The Wall Street Journal revealed on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia intercepted one of five Iranian-provided cruise missiles fired by the Houthis in Yemen toward Israel last week in an attack that was more significant than described by the Pentagon at the time.
The USS Carney guided missile destroyer, operating in the northern Red Sea, intercepted the other four missiles, which have a range of over 2,000 kilometers (about 1,240 miles), according to the Pentagon, enabling them to reach Israel. In the same attack, the Houthis also fired about 30 drones toward Israel.
The WSJ article, entitled Iranian-Backed Militias Mount New Wave of Attacks as U.S. Supports Israel also reported on the 13 drone and rocket attacks against US bases in Iraq and southeast Syria that occurred between Oct. 17 and Oct. 24.
In response, the Pentagon has rushed almost a dozen air defense systems to countries across the Middle East.
“The United States does not seek conflict with Iran; we do not want this war to widen,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday at a meeting at the UN. “But if Iran or its proxies attack U.S. personnel anywhere, make no mistake, we will defend our people, we will defend our security, swiftly and decisively.”
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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“But if Iran or its proxies attack U.S. personnel anywhere, make no mistake, we will defend our people, we will defend our security, swiftly and decisively.”
But if Israel is attacked they may not act swiftly.
Participant: It’s worse than that – the US ITSELF has ALREADY BEEN attacked in the region since the beginning of the war several times and has done NOTHING in return
“The United States does not seek conflict with Iran; we do not want this war to widen,” – that sentence – as the first thing out of Blinken’s mouth on top of it – is exactly what WILL make the war widen H’ yishmor
The reshaim are like sharks that smell blood and weakness – the weakness the Democratic administration has shown from day 1 is exactly what gives them the motivation to go further
Ein lanu al mi lismoch ela al avinu shebashamayim