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| | Folowing multiple terror attacks in the [[Red Sea]] by Islamic Republic of [[Iran]]'s<ref name=cnn17dec23>[https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/12/17/exp-proxy-groups-lillis-pkg-121703aseg1-cnni-world.cnn Iran's proxy groups attack U.S. and Israeli-linked targets]. ''CNN'', Dec 17, 2023.<blockquote><small> | | Folowing multiple terror attacks in the [[Red Sea]] by Islamic Republic of [[Iran]]'s<ref name=cnn17dec23>[https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/12/17/exp-proxy-groups-lillis-pkg-121703aseg1-cnni-world.cnn Iran's proxy groups attack U.S. and Israeli-linked targets]. ''CNN'', Dec 17, 2023.<blockquote><small> |
| − | As Hezbollah targets Israeli forces in the north of the country, CNN Reporter Katie Bo Lillis walks through the U.S. response to ongoing attacks launched from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.</small></blockquote></ref><ref name=iranintl/> proxy [[Houthi]]s jihadists<ref>[https://www.dw.com/en/yemens-houthis-are-an-iran-backed-militant-group/a-67780324 Yemen's Houthis: Who are the Iran-backed militants?]. Kersten Knipp | + | As Hezbollah targets Israeli forces in the north of the country, CNN Reporter Katie Bo Lillis walks through the U.S. response to ongoing attacks launched from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen.</small></blockquote></ref><ref name=iranintl/><ref>Michael Knights, [https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/heir-and-spare-how-how-yemens-southern-hezbollah-could-change-irans-deterrent An Heir and a Spare? How Yemen's "Southern Hezbollah" Could Change Iran’s Deterrent Calculus], ''Washington Institute'', Dec 12, 2023</ref><ref name=ajc>[https://www.ajc.org/news/hezbollah-hamas-and-more-irans-terror-network-around-the-globe Hezbollah, Hamas, and More: Iran's Terror Network Around the Globe], ''AJC'', Dec 4, 2023</ref><ref name=jpost7nov23>Seth J Frantzman, [https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-772173 Iran seeks 'single front' against US and Israel from Syria-Iraq - analysis], ''JPost'', Nov 7, 2023</ref> proxy [[Houthi]]s jihadists<ref>[https://www.dw.com/en/yemens-houthis-are-an-iran-backed-militant-group/a-67780324 Yemen's Houthis: Who are the Iran-backed militants?]. Kersten Knipp |
| | 12/20/2023, ''DW'', December 20, 2023.<blockquote><small>What Houthis believe. | | 12/20/2023, ''DW'', December 20, 2023.<blockquote><small>What Houthis believe. |
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| | A day later, a top Houthi official said: "we have capabilities to sink your fleet, your submarines, your warships," according to the [[IRGC]]-affiliated Tasnim news agency. "The Red Sea will be your graveyard."<ref name=iranintl>[https://www.iranintl.com/en/202312199443 Houthis Warn Maritime Coalition: Red Sea Will Be Your Graveyard]. Iran International, 12/19/2023</ref> | | A day later, a top Houthi official said: "we have capabilities to sink your fleet, your submarines, your warships," according to the [[IRGC]]-affiliated Tasnim news agency. "The Red Sea will be your graveyard."<ref name=iranintl>[https://www.iranintl.com/en/202312199443 Houthis Warn Maritime Coalition: Red Sea Will Be Your Graveyard]. Iran International, 12/19/2023</ref> |
| | ==Opportunistic Iranian attacks== | | ==Opportunistic Iranian attacks== |
| − | Part of Islamic fascist republic of Iran domination. | + | