US and UK launch strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen: Consequences for illegal attacks

2024-02-24 23:46:00
The US and the United Kingdom launched another round of attacks on 18 Houthi targets in Yemen: “They will feel the consequences if they do not stop their illegal attacks” (EFE)

The Pentagon confirmed this Saturday that the US and UK Armed Forces led another round of strikes on 18 Houthi targets in Yemen. The maneuvers had the support of allied nations – including Australia, Bahrain, Denmark, Canada, the Netherlands and New Zealand – and made it possible to neutralize key rebel sites.

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The “necessary and proportionate attacks were specifically directed against 18 Houthi targets in eight locations in Yemen,” including weapons warehouses, drones, underwater vehicles, air defense systems, radars and even a helicopter, the secretary reported. of Defense, Lloyd Austin, and specified that in the case of his country fighters that took off from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower participated.

“We will continue to make it clear to the Houthis that they will feel the consequences if they do not stop their illegal attacks, which damage the economies of the Middle East, generate environmental damage and interfere with the delivery of humanitarian aid to Yemen and other countries,” he added. “The United States will not hesitate to act, as needed, to defend lives and the free flow of commerce in one of the most critical waterways in the world,” she concluded emphatically.

Austin assured that neither the United States nor the allies will hesitate to act, as needed (AP)

The attack occurred at a time when the Houthis intensified their offensives on Israeli and allied ships and even after a warning from the insurgent leader about the incorporation of underwater weapons.

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“In these operations, we are also heading towards escalation in terms of intensity and type. This involves the activation of missiles, drones, military ships and the introduction of underwater weapons, which is worrying for the enemy,” Abdulmalik Badradín al Huti declared this Thursday.

Since November 19, the group has launched at least 57 attacks, two of them this week, which ended with one ship on fire and another floating adrift due to the serious damage left by the missile impacts.

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That is why for the fourth time since January 12 – and for the second time just this month – the American and British armies carry out an action of this style. From the beginning, President Joe Biden and other Western counterparts assured that they will not tolerate offensives by the pro-Iranian group that threaten free navigation in the Red Sea or that leave the region at risk of escalating the conflict.

However, this is not a simple task given that the counterparty has the support of the Tehran regime for its supplies and operations. “We never said that we have wiped all its capabilities off the map. We know that the Houthis maintain a large arsenal, they are very capable, they have sophisticated weapons, and that is because they continue to obtain them from Iran,” Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh explained about the scope of their attacks.

The Houthis have launched nearly 57 attacks and promised to intensify them (REUTERS)

In any case, along with these large maneuvers, the ships deployed in the waters continue to operate and neutralize enemy missiles. This same Saturday, the destroyer USS Mason shot down an anti-ship ballistic missile that had been launched from areas controlled by the Houthis and was probably aimed at the MV Torm Thor, a US-flagged oil tanker sailing in the Gulf of Aden.

On the other hand, the Washington Department of Justice announced the day before charges against four people accused of transporting Iranian-made weapons to the country. The material was seized by Navy SEAL troops and Coast Guard agents on January 11, thus preventing it from falling into enemy hands.

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