The Pentagon announced that the USS Iwo Jima and USS Fort McHenry
are on standby in the Red Sea and are ready to respond to the rebel
uprising in Yemen.
The Pentagon spokesman says that the two ships offer enough
firepower to respond to “any contingency.”
Late last night, Saudi Arabia and nine other nations began military
strikes against Houthi rebels who have overtaken Yemen.
By Wednesday morning, Houthi forces had seized Al Anad air base,
which until recently had been used by American counterterrorism forces,
about 35 miles from Mr. Hadi’s refuge in Aden, the country’s
second-largest city.
A few hours later, Yemeni Air Force planes under Houthi control
struck targets near the president’s Aden home and his supporters
returned fire with antiaircraft guns.
The state television network, also
controlled by Houthis, announced a $100,000 bounty for Mr. Hadi’s
arrest as rumors about his whereabouts swirled.
By nightfall, there were
reports that Houthi forces were fighting around the Aden airport, on
the outskirts of the city.
If “Aden” rings a bell, it’s because that’s the port where al-Qaeda
operatives attacked the U.S.S. Cole in 2000.
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