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U.S. Launches Military Strikes in Yemen (www.wsj.com)

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Archive: https://archive.is/2025.03.15-194044/https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-s-launches-military-strikes-in-yemen-3e9d1d4b

President Trump said he had ordered U.S. strikes on Yemen’s Houthi rebels after the group vowed to resume attacks on commercial ships transiting the Red Sea, saying that “hell will rain down” until the strikes stop.

“Our brave Warfighters are right now carrying out aerial attacks on the terrorists’ bases, leaders, and missile defenses to protect American shipping, air, and naval assets, and to restore Navigational Freedom,” Trump posted Saturday on his Truth Social platform. “No terrorist force will stop American commercial and naval vessels from freely sailing the Waterways of the World.”

The U.S. will hold the Houthis “fully accountable,” the president said.

The Houthis are among the combatants in Yemen’s long-running civil war.

Updates to follow as news develops.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Warfighters?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I’m not native speaker but I assumed they meant fighter aircraft - I’m pretty sure I’ve heard this term before.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am a native English speaker. It sounds like something someone who was translating from another language would say. "Soldiers" is the really common term.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I very much doubt there will be boots on the ground type of action.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Good point. It's still an odd term to describe fighter planes.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You know I always think "wow now he's gone full mask off" and then he does another thing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Houthis have been disturbing commercial vessels going through the Red Sea for over a year now. This is a natural continuation of US policy so far, if a bit reckless, but that’s a common theme currently.