Posted on Oct 30, 2015
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From Janes IHS 360
Yemeni rebels claim third anti-ship missile attack
Ansar Allah, the Yemeni group that ousted the country's president last year, claimed on 26 October that it had sunk a naval vessel off the coast of Taizz province using an anti-ship missile.
This was the third time the group claimed to have launched an attack on a naval vessel operated by the Arab coalition that is fighting to reinstall the president. It was also the first such occurrence to be accompanied by footage purportedly showing the targeted warship and the missile being launched.
The footage initially aired by Al-Masirah TV, a Yemeni channel that supports Ansar Allah, showed one of the United Arab Emirates' (UAE's) Baynunah-class corvettes apparently filmed from another vessel. It later released more footage that clearly showed the Egyptian Navy's Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate Taba (916). Neither vessel was seen being attacked.
The extended Al-Masirah package also identified a Baynunah corvette and the Saudi replenishment vessel Yunbou as the targets of the attacks supposedly carried out on 7 and 10 October.
EDITORIAL COMMENT:- Normally Janes is pretty good about accuracy, but the caption on the photo completely (well, almost completely) contradicts the article. In any event it really doesn't have anything to do with it since the article makes it pretty clear that no one is "supplying" anything that wasn't already on the ground.
Yemeni rebels claim third anti-ship missile attack
Ansar Allah, the Yemeni group that ousted the country's president last year, claimed on 26 October that it had sunk a naval vessel off the coast of Taizz province using an anti-ship missile.
This was the third time the group claimed to have launched an attack on a naval vessel operated by the Arab coalition that is fighting to reinstall the president. It was also the first such occurrence to be accompanied by footage purportedly showing the targeted warship and the missile being launched.
The footage initially aired by Al-Masirah TV, a Yemeni channel that supports Ansar Allah, showed one of the United Arab Emirates' (UAE's) Baynunah-class corvettes apparently filmed from another vessel. It later released more footage that clearly showed the Egyptian Navy's Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate Taba (916). Neither vessel was seen being attacked.
The extended Al-Masirah package also identified a Baynunah corvette and the Saudi replenishment vessel Yunbou as the targets of the attacks supposedly carried out on 7 and 10 October.
EDITORIAL COMMENT:- Normally Janes is pretty good about accuracy, but the caption on the photo completely (well, almost completely) contradicts the article. In any event it really doesn't have anything to do with it since the article makes it pretty clear that no one is "supplying" anything that wasn't already on the ground.
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I agree that Jane's is a normally a reliable source but even the article states the group has claimed to have carried out these attacks. Firing a cruise missile from shore at a moving ship at sea especially in that busy area is not the easiest. You need a way to track and identify your target. I doubt this group posses either and only has the missiles because the stole them. Just my opinion.
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COL Ted Mc
LCDR (Join to see) - Commander; "Stole" is a pretty harsh word to use in place of "obtained from the Yemeni military that is now fighting for Ansar Allah because Ansar Allah is now the effective government of the country".
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COL Ted Mc - I guess my point is they did not buy them and receive training. But yes you are correct.
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COL Ted Mc
LCDR (Join to see) - Commander; Quite right. The OLD Yemeni government bought them and received the training. The NEW Yemeni government simply inherited both.
Trying to string that out into "The __[fill in the blank]__ is supplying terrorists." is just too much of a stretch (unless you figure that the __[fill in the blank] set the whole thing up - including the toppling of the OLD Yemeni government so that the __[fill in the blank]__ couldn't be accused of supplying the NEW Yemeni government with the weapons [in which case I can get you a REAL deal on tinfoil hats in case lots]).
Trying to string that out into "The __[fill in the blank]__ is supplying terrorists." is just too much of a stretch (unless you figure that the __[fill in the blank] set the whole thing up - including the toppling of the OLD Yemeni government so that the __[fill in the blank]__ couldn't be accused of supplying the NEW Yemeni government with the weapons [in which case I can get you a REAL deal on tinfoil hats in case lots]).
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COL Ted Mc
SCPO David Lockwood - Senior Chief; You might know them better as the Houthis and they are "moderate Shia". They were originally opposed by al-Qa'eda and probably received support from Iran. At present they control a significant amount of Yemen and (there being no other government are [more or less] the de facto [and possibly "legal"] government of the country. They are fighting a coalition made up of Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, UAE, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Sudan (who want to install their own choice of government) and also fighting ISIS. This makes things a bit complicated for US foreign policy which has to decide between [1] supporting the de facto (legal?) government of Yemen which is fighting ISIS - even though that government is hostile to the US and fighting a war against US allies(?), or [2] supporting the Saudi led coalition (the Saudis don't seem overly interested in anything remotely resembling democratic government structures and have a lengthy history of supporting terrorist groups [provided that the terrorist groups don't operate against Saudi Arabia]) against a well armed group that is fighting ISIS, or [3] cobbling together a "representative government in exile" (as with Iraq composed of people who haven't been in the country the are the "government in exile" for for years) and then supporting it against the de facto (legal?) government of Yemen, the Saudi led coalition, and ISIS, or [4] saying "A plague on ALL your houses.", letting everyone duke it out, and then dealing with the survivors.
The temptation to pick Option [4] is high, but the optics suck, and the fact that the Saudi government is in a bit of turmoil doesn't help.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/06/19/the-struggle-for-power-in-saudi-arabia/
The temptation to pick Option [4] is high, but the optics suck, and the fact that the Saudi government is in a bit of turmoil doesn't help.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/06/19/the-struggle-for-power-in-saudi-arabia/
The Struggle for Power in Saudi Arabia
As the gerontocratic rulers of the House of Saud plot to appoint successors, the inside fight to lead the kingdom is heating up.
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COL Ted Mc
SCPO David Lockwood - Senior Chief; Middle Eastern politics is about as transparent and straight forward as a Brillo pad dipped in tar.
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