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The Yemeni army drone traveled 2,100 kilometers before reaching Tel Aviv and carrying out a successful and deadly strike News Desk ( https://thecradle.co/authors/news-desk-9 ) JUL 19, 2024 Charles Lister on X : https://twitter.com/Charles_Lister/status/1814291759058612282 , appending https://twitter.com/fab_hinz/status/1814226067818717563. "Interesting thread here from @fab_hinz ( https://twitter.com/fab_hinz ) -- who notes the drone that struck #TelAviv ( https://twitter.com/hashtag/TelAviv?src=hashtag_click ) overnight was indeed a Sammad-series -- but that its engine wasn't the usual DLE-170 (17.5HP) but the MD275 (~20HP)." "Now let's look at some of the debris. First is a video showing the UAVs piston engine. This one is clearly an Iranian Mado 275, Iran's unlicensed copy of the German Limbach L 275. 4/9" Photos included. " The engine mount itself shows some interesting similarities to the Houthis' Sammad 3 long-range UAV. These include a relatively thick stabilizer/skid extruding vertically from the fuselage as well as what looks like a smooth transition to a V-tail. 5/9"" Fabian Hinz @fab_hinz · 9h ( https://twitter.com/fab_hinz/status/1814226073128727038 ) "The wing has a high aspect ratio and features relatively small ailerons. One can also see that what we are dealing with is a pretty big UAV. Again, very reminiscent of the Sammad versions we have seen. 6/9" " So what are we looking at here? It's difficult to say for certain but I'd say there is a good case to be made that it's a Sammad version. The Sammad is the Houthi's standard long-range strike drone and has already been used in several attacks against Israel. 7/9" " So it just a standard Sammad that was lucky and got through or a new version? Not entirely sure but the one thing I find notable is the use of a Mado 275 engine. Most Sammads I have seen seemed to use the less powerful DLE 170. 8/9" " So it's possible we are seeing a slightly more capable Sammad version here. For the Houthis, increasing the UAV range would be quite attractive as it would allow them to strike targets further away, fly routes evading enemy defenses and attack from unexpected angles. 9/9 END" Tthe DSA IC hosted," Yemen Rises: Counter-Hegemony and Solidarity in the Red Sea ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VMhysQZh-M )." ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* "Yemen Rises: Counter-Hegemony and Solidarity in the Red Sea," hosted by the DSA IC. The Middle East and Africa (MEAA) Subcommittee of the DSA International Committee held a political education session on the ongoing US/UK aggression against Yemen and its relation to Israel's genocide in Gaza. Panelists discuss Yemen's post-unification history, the Yemeni government's blockade of Israeli shipping in the Red Sea, as well as Yemen's counter-hegemonic role in the region putting anti-imperialism and anti-Zionism into practice. The actions of the Yemeni government, led by Ansar Allah ("the Houthi movement"), are an expression of internationalist solidarity with the Palestinian people and a demonstration of the concrete actions needed to end the genocide in Gaza. Our guest speakers include: - Jehan Hakim, Yemeni Alliance Committee - Rune Agerhus, Political Analyst, International Commission for Solidarity with Yemen - Max Ajl, Researcher, Tunisian Observatory for Food Sovereignty and the Environment ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VMhysQZh-M Looking ( https://discussion.dsausa.org/t/should-we-be-saying-something-about-the-uss-threats-towards-yemen/29172/5 ) into papers and presentations by the three experts on Yemen who presented for the DSA IC webinar on Yemen, " The War on Yemen and the Ongoing Role of the US a Year Into the Biden Presidency ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap3Uzr_CAvo&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Finternational.dsausa.org%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&feature=emb_title ) ," , Aisha Jumaan ( https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/01/12/deconstructing-the-saudi-narrative-on-the-war-in-yemen/ ) , Shireen Al-Adeimi ( https://responsiblestatecraft.org/author/shireenaladeimi/ ) , Erik Sperling ( https://scotthorton.org/interviews/12-14-23-erik-sperling-on-why-the-saudi-war-in-yemen-is-truly-over/ ) , via an interview with Shireen Al-Adeimi for The Nation , here ( https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/shireen-al-adeimi-interview/ ) is an excerpt worth noting. As is this ( https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/01/interview-shireen-al-adeimi-on-the-u-s-backed-war-in-yemen ) other longer interview with her on Yemen, from Current Affairs, on the US backed war vs. Yemen. > > > > *CG: On November 9, The Washington Post published an op-ed ( > https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/11/09/houthi-leader-we-want-peace-for-yemen-but-saudi-airstrikes-must-stop/?utm_term=.2ca414cc0bcf > ) from a leader of the Houthi rebel movement accusing Saudi Arabia of > committing various human-rights violations in Yemen. It created a lot of > controversy, because the Houthis are responsible for plenty of abuses > themselves, like recruiting child soldiers ( > https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/08/un-two-thirds-child-soldiers-yemen-fight-houthi-rebels-180821062444661.html > ) , assassinating journalists ( > https://web.archive.org/web/20190419122854/https://www.mwatana.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Press-report-En.pdf > ) , and torturing civilians ( > https://www.apnews.com/e32442a4c8c24acd9d362c433d5cd10e ). One > activist—Radhya Almutawakel of the Mwatana Organization for Human > Rights—put it well when she told ( > https://www.thenation.com/article/yemens-human-rights-defenders-are-fighting-increasingly-desperate-odds/ > ) The Nation ( > https://www.thenation.com/article/yemens-human-rights-defenders-are-fighting-increasingly-desperate-odds/ > ) that, “in Yemen, there are no heroes.” How do we work toward ending US > support for the Saudi-led coalition without absolving other parties’ > wrongdoing?* > > > > *SA:* I think that’s a really great point. From the beginning, there have > been many of us calling for an independent investigation into all the > crimes committed by all the people in Yemen, and I think that’s something > that we’re going to continue to call for. > > > > At the end of the day it’s up to Yemenis to decide who is going to be > involved in shaping their political future. The Islah Party is not > absolved of any of this, but they have large factions within Yemen who > support them. Saleh’s government is not absolved, the Houthis are not > absolved—but they do have a lot of support in Yemen, and the people of > Yemen are going to have to decide for themselves what they want moving > forward without foreign intervention. > > These human rights abuses , were also noted in a piece ( https://www.fpri.org/article/2023/12/why-are-the-houthis-attacking-now/ ) from a right-wing think tank , the FPRI entitled, “Why Are The Houthi’s Attacking Now?” Hyperlinked therein ( https://www.newspointar.net/news/17152 ) , a news article on the kidnapping of a Teachers Union leader in Yemen after the Union had gone strike for a month due to the Houthi’s refusal to pay teacher’s salaries. An academic book on Yemen from a leftist pov. https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520296145/destroying-yemen "Since March 2015, a Saudi-led international coalition of forces—supported by Britain and the United States—has waged devastating war in Yemen. Largely ignored by the world’s media, the resulting humanitarian disaster and full-scale famine threatens millions. Destroying Yemen offers the first in-depth historical account of the transnational origins of this war, placing it in the illuminating context of Yemen’s relationship with major powers since the Cold War. Bringing new sources and a deep understanding to bear on Yemen’s profound, unwitting implication in international affairs, this explosive book ultimately tells an even larger story of today’s political economy of global capitalism, development, and the war on terror as disparate actors intersect in Arabia." The book attracted the ire of a reviewer on Amazon, heh. “ Apart from being flatly ridiculous, the book is polemical, moralistic, simplistic, and reminiscent of the worst of Trotskyist discourse and conspiracy theories. Published by the University of California Press; what were they thinking?” -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#31219): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/31219 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/107432392/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
