The US just bombed Yemen, and no one's talking about it

[crimethink]

USS Mason, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, was allegedly attacked with two cruise missiles a few days ago. Tomahawk land-attack missiles were fired at Yemen in response.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/15/us-bombed-yemen-middle-east-conflict

What if the United States went to war and nobody here even noticed? The question is absurd, isn’t it? And yet, this almost perfectly describes what actually happened this past week.

While many Americans, myself included, were all hypnotized by the bizarre spectacle of the Republican nominee for president, a US navy destroyer fired a barrage of cruise missiles at three radar sites controlled by the rebel Houthi movement in Yemen. This attack marked the first time the US has fought the rebels directly in Yemen’s devastating civil war.

[crimethink]

If the Yemenis actually did fire on the USS Mason's task force, why oh why might they have done that?

U.S.-backed, Saudi-led coalition found responsible for Yemen funeral attack that killed more than 100

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-backed-saudi-led-coalition-claims-responsibility-for-yemen-funeral-attack-that-killed-more-than-150/2016/10/15/43a3adea-92bf-11e6-a6a3-d50061aa9fae_story.html

[StreetsOfGold]

USS Mason, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, was allegedly attacked with two cruise missiles a few days ago. Tomahawk land-attack missiles were fired at Yemen in response.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/oct/15/us-bombed-yemen-middle-east-conflict

What if the United States went to war and nobody here even noticed? The question is absurd, isn’t it? And yet, this almost perfectly describes what actually happened this past week.

While many Americans, myself included, were all hypnotized by the bizarre spectacle of the Republican nominee for president, a US navy destroyer fired a barrage of cruise missiles at three radar sites controlled by the rebel Houthi movement in Yemen. This attack marked the first time the US has fought the rebels directly in Yemen’s devastating civil war.

If they ran this story in the Mainstream presses, it was BURIED way deep.
Pitiful! It should be FRONT page or at least near the front!

[Horn]

http://www.barrons.com/articles/BL-231B-12401

Saudi Oil Deficit Exposed After U.S. Yemen Strikes

By Dimitra DeFotis
While China and the Fed grabbed all the headlines this week, it’s noteworthy that the United States lobbed some missiles at targets in Yemen.
The U.S. said it responded to provocation after rebels fired on U.S. warships, while many Yemenis saw the attacks as the manifestation of “the hidden hand behind Saudi Arabia’s punishing air war,” The New York Times reports. The Economist declared “the carnage in Yemen is at last attracting the world’s attention,” adding:


“Over 9,000 people have died in Yemen since Shia rebels, the Houthis, forced the government into exile, prompting a Saudi-led military intervention in March 2015.”
Meanwhile, as the Saudis seek to diversify their investments and returns away from oil, the Saudis are shopping bonds in Boston and New York the week of Oct. 17. And the Saudi sovereign wealth fund and Japan’s SoftBank are partnering on a multi-billion dollar tech investing fund, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The head of commodity strategy at RBC Capital Markets, Helima Croft, speaking Saturday at the Barron’s Art of Successful Investing conference in New York, and commodity strategists Michael Tran and Christopher Louney, now expect the U.S. oil price to average $56.50 per barrel in 2017. They put the international Brent price average at $59 per barrel. Here are their thoughts on the Saudis, Yemen and prices:
“Saudi’s intervention in Yemen has put significant strain on Saudi finances and it looks like it will be a persistent drag. Signs of improving oil market fundamentals and sentiment are apparent, but we see prices grinding rather than gapping higher … as the market grapples with the historic level of global inventories, increasing US supply, and producer hedging pressure …

This week saw the first direct U.S. strikes on Houthi controlled Yemeni targets – the latest sign that the costly conflict shows no signs of abating. The US cruise missile strikes on three coastal radar sites came after two missiles were fired at the USS Mason on Sunday in the Red Sea. The escalation of U.S. involvement comes as the 19-month Saudi campaign to roll back Houthi territorial gains comes under increasing scrutiny in Washington as critics charge that it is once again turning the country into a terrorist sanctuary and a humanitarian disaster. A Saudi airstrike on a funeral in Sanaa earlier this month left 140 dead. As we have noted, the military intervention is proving a major drain on the Saudi treasury, driving military spending to record levels and offsetting some of the fiscal gains achieved by the removal of subsidies. It is also putting key Saudi infrastructure in the south of the country at risk, with Houthi missile strikes hitting a power station in August …

The higher and faster prices climb into year-end, the more pressure they could be under next year given the recent flurry of producer hedging. US producers become increasingly price agnostic as hedge ratios increase, which underscores the importance of OPEC follow-through as fortified hedges mean that US barrels will grow irrespective of price …”
See our free posts OPEC Oil Cuts? Try Record Production, Oil Production Cut? Dream On, Goldman Says and In Saudi Bond Sale, Oil Value Questions. Subscribers can read our recent interview with Croft, Q&A: Why Oil Prices Could Rise 35%, or read a free post on what Croft, an ex-CIA analyst, had to say on Nigeria and oil. Also see all our recent posts on OPEC and oil production.
The iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia Capped exchange-traded fund (KSA) has failed to attract investors, and is down nearly 14% this year, though it was up 0.6% on the week. The United States Oil Fund (USO) is up 4% this year, with a rise of 1% on the week.

[cheka.]

unlimited war = one of the benefits of having blood thirsty parasites issuing your money. not one man in a thousand realizes they are stealing from him to commit these mass murders. if the people were taxed directly to fund these wars there would be a DRAMATIC reduction

end the fed

[singular_me]

just saying... he talks about everything, next world war, hidden hand corporate interests, elections, etc

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