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Saudi Bombing of Yemen By Saudi Mercenaries Will Backfire
06 May 2015
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by Thomas C. Mountain on the Taylor Report

The bloody, backward, insanely wealthy regime of Saudi Arabia now bombing Yemen is a US client. Saudi Arabia's mercenary armed forces, longtime African correspondent Thomas C. Mountain explains, are Yemeni rank and file commanded by Jordanian officers and US F-16s piloted by Pakistanis. Yemeni ground troops are not much use for invading their native land, and Egypt is reluctant to intervene, so the bombs fall.



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