiously to broker a deal to avert a United Arab Emirates assault on a Red Sea port, the U.S. is helping the Gulf nation develop a list of targets meant to be off limits for airstrikes, American military officials said Tuesday.“The intent is to minimize the number of civilian casualties and the harm to critical infrastructure,” said one U.S. military official"
That's an absurd statement. The intent is to maximize civilian casualties and inflict misery- That's the plan. If it wasn't THE PLAN, this Port wouldn't be the target!
"The expanded U.S. military help comes as the Trump administration is giving the U.A.E. cautious backing for its developing efforts to seize the port of Hodeidah from Iranian-backed Houthi forces.Hodeidah serves as the main gateway for three-quarters of the humanitarian and commercial goods flowing into Yemen, where most of the population relies on international aid."
Which as I've stated is why the Port of Hodeidah is being targeted
"The U.N. has warned that an assault on the port could trigger a broad humanitarian crisis, derail new efforts to broker a peace deal and leave up to 250,000 people dead.Martin Griffiths, the U.N. special envoy for Yemen, has been working to broker a last-minute agreement for the U.N. to manage the port, according to people familiar with the talks, but the U.A.E. appeared to be moving forward with its military planning. The U.N. and aid groups were scrambling to get their international staff out of the port as the U.A.E. has indicated that a military offensive could begin as soon as this week.Mr. Griffiths has warned that any assault on the port could be a death-knell for his nascent attempts to broker a deal.Initially, the U.A.E. assured the U.S. and United Kingdom that it wouldn’t target the port without support from both Western allies. But that changed over the weekend when the U.A.E. said its forces near the port had come under attack.Top Trump administration officials have expressed strong concerns about the U.A.E.’s efforts to target the port, but they have tempered their objections in recent days.One U.S. official said that Washington was giving the U.A.E. a “blinking yellow light” of caution.On Monday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis offered qualified support for the U.A.E. as the U.S. dropped its appeal for a de-escalation and instead turned its focus toward ensuring that an expected assault doesn’t make things worse for Yemen.In a statement, Mr. Pompeo said he had made clear to Emirati leaders the U.S. “desire to address their security concerns while preserving the free flow of humanitarian aid and lifesaving commercial imports.”“We expect all parties to honor their commitments to work with the U.N. Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary General for Yemen on this issue, support a political process to resolve this conflict, ensure humanitarian access to the Yemeni people, and map a stable political future for Yemen,” he said.Mr. Mattis told Pentagon reporters on Monday that he backed that view.“How do we support that humanitarian effort, the U.N. special envoy and try to drive this to a negotiated, you know, end to the fighting?” he said.Mr. Mattis has privately expressed reservations about the looming operation, according to the people familiar with the talks, but others in the Trump administration see the U.A.E. military moves as a chance to give the Gulf nation more bargaining power in peace talks. The Pentagon chief has voiced concerns that a protracted assault on the port could worsen the humanitarian crisis and undercut American counterterrorism operations in Yemen, where elite U.S. forces work alongside their UAE counterparts to target Islamic militants.The U.S. provides the Saudi-led coalition with modest support for the fight in Yemen. U.S. pilots carry out midair refueling operations for coalition warplanes that use American made weapons to carry out airstrikes in Yemen. The U.S. shares limited intelligence with the Saudi-led coalition, including information used to pinpoint hospitals, mosques, U.N. offices and other locations meant to be off-limits for airstrikes. The coalition already has more than 41,000 locations in Yemen on its “no-strike list,” and now the U.S. military is helping its allies fine-tune its targeting plans for Hodeidah.The Trump administration views the fight in Yemen as a key strategic battle in its effort to combat Iran’s expanding influence across the Middle East.U.S. and U.N. officials say that Iran has provided the Houthi fighters in Yemen with ballistic missiles they have used to repeatedly target neighboring Saudi Arabia—a charge that Tehran denies.Opposition to the U.A.E. move is rising in Washington, where lawmakers from both parties were circulating letters of concern about the U.A.E. plans. U.S. lawmakers have unsuccessfully tried to cut off American support for the war because of concerns about American culpability in airstrikes that have killed more than 4,000 civilians, according to the U.N.In the House of Representatives, lawmakers were gathering signatures for a letter that urges Mr. Mattis to do all he can to forestall the attack.“We urge you to use all available means to avert a catastrophic military assault on Yemen’s major port city of Hodeida by the Saudi-led coalition, and to present Congress with immediate clarification regarding the full scope of the U.S. military involvement in that conflict,” according to a copy of the letter reviewed by The Wall Street Journal"
"Saudi-led coalition to pay $5 billion for Israel to help attack on Yemen’s Hodeidah port"Or is the US funneling money through Saudi Arabia to Israel?
(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Saudi-led coalition is to pay five billion dollar for Israel for taking part in an imminent attack led by the coalition on Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, officials familiar with the issue said on Monday.The officials said Israeli war planes carrying cargoes of modern weapons and Israeli fighter jets have landed at Saudi Khamis Mushayt military base over the past few days to take part in the assault.
Israel's participation is not shocking
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