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US says B-2 bombers launched ‘precision strikes’ against Houthis in Yemen (www.aljazeera.com)
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The United States military has bombed a series of targets in areas of Yemen controlled by the Iran-aligned Houthi group, the US defence chief has said.

US Air Force B-2 stealth bombers conducted “precision strikes” against five underground weapons storage locations, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday.

The Houthis’ Al Masirah TV satellite news channel reported air strikes around Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, which the group has held since 2014, and around its stronghold of Saada. It provided no immediate information on damage or casualties.

The latest bombing raids come a day after the United Nations special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, warned that the country was at risk of being dragged further into the military escalation in the Middle East.

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[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

US bombs other countries - good. Someone flies into US buildings - bad.

Got it.

[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

But our imperialist country can do no wrong. We're the good guys liberating other countries like when we liberated America from the Natives.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Isn't this literally what happened in 42? Japan got fed up with the US interfering with its trade, and launched airstrikes against military targets in Hawaii?

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 3 points 4 weeks ago

Japan got fed up with the US interfering with its trade

This is cracked. US embargoed exports of oil to Japan. Japan got most of its oil from the US. Japan decided to invade Indonesia (Dutch East Indies at the time) to get oil, but the US signaled that they'd be very cross if that happened so Japan decided to preemptively hit the US fleet and invade the then-US possession of the Philippines to open the way to DEI.

[–] GarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd hesitate to be too smol bean Japan about it considering they were brutalizing East Asia systematically at the time.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 weeks ago

Just as the US/Israel are brutalizing the Middle East. That's the point.