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UK to give military support to Saudi Arabia in fight against Ansarallah (news.sky.com)

submitted 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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The UK will provide ~~defensive~~ military support to Saudi Arabia against ~~attacks~~ retaliation from Yemen's ~~Iran-backed Houthi rebels~~ government, the prime minister has confirmed.

Speaking to reporters while travelling to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Andy Burnham said Saudi Arabia has requested support, "and on the advice of the defence secretary and the foreign secretary, last night I agreed to that request".

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[–] rumimevlevi@sh.itjust.works 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

The country who used to be the most evil empire who killed over a hundred millions of people oa still supporting oppressors and colonizers the Saudis, the use and Israel

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 12 hours ago

it's hard to break old habits. lol

[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 1 points 17 hours ago

this is useless. what you need, if you really want to fight yemen is men, which the uae pulled. this space is not only not going to be filled, but if it were now it'd be pointless. what you really need to do is carpet bomb all of yemen, another genocide, another holocaust, will the gringos be complacent once that's done?

[–] Corvid_Moon@lemmy.ca 0 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

I just can't help but feel like this is a waste of resources and political capital for the UK government during such precarious times...

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 2 points 16 hours ago

Apparently the UK is selling a lot of the bombs and planes to Saudi so that's likely the motivation for this emotional support operation.

[–] Jaximus@lemmy.ml 1 points 22 hours ago

You don't understand though because you do not receive money from filthy rich donors.