Maliki calls off the "storm packets"

[Markinsa]

Maliki calls off the "storm packets"

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by IraqMidea

 

 

BAGHDAD (obelisk) - Vice President Nuri al-Maliki, on Thursday, the United Nations called on to intervene to stop the air strikes and military operations in Yemen within the military operation called "packets storm."

 

Maliki said in a statement, said that "following with great concern the deterioration of the steady security situation in Yemen, brother, and condemn the use of military force to help promote dialogue between the Yemeni instead," adding that "the high level of violence at this time, and Yemen is witnessing an internal crisis and the war on terror would Further complicating matters, and the expansion of the crises in the region. "

 

He added that "terrorist organizations will give the opportunity to benefit from these alliances and military developments", stressing at the same time, the need to "work to provide an opportunity to reach a peaceful solution to the internal differences in Yemen."

 

Maliki has called for the United Nations to "intervene immediately and stop the air raids and all military actions in Yemen," and urged all political parties to "exercise maximum restraint and adherence to national solutions and evoke the supreme interest of Yemen and Yemenis, as well as to engage seriously and responsibly and in good faith in peaceful dialogue to find a way out safe from the current crisis. "

[skeetdog]

Thanks Markinsa...Maybe he should've had this trine of thought 8 years ago...If anything this hypocrite should be able to identify the situation...I'm sure they're callin' an emergency meetin' to scramble an investigative committee together because of Maliki's concerns... 

[Markinsa]

Maliki, who would have thought he's an Iranian Mouthpiece?

 

 

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[sandfly]

THANKS

[Flamtap]

Either he wants that Nobel Peace Prize money bad or that is where he planned to scamper off to in order to evade justice.

[gregp]

Maybe he's protecting the cell. Not good.

[SgtFuryUSCZ]

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We've always said the evil maliki is Iran's little ho...

 

he was always pro-iran and anti-US when in office...

 

he stole billions from US for them...

[yota691]

"Packages storm" hit the second went to sites Houthis .. 9 participating countries and 6 and 4, rejecting supportive

 Follow-up -arac Press -27 March / March: Air Force resumed participation in the process of "storm packets" bombed several locations controlled by Ansar al-Huthi God in the early hours of Friday morning in the capital Sanaa.

 

Explosions were heard near the violent camps under the control of the center of the group's attempts to deal with anti-aircraft strikes.

 

Local sources said that violent explosions shook the sixth military region and the camp perimeter and Abbahh Dar presidency.

 

Local residents said Sanaa The air raids, strongly resumed, in the early hours of Friday, and a targeted strategy of the former regime and Huthi camps.

 

According to residents, the strikes targeted the camp "Abbahh" loyal to the former regime of President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, and Anfgrat dot in place and the places surrounding it, and smoke was seen rising from the camp.

 

It has a "Abbahh" camp, which was under the administration of the former president's son, Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh, the quality of weapons, most of which was in support of the US government to the Yemeni army.

 

She channels "Yemen today," owned favor and "march" of the Houthis, in Breaking News, The ground defenses address to fly, and their voices beyond what it was in the first day of the bombing.

And experiencing the capital for the time being a state of fear and panic among the citizens who started displacement to areas outside the capital.

 

This varied positions of Arab, Islamic and Western countries about the operation "Storm packets" led by Saudi Arabia against the Houthis in Yemen, between 9 post, and 6 between supportive and pro, and 4, rejecting, and one is considering participation without showing its position.

 

According to the monitoring agencies official news, press releases, and private statements, since the operation began at midnight Wednesday-Thursday and until Thursday evening, the participating countries as well as Saudi Arabia 0.4 Gulf states are Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and the UAE, in addition to Morocco, Sudan , Jordan, and Egypt.

 

The supporting pro-process states are: United States, Britain, France, Turkey, Palestine, Libya (represented by the Council of Deputies of Tobruk).

