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A large Saudi armored force crosses into Yemen to fight Iran-backed rebels

November 6th, 2009 by DebkaFile Filed under Featured, Feeds, Free Republic, Politics.[0 views]
Thursday, Nov. 5, A substantial Saudi armored infantry force and tank column crossed the border into Yemen to do battle with Iran-backed Houthi rebels the day after they killed a Saudi border guard. Saudi air force F-15 and Tornado jets have been bombing Yemeni rebel positions near the border with the southern Saudi Jizan province since Wednesday. The Yemeni Houthi rebels are the second Iranian ally to be attacked after Israel's Cast Lead operation against the Palestinian Hamas in Gaza earlier this year, DEBKAfile's military sources report. "This is not a hit-and-run, this is a sustained action" to clean out...

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