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Yemen: Iran-backed Shi’ite jihadis seize US Embassy vehicles, won’t let departing Marines take their weapons with them

Feb 11, 2015 1:21 pm By Robert Spencer

Clashes between Yemen's presidential guards and Shiite Houthi rebelsThis is how weak the United States has become under the misrule of Barack Hussein Obama: another embassy is evacuated, and not only can Marines not prevent Iran-backed jihadis from seizing U.S. Embassy vehicles, but they’re so abject and hamstrung that they meekly hand over their weapons.

This is a major victory for Iran and the jihad against the U.S. “Official: Houthis seize U.S. Embassy vehicles, Marines’ weapons at airport,” by Greg Botelho and Hakim Almasmari, CNN, February 11, 2015:

Sanaa, Yemen (CNN)Houthi rebels took all U.S. Embassy vehicles parked at the Yemeni capital’s airport and wouldn’t let departing U.S. Marines take their weapons with them, a top Sanaa airport official said about the latest evidence of unrest in an Arab nation long seen as key in America’s fight against terrorists.

The actions come after the United States, along with Britain, suspended operations at their embassies and moved out staffers because of the instability in Yemen.

According to the official, the Houthis seized many U.S. Marines’ weapons at the airport, and the American troops also handed over some to random airport officials Wednesday.

The previous night, embassy officials burned tens of thousands of documents and destroyed weapons that were inside the Sanaa embassy’s storage warehouses, Yemeni employees of the embassy said.

Yemen has long been an important country to the United States as the home of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, one of the most feared, influential and operational terrorist organizations in the world. U.S. officials have had a long relationship with Yemeni leaders, working with them to target AQAP militants.

But now, Yemen’s latest leader, President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi, is gone, having resigned after Houthi rebels seized control of key government facilities, dissolved parliament and placed him under house arrest.

All this movement has left the Houthis — Shiite Muslims who have long felt marginalized in the majority Sunni country — as the preeminent power in Yemen.

Their takeover hasn’t been smooth, however, and it’s not clear if it will ever be complete. There has already been resistance to their attempted takeover of national government institutions from different groups in Yemen, particularly in the south, where there’s a long-running secessionist movement, and in the oil-rich province of Marib to the east of Sanaa.

Then there’s the question of what it means for the United States and its anti-terrorism efforts.

As of last month, U.S. officials hadn’t engaged in talks with the Houthis, though there were discussions about whether to talk to them….

“They are a very dangerous group,” said Kirby. “They do want to threaten Western interests, including U.S. interests, and we do consider them a threat to the United States of America. We’re watching them very closely.”

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  1. llanfair says

    Feb 11, 2015 at 1:33 pm

    I’m an Asian and yet I feel embarrassed for the US. The mighty nation is now on its knees. I wonder how Americans feel ..I can imagine. They must truly love their president!

    • Bonnie Loranger says

      Feb 12, 2015 at 10:02 am

      I am an American and I am ashamed of my country and I HATE Obama.Lots of American feel the same way i do.

      • EvenSo says

        Feb 13, 2015 at 7:03 pm

        It’s just very sad that the majority voted him in for a second term, so the “lots” don’t make any difference. One can only hope that the good citizens of the USA have learned their lesson and will vote accordingly at the next election!

    • Sharon O'Donnell says

      Feb 12, 2015 at 12:12 pm

      disgusting Commode in Chief and lurch don’t have a freaking clue how to protect Americans or their interests Certainly -.Dangerously Incompetent .

    • Linda Rivera says

      Feb 12, 2015 at 7:17 pm

      Yes. It is despicable and evil that for many years U.S. leaders finance, arm and train barbaric Muslim terrorists instead of financing, arming and training Islam’s many victims — Christians and Yazidis… U.S. and other Western leaders are committing a Crime Against Humanity.

      Under Assad’s secular government, Christians have been protected. U.S. and other Western leaders, along with the Muslim savages are responsible for the mass murders of Christians by Muslim barbarians. God will punish them.

  2. Noellsq says

    Feb 11, 2015 at 1:47 pm

    I cannot believe that our vehicles and weapons taken and we let it happen. It is a disgrace and a slap in the face. Our president should be removed

  3. 45charlie says

    Feb 11, 2015 at 1:56 pm

    Disgusting. Obama should be impeached . He was bad News from day 1.

    • Jerry says

      Feb 12, 2015 at 3:41 am

      Better impaled than impeached,
      but tarred and feathered first

  4. mariam rove says

    Feb 11, 2015 at 2:10 pm

    They did in 1979 and now. Both during 2 of the worst presidents we ever had. M

  5. BC says

    Feb 11, 2015 at 2:27 pm

    I thought it was a basic tenet of the Marines that they never surrender their weapons? They coud have at east rendered their weapons useiess.

    • Mirren10 says

      Feb 11, 2015 at 3:31 pm

      ”They coud have at east rendered their weapons useiess’

      How do we know they didn’t ?

      mohammedans would be too thick to know, either way.

  6. pongidae rex says

    Feb 11, 2015 at 4:00 pm

    An operation occasionally pursued during Vietnam was to let the enemy ‘find’ caches of AK-47 ammunition in which random rounds were packed with RDX high-explosive instead of gunpowder…

    • Angemon says

      Feb 11, 2015 at 4:25 pm

      So if we see a “weapon misfires and kills Houthi rebel” news in the near future, we know what caused it 🙂

  7. Steve says

    Feb 11, 2015 at 4:00 pm

    The Iran backed Houthis will be “watched closely”. Yea just like we are watching closely the 5 Taliban generals traded for deserter Bergdahl. This is Hussein Obama’s strategy to protect America.

