SAS in Yemen... it's an oldtime tradition. Archived Message Posted by Subhi on February 21, 2019, 5:45 pm, in reply to "SAS soldiers injured in Yemen" Surely everyone remembers Mad Mitch in Aden asserting that any trouble makers would "Get their heads blown awfff" The Zaidi Rassid Mutawakilate Imams were the first Nation to recognize the USSR after the October Revolution but the al-hirak communist southerners fight with the Zaidi's, who in many ways were very 'progressive' but they were still that odd beast Imam/Kings, and this friction has always been boon to meddlesome Albion. The UK's century-long war against Yemen "SAS soldiers and paratroopers were given temporary leave to join this new force on a then handsome salary of £10,000 per year, paid for by the Saudi Prince Sultan. The same time as these decisions were taken, Douglas-Home told parliament that “our policy in Yemen is one of non-intervention in the affairs of that country. It is not therefore our policy to supply arms to the royalists in the Yemen”. British officials also knew that their insurgency had no chance of winning. But this was not the point, for as Prime Minister Harold Macmillan told US President John Kennedy at the time: "I quite realise that the loyalists will probably not win in Yemen in the end but it would not suit us too badly if the new Yemeni regime were occupied with their own internal affairs during the next few years". What Britain wanted, he added, was "a weak government in Yemen not able to make trouble”. Labour came to power in the autumn of 1964, but the policy stayed the same; indeed, direct (but covert) RAF bombing of Yemen began soon after. In addition, another private British military company Airwork Services, signed a $26 million contract to provide personnel for training Saudi pilots and ground crew involved in the war." https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/uks-century-long-war-against-yemen Message Thread: SAS soldiers injured in Yemen - Ken Waldron February 21, 2019, 1:56 am SAS "soldiers" injured in Yemen....nm - Keith-264 February 21, 2019, 8:34 am Exactly! Call the criminal psychopaths by their right name. NOM - Rhisiart Gwilym February 21, 2019, 8:46 am These people have no idea whatsoever about Yemen.. - David Macilwain February 21, 2019, 9:18 am Bridges for sale - Raskolnikov February 21, 2019, 9:20 am Re: Bridges for sale - margo February 21, 2019, 11:46 am Perhaps this is why "refugees" from Baghouz haven't been taken across the Iraqi border.. - David Macilwain February 21, 2019, 12:28 pm Knew this was ringing bells... - Raskolnikov February 21, 2019, 2:28 pm SAS in Yemen... it's an oldtime tradition. - Subhi February 21, 2019, 5:45 pm   Searching