{"id":40106,"date":"2018-11-03T11:10:13","date_gmt":"2018-11-03T16:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=40106"},"modified":"2018-11-03T11:10:13","modified_gmt":"2018-11-03T16:10:13","slug":"saudi-arabia-answers-pompeos-call-for-yemen-ceasefire-by-ramping-up-airstrikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=40106","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia\u00a0Answers Pompeo&#8217;s Call For Yemen Ceasefire By Ramping Up Airstrikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-11-02\/saudi-arabia-answers-pompeos-call-yemen-ceasefire-ramping-airstrikes\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Saudi Arabia\u00a0Answers Pompeo&#8217;s Call For Yemen Ceasefire By Ramping Up Airstrikes<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1116\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1116\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-2077925_22=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-2077925_22=\"1\">\n<footer class=\"node__meta\">\n<div class=\"submission-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>The Saudi Air Force has unleashed a massive attack across the Sana\u2019a Governorate over the last 48\u00a0hours, reports Middle East-based <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.almasdarnews.com\/article\/saudi-air-force-unleashes-massive-attack-on-yemeni-capital-after-us-calls-for-30-days-ceasefire\/\">Al Masdar News<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>citing Yemeni sources on the ground. <strong>This appears to be the Saudi response to the U.S. call for a ceasefire &#8220;in the next 30 days&#8221;<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/world\/mattis-pompeo-call-for-yemen-ceasefire-within-30-days\/ar-BBP8hmf\">announced<\/a> by\u00a0Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo a mere two days ago.<\/p>\n<p>According to the reports from Sana&#8217;a, the Saudi Air Force heavily bombarded the capital city and its surroundings, hitting a number of sites that allegedly have a Houthi presence. The string of airstrikes also hit civilian neighborhoods, including the area around Sana&#8217;a International Airport\u00a0<em>\u2014\u00a0<\/em>all resulting in an unknown number of casualties. Given the timing it appears the Saudis are ready to unleash as many bombs as possible <strong>ahead of a potential\u00a0US negotiated ceasefire suggested by Pompeo and Mattis<\/strong>; or alternately it could be the Saudis are now <strong>quickly escalating\u00a0the war further to ensure a ceasefire cannot be obtained<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as the Trump administration has released <strong>early details of\u00a0a UN-brokered peace plan aimed at ending the war in Yemen<\/strong>, beginning with a ceasefire within a month along with <strong>talks to be held in Sweden<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caption caption-img\" role=\"group\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/yemen-air-strikes.jpg?itok=z69uTIen\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/yemen-air-strikes.jpg?itok=z69uTIen\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/yemen-air-strikes.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/yemen-air-strikes.jpg?itok=z69uTIen 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"5fd77ad5-474d-40c5-9434-5049d94b5220\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Past airstrikes on Yemen&#8217;s capital of Sana&#8217;a via Reuters<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Perhaps predictably,\u00a0<em>The Washington Post\u00a0<\/em>blames the rebels for not coming to the negotiating table, <strong>something\u00a0which the Saudi coalition has certainly also refused to do <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/middle_east\/two-days-after-us-call-for-cease-fire-the-saudi-led-coalition-launches-new-attacks-on-yemen\/2018\/11\/02\/585de36e-bf0b-40e3-921c-964b47d313a3_story.html?utm_term=.84148775d57a\">over the past three years of war<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Friday\u2019s assault comes two days after the United States called for a cease-fire and negotiations within 30 days to end the war. The fresh offensive could be designed to pressure the Houthis to come to the negotiating table, which the rebels have so far avoided.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia\u00a0Answers Pompeo&#8217;s Call For Yemen Ceasefire By Ramping Up Airstrikes The Saudi Air Force has unleashed a massive attack across the Sana\u2019a Governorate over the last 48\u00a0hours, reports Middle East-based Al Masdar News\u00a0citing Yemeni sources on the ground. This appears to be the Saudi response to the U.S. call for a ceasefire &#8220;in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[22764,16698,522,15128,701,826,827,862,901,4318],"class_list":["post-40106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","tag-al-masdar","tag-jim-mattis","tag-middle-east","tag-mike-pompeo","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-united-nations","tag-united-states","tag-war","tag-yemen","tag-zerohedge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40107,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40106\/revisions\/40107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}