Saudi Arabia’s Nightmare Is Now Unfolding In Yemen
SIMON HENDERSON
BusinessInsider.com
JAN. 21, 2015
Confusion reigns in Sana today after Houthi rebels seized the presidential palace and laid siege to the residences of President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi and Prime Minister Khaled Bahah.
A US embassy vehicle was also shot at and CNN reported that two US Navy ships had taken position in the Red Sea to evacuate Americans from the embassy if needed.
All this happened just a few hours before President Obama’s State of the Union address, less than two weeks after Yemen-linked terrorist attacks in Paris, and four months after the president credited Yemen as a successful example of US counterterrorism strategy.
But the regional consequences are arguably greater than any embarrassment to Washington. For decades, neighboring Saudi Arabia has been almost neurotic about its impoverished neighbor.
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