TENSIONS RISING – AT 10:08 A.M. ET: We try to remind readers that there's a rest of the world. You'd never know it judging by the limited news coverage we're getting from the anti-Trump all the time media. Many important stories are going uncovered. From AP:
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran manufactured the ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Shiite rebels toward the Saudi capital and remnants of it bore “Iranian markings,” the top US Air Force official in the Mideast said Friday, backing the kingdom’s earlier allegations.
The comments by Lt. Gen. Jeffrey L. Harrigian, who oversees the Air Force’s Central Command in Qatar, further internationalizes the yearslong conflict in Yemen — the Arab world’s poorest country.
Saudi Arabia long has accused Iran of supplying weapons to the Shiite rebels known as Houthis and their allies, though Tehran has just as long denied supplying them.
“There have been Iranian markings on those missiles,” Harrigian told journalists at a news conference in Dubai ahead of the Dubai Air Show. “To me, that connects the dots to Iran.”
There was no immediate reaction from Tehran.
COMMENT: Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran are rising dramatically. There may be conflict between the two. The United States would certainly be drawn in. So would Israel, which might face massive missile attacks from Iranian missiles stationed with Hezbollah in Lebanon.
We're following this closely. Fortunately, President Trump understands the threat of Iran. His predecessor may have understood it, but never cared.
November 10, 2017 |