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US, Arab allies involved in another proxy war in Yemen: Analyst

Wednesday, 15 April 2015 4:54 AM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 15 April 2015 4:53 AM ]

Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies are fighting a proxy war for the United States in Yemen, a political analyst says.

Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies in the Persian Gulf are fighting a proxy war for the United States in Yemen, a political analyst in Atlanta says.

Observers were surprised that the US was involved in another proxy war in Yemen when there was no threat to Washington, said Jim W. Dean, the managing editor and columnist at Veterans Today.

The airstrikes are “practice” and “training” for the Arab countries involved in the Saudi military campaign in Yemen, Dean told Press TV on Tuesday.

“There’s no threat to any of these countries that are in this coalition and no threat to the US but because most Americans don’t even know where Yemen is, there’s no political pushback here,” he added.

Saudi Arabia’s military aggression against Yemen started on March 26, without a UN mandate, in a bid to restore power to fugitive former president Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi.

Ansarullah Houthi revolutionaries say Hadi, who is now in Riyadh, lost his legitimacy as president of Yemen after he fled the capital to Aden in February.

The relentless airstrikes by the Saudis have largely failed to halt advances of the Houthi Ansarullah fighters and their allies who are now advancing southward while they have also stepped up the fight against al-Qaeda terrorists and secured many areas.

Nearly 2,600 people have reportedly been killed in the Saudi aggression so far. A significant number of schools, shops, gas stations, markets, stadiums and mosques have been destroyed in the attacks.

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