    • Antonius Tanoso says

      Feb 11, 2015 at 7:00 pm

      You American is funny, this is called the success story by Barrack’s administration ? He’s living in his wonder land and he’s protecting you from the rear, means basically put you in front of harms way ! That’s what he’s doing

  8. wallace says

    Feb 11, 2015 at 4:28 pm

    Forgive my stupidity, but are Houthi’s terrorists or armed insurgents? i am finding it increasingly hard to keep up with how these groups are defined these days.

  9. Bob Smith says

    Feb 11, 2015 at 4:36 pm

    There is no PC dealing with a cult – Islam.

    The bigger picture of a dis functional and toxic Islam needs to be faced. A minor skirmish in Yemen will have no effect on the greater problem of Islam.

    Either deal with the cult of Islam as a whole or admit defeat.

  10. Rezali Mehil says

    Feb 11, 2015 at 4:54 pm

    There has already been resistance to the Houthi , particularly in the south, where there’s a long-running secessionist movement, and in the oil-rich province of Marib to the east of Sanaa.

    We need to get the Houthi out of harm’s way and bring them to the safety of the West or India or Iran.

    More Later…

    Rezali

    • duh_swami says

      Feb 11, 2015 at 5:17 pm

      When can we expect Mahdi?

    • MKG says

      Feb 12, 2015 at 12:48 am

      Sorry, we can not arrange for their asylum. You see, THEY just forced us to close our embassy.

  11. biff says

    Feb 11, 2015 at 5:39 pm

    POTUS is a Muslim sympathizer.

    Once he leaves office he’ll convert and grow a beard.

  12. Wanderer says

    Feb 11, 2015 at 6:09 pm

    I am amazed that the U.S. have sunk so low. U.S Marines, the epitome of triumph of adversity are reduced to meekly handing over their weapons so not to offend. Well, that is how it seems.

    When the U.S. had a government of strength, it would have left Yemen with weapons intact.

  13. Martin Vink says

    Feb 11, 2015 at 9:44 pm

    It is scandalous. This time there was no protest against anti-islamic videos. This time Obama had ample time to leave Yemen in an organised fashion . . . and he failed to do so.

    The bigger picture is that Obama told the Nation that he had conquered Yemen at a time that Yemen had him by the . . . throat.

    He is either incompetent of lying. If he is lying, he has committed treason.

  14. William M. Seddon Sr. says

    Feb 11, 2015 at 11:10 pm

    Obama bin Laden, and his US State Department … an incompetent, immature and elementary team who protect this Kenyan born and illegal so-called president who disgraced our US Marines in Yemen by issuing official orders to surrender their rifles and sidearms to an Islamist enemy … for the world to see, as this ONLY empowers the very jihadist enemies of those US Marines. Why, Obama bin Laden possesses a severe case of the “Green Eyed Monster” (Jealousy) … that he couldn’t even think of mustering up 1% of the brave guts and courage that those young US Marines have as part of their metal, the warrior metal who unfortunately have the HISTORICALLY WORST …COWARD, GUTLESS so-called president Obama bin Laden. “We the People …” MUST rise up from their deep denial and deep sleep in order to protest that our political leadership bring Obama bin Laden up on high crimes of TREASON. . .

  15. Always faithful says

    Feb 11, 2015 at 11:34 pm

    Marines are family, and those brothers and sisters will remember this day. Allah have mercy on the next threat our heroes face, because our marines won’t. Only in a country this morally bankrupt can we find those able to reason through this tragedy. These proud soldiers define American spirit, and the administration intentionally sent a sad message today to the entire world. ….As an American, you matter not, as a human you matter even less, and as a an American soldier, your death serves as a political means to a presidentail agenda. These brave marines could’ve been killed after being disarmed. There is no hope, only change…..change ripping our country apart.

    • US Gov. says

      Feb 12, 2015 at 12:31 am

      And now a brief message from your government;

      “Stop complaining and go back to work you Human Resource.”

    • Jerry says

      Feb 12, 2015 at 3:50 am

      The Marines should deal with the threat to the US constitution inside the White Wash Shit House.

      Obama should be hanging from the the flagpole in stead of the flag he shamed and continues shaming.

  16. Baucent says

    Feb 12, 2015 at 2:48 am

    Any way you look at it, that’s an embarrassing withdrawal.

  17. AJ Liberphile says

    Feb 12, 2015 at 4:28 am

    “Muslims who have long felt marginalized…* ”

    “and in other news…”

    * since 622

  18. Mark says

    Feb 12, 2015 at 6:05 am

    World, will be back when we get rid of the old hippies in office and their anointed one

  19. jcd0101 says

    Feb 12, 2015 at 11:38 am

    I am of the opinion that SYMBOLS MATTER…
    So each time the islamists SIEZE some piece of american weapondry..
    Doesnt matter if its a humvee or an m16 –
    Just the FACT that they were able to FORCE the US MARINES

    or the US army or whatever to hand over their weapons or vehicles
    so they can parade it live on youtube
    is a HUGE propaganda victory for the Islamists….
    and our cowardly muslim president is helping isis to WIN !!!!

    Symbols are very important – just look at all of the videos by isis and alqueda
    I fear greatly for our nation – because all the liberals in power just dont GET IT !!!

  20. Chris says

    Feb 12, 2015 at 1:08 pm

    Don’t believe everything you read.

  21. joe says

    Feb 14, 2015 at 1:10 am

    These are american citizens…soldiers…marines…this shall not be tolerated!! How the fuck do you take marines rifles when you spend days trying to find a lost nvgs. I think this is bullshit because i know that in a foreign land my platoon would have never followed those bullshit orders. Fuck obama if this is how he truly feels about our men and women overseas!!!

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