1060 Hub airports of Etihad Airways and Emirates Airlines at risk from Yemeni Drones

Hub airports of Etihad Airways and Emirates Airlines at risk from Yemeni
Drones

Newsletter published on September 19, 2019

(1) Hub airports of Etihad Airways and Emirates Airlines at risk from
Yemeni Drones
(2) Yemen warns of more attacks in Saudi, Abu Dhabi & Dubai unless they
stop bombing

(1) Hub airports of Etihad Airways and Emirates Airlines at risk from
Yemeni Drones
- Peter Myers, September 19, 2019

The Saudi war on Yemen has been ignored for the last few years, but
suddenly it's front-page, because the world economy is at risk over it.

The drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities have become a major event in
military history, as an example of asymmetric warfare, because
relatively cheap and home-grown technology was able to defeat the best
that the USA could supply to Saudi Arabia.

If Trump or the Saudis were to attack Iran, the war would spiral out of
control; we could say goodbye to oil and gas exports from that part of
the world for years.

Trump expressed scepticism that the drones could have come from Yemen.

This morning, I took the trouble to locate a Yemeni news site - the
first I've ever visited - so as to get news from the horse's mouth
rather than second-hand.

In the video below, Yemeni armed forces General Yehya Sarea sounds quite
genuine and serious when warning of more attacks unless the Saudi
bombing stops.

He specifically mentions Abu Dhabi and Dubai as targets.

The airports in those city-states are the hubs of Etihad Airways and
Emirates airlines, two of the biggest airlines in the world, with huge
numbers of expensive planes on the ground. Emirates has the world's
biggest fleet of Airbus 380s, and large numbers of Boeing 767s and 777s.

Hundreds of thousands of passengers from around the world change planes
in Abu Dhabi and Dubai every day.

These airlines cannot afford even one drone attack in their cities.

I urge you to watch the video below, and judge for yourself if General
Yehya Sarea is genuine. I believe so.

It looks as if Yemen DOES have the drones, and the capability of
inflicting more damage.

One cannot blame it for using such means, given that its economy has
been devastated and thousands of its people killed in the Saudi bombing.

There is a simple solution: Saudi Arabia must call off its war on Yemen.
The United States and other countries must pressure it to do so, before
things deteriorate further.

(2) Yemen warns of more attacks in Saudi, Abu Dhabi & Dubai unless they
stop bombing

https://www.yemenpress.org/yemen/yemens-armed-forces-dozens-of-targets-in-uaes-abu-dhabi-and-dubai-will-be-certainly-struck-if-it-doesnt-quit-saudi-led-aggression/

Yemen’s Armed Forces: Dozens Of Targets In Uae’s Abu Dhabi And Dubai
Will Be Certainly Struck If It Doesn’t Quit Saudi-Led Aggression

September 18, 2019

Spokesman of the Yemeni armed forces general Yehya Sarea briefed the
media outlets on the details of the drone attack which targeted Saudi
oil facility of Aramco, stressing that the losses were more than those
acknowledged.

General Sarea clarified that Sammad 3, Qasef and jet drones were used in
the attack, adding that they were launched from three positions.

General Sarea highlighted the Yemeni professionalism at producing
drones, pointing out that the armed forces will never hesitate to use
them in future attacks.

In this context, General Sarea called on UAE to quit the Saudi-led
aggression on Yemen, warning that otherwise dozens of targets in the
various emirates, including Abu Dhabi and Dubai will be certainly struck.