Saudi Arabia intercepts ballistic missile over capital

[Ilsa]

Yemen's air force targeted King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital of Riyadh on Saturday with a ballistic missile, according to Yemen's Houthi-controlled Defense Ministry.

But the missile was intercepted over northeast Riyadh, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Defense said in a statement carried on Saudi-backed Al-Arabiya television.

Yemen's Defense Ministry said the missile attack "shook the Saudi capital" and the operation was successful. It also said the attack was conducted using a Yemeni-made, long-range ballistic missile called the Burqan 2H.

Saudi Arabia has been leading a coalition of states against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who toppled Yemen's internationally recognized government in 2015.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/04/middleeast/saudi-arabia-ballistic-missile/index.html

[hlthe2b]

1. Oh, my... NOT good...

Please, someone tie Trump's mouth and twitter fingers together--or better, super glue

[Ilsa]

2. That was my first thought.

He'll want to defend his magic glowing orb buddis.

[Ilsa]

3. Kick

[Ilsa]

4. IRAN backs the Houthis in Yemen. NT

[Laffy Kat]

5. Sh*t.

[rzemanfl]

6. Just what we need with such a level-headed orange buffoon in charge. n/t

[Ilsa]

7. Yes, this drags in Iran, and

Possibly Russia, I would think, to support Iran. Or are their ties not that strong?

[rzemanfl]

9. Beats me. I have enough to worry about in this hemisphere. n/t

[elfin]

8. Sunni/Shia Shia/Sunni

And on and on and on it goes. Senseless. Is there any equivalent in "Western" history? Protestant/Catholic and IRA??

Don't know, just know this geezer has developed a severe allergy to organized religion and its extreme (heartfelt?) attendant quest for political power, causing mayhem and deaths of innocents along the way.