 

While rejected all of Iran, Syria, and Iraq, and Aldzaúr.anthy (1)

 

"Packages storm" surprised Iranian intelligence and Washington did not report in detail

 

Press capitals -arac -27 March / March: Iranian authorities have acknowledged that the military intelligence service of her, did not know a storm packets led Saudi Arabia against the Houthis in Yemen, on Thursday, saying that "this step will enter the region in a civil and sectarian war."

 

He noted a report by the news agency "breeze" of the Iranian intelligence apparatus, that Iran did not keep silent about the suffering of the Yemeni people, adding that "if necessary, Tehran will not hesitate to send military experts to Yemen to help people."

 

The report noted that "Iran and Syria and Iraq helped in the defense of the sovereignty of Yemen will defend its sovereignty if requested to do so", while calling on Yemenis to what he called the report "lepers rows to face the Saudi Gulf aggression."

Iran supports Ansar al-Huthi God in order to cope with the Arab Gulf states.

To the US officials, said that Saudi Arabia concealed from Washington, some of the key details of the military operation in Yemen until the last minute, at a time when the UK take a more assertive regional role to compensate for what it sees as a decline in the US role.

 

The officials added that "Saudi Arabia informed the United States a few weeks ago it was considering a move in Yemen, but Washington did not report specific details, but before the start of the unprecedented air strikes that began Thursday against the Houthis."

 

Although, that "the Saudis have spoken with senior US officials during the consultation on an aerial attack to support Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, US officials acknowledged the existence of gaps in their knowledge of the Kingdom of the battle plans and objectives.

 

When asked Gen. Lloyd Austin Central Command, the US military commander, for the timing of informing him Arabia intention to take military action in Yemen, told a Senate hearing, the evening of Thursday, he spoke with Saudi Minister of Defense "before their movement directly," he said, adding that he could not assess the likelihood of success of the campaign because he does not know the "specific objectives" .anthy (1)

McCain sees the developments of the situation in Yemen, a new failure for Obama
Fri, March 27 / March 2015 09:57

 

 

[Follow-where]

John McCain and the Republicans Snatoran others considered that the military operation launched by a coalition led by Saudi Arabia against the Houthis in Yemen without coordination with the United States show that these countries no longer trust President Barack Obama.

Republican Sen. force during a press conference in Washington that the operation "Storm packages" are evidence that "the countries of the region no longer trust the United States or no longer want to work with them."

McCain and his colleagues with Lindsey Graham and Kelly Eot that the current situation in the Middle East is the result of negative foreign policy pursued by President Barack Obama's administration.

Graham said that "the vacuum created by the absence of American leadership in the Middle East caused a disaster that could lead to a conflict would be the bloodiest between Sunnis and Shiites a thousand years ago."

Gen. Lloyd Austin, commander of US forces in the Middle East and passed in front of the US Senate that the Saudis did not tell him, but the military operation "shortly before their move to implementation" on the same day.

Saudi Arabia began mid-Wednesday night, a large-scale operation against the rebels in Yemen under the name of [storm packets] with the participation of Arab countries, which led to significant damage military capabilities for the Houthis in Yemen.

The operation was quickly got on broad international support, especially from the United States and the Arab League Secretary General stressed that Nabil Elaraby of Sharm el-Sheikh, where the complexity of the Arab summit Saturday, "full support" of the military operation said it was "against specific targets for the group Houthis .anthy

High oil prices following the "storm packets"

FRI, MARCH 27 / MARCH 2015 10:04
 

 

Twilight News / Oil prices jumped between two and three dollars after the military operation carried out by a coalition of more than a dozen regional countries in Yemen.

Futures for US crude prices have jumped more than two dollars to $ 51.24 per barrel, after the air raids launched by Saudi fighter jets against the Houthi militants in Yemen.

Brent crude jumped more than $ 3 to $ 59.71 a barrel.

Coalition forces and was one of more than a dozen countries, led by Saudi Arabia, has embarked on a process to support Yemeni President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, dubbed "Storm packages."

[haymon]

Maybe he could go to Lemen as a deligate.... Oh were bombing there...

[HYDRANT]

come on maliki--wake up and smell the roses--your just a low down good for nothing  that wants to look important and say your trying to save the people now --but shi- on everybody before--your day is coming

[Carrello]

I think McCain needs new reading glasses. The US is very much involved in Yemen, but our military is not there dying. The people of the region are taking care of their own business with our assistance, and sending a strong local message to Iran, a message from Iran's neighbors and not the the USA. Ole'

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Saudi Arabia launches Yemen air strikes as alliance builds against Houthi rebels

White House confirms support for military effort, claiming international mandate to end ‘widespread instability and chaos’ that drove Yemeni president into exile


Dan Roberts in Washington, Kareem Shaheen in Beirut and agencies

Thursday 26 March 2015 06.14 EDT Last modified on Thursday 26 March 2015 10.18 EDT

The US has confirmed its support for an extraordinary international military alliance that is emerging to counter Houthi rebel advances in Yemen.

As Saudi Arabia began pounding the rebels with airstrikes, countries from the Middle East to Pakistan were said to be prepared to commit troops for a ground assault.


The Saudi-led military intervention has been strongly backed by the US, and other global powers may be drawn in as the crisis unfolds

The US was providing “logistical and intelligence support” to the Saudi-led forces attacking the rebels, the White House announced. Meanwhile the Saudi-owned Al Arabiya news channel said the kingdom had lined up 150,000 soldiers in preparation for a ground offensive, with Egypt, Pakistan, Jordan and Sudan also ready to commit troops.

In a sign of the broadening scope of Barack Obama’s intervention across the region, officials in Washington said the US was establishing a “joint planning cell” with Saudi Arabia to co-ordinate the air strikes on the Houthi forces seeking to overthrow the Yemeni government.

Al Arabiya also said planes from Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Sudan, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain were taking part in the operation.

Unidentified warplanes had earlier launched air strikes on the main airport in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, and its al-Dulaimi military airbase, residents said.

Saudi Arabia said Houthi-controlled air defences and four warplanes were destroyed. A Houthi-backed TV station said 17 civilians were killed.

Yemen shut its major seaports on Thursday in response to the operation, industry and local sources said.

Iran, which is widely believed to be backing the Houthis, demanded an immediate halt to the operation.

“The Saudi-led airstrikes should stop immediately and it is against Yemen’s sovereignty,” said Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, according to the Students News Agency. Earlier, Iran’s foreign ministry said the airstrikes were a “dangerous step” that would worsen the crisis in Yemen.

A widening Yemen conflict could pose risks for global oil supplies, and Brent crude oil prices shot up nearly 6% soon after the operation began.

Unlike recent attacks in Iraq and Syria, the US said none of its planes or troops were currently engaged in Yemen but insists the action is a legitimate response to the advances made by Houthi rebels.

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People gather at the site of an air strike at a residential area near Sanaa Airport Photograph: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters
“The United States strongly condemns ongoing military actions taken by the Houthis against the elected government of Yemen,” said National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan. “These actions have caused widespread instability and chaos that threaten the safety and wellbeing of all Yemeni citizens.”


The US also claims a degree of international backing for the strikes although no formal United Nations mandate has been sought.

Meehan continued: “The international community has spoken clearly through the UN security council and in other fora that the violent takeover of Yemen by an armed faction is unacceptable and that a legitimate political transition – long sought by the Yemeni people – can be accomplished only through political negotiations and a consensus agreement among all of the parties.

“We strongly urge the Houthis to halt immediately their destabilizing military actions and return to negotiations as part of the political dialogue.”

Earlier, Washington sources said Saudi forces had acted in consultation with the White House in launching air strikes against Houthi rebels to try to dislodge their grip on the port city of Aden.

In a rare press conference, the Saudi ambassador to Washington, Adel al-Jubeir, told reporters that a 10-country coalition had joined the military campaign in a bid “to protect and defend the legitimate government” of Yemen’s president, Abd-Rabbuh Mansour Hadi. He declined to give any information on Hadi’s whereabouts.

The Saudi-led air campaign against the Houthis in Yemen has been called “Decisive Storm”.

Officials also said the operation is intended to deter the strategic threat against the Gulf states posed by the Houthi advance and Iran’s growing strategic power, with Gulf cities coming in range of rebel missiles.

The UAE’s minister of state for foreign affairs, Anwar Gargash, said on Twitter that the “difficult decision” to join the operation was necessary in light of a strategic threat to the Gulf states posed by a growing missile threat as a result of the Houthi advance.

“The strategic change in the region to Iran’s benefit, whose banner was carried by the Houthis, cannot be ignored,” he said. “The crisis in Yemen and the Houthi coup is another sign of the weakness of the Arab regional regime, and Decisive Storm is a new page of Arab cooperation to keep the region secure.”

Jubeir said the Houthis “have always chosen the path of violence”. He declined to say whether the Saudi campaign involved assistance from US intelligence.

He said the Saudis “will do anything necessary” to protect the people of Yemen and “the legitimate government of Yemen.”

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/26/saudi-arabia-begins-airstrikes-against-houthi-in-yemen Edited March 27, 2015 by Markinsa
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[Perspective2011]

Sounds like the airstrike is just an excuse to raise oil prices to pad some pockets, mine pocket is open and ready too!! lol

[new york kevin]

Maybe he could go to Lemen as a deligate.... Oh were bombing there...

Haymon, come on this is yet another failure for the Obama administration. Just like Libyia, Syria, Iran, the US economy, the lowest labor participation rate in 30 years, a former Senate Majority leader that never passed a law onto the Senate floor because it originated with Republicans, policies to regulate ammunition sales in the US, all were undeniable failures of Obama's time in office.

[tommyboy]

Maliki, who would have thought he's an Iranian Mouthpiece?

 

 

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He's a Shiite and so is just about all of Iran. They stick together.

[yota691]

Obama confirms the Saudi Arabian monarch support coalition operations in Yemen

Wrote: March 28, 2015

Expressed by US President Barack Obama, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for Washington's support for the actions taken by Riyadh and the Gulf states that support the legitimate government in Yemen.

The over Obama in a telephone conversation with the Saudi monarch expressed his country's agreement with the Kingdom that the common goal is to achieve lasting stability in Yemen through a negotiated political solution that brings together all the warring parties under the auspices of the United Nations and in accordance with the Gulf initiative.

[yota691]

 

 

"Storm packets" ridden Saudi money after the withdrawal of 100 billion riyals from the reserve

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Official data for the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency "SAMA" shown in its last report, the General Reserve of the Kingdom fell by about 100 billion riyals at the end of the month of February last, compared to the end of January of this year.

 

Although the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency does not usually give details in regards to items that are spent by the drawee of the general reserve money, but the stressful conditions due to the deterioration of oil prices, and increased security and defense government spending and aid provided by Saudi Arabia to Egypt, in addition to the salaries disbursed to employees after taking King Salman judgment, may be the most important items that called for Saudi Arabia to withdraw from the reserve.

 

But observers believe that the bulk of the funds withdrawn from the general reserve spent on preparing for the campaign "storm packets", which entered the fifth day, does not preclude Western analysts that the UK needs to fight a ground war against the army and the forces of right-Huthi.

Economic analysts and confirms that it is difficult to estimate the costs of the war, because there are no specific figures of the military operation, nor knows how much this process will continue, but that things may change if prolonged military operations, and there was a land entry and ground troops, though this is unlikely in the current period. "

 

And works as a fund SAMA sovereign wealth in Saudi Arabia, it is believed that the majority of assets denominated in dollars have, especially US Treasury bonds and other countries of the Group of Seven. Despite the sharp decline in oil prices, Saudi Arabia is currently benefit from a strong dollar in the balance of payments. It is noteworthy that the Reuters news agency quoted a "Capital Aaknumiks", based in London as saying: "At current oil prices below $ 60 a barrel, it is almost certain that Saudi Arabia is facing a deficit double the budget and current account." (AA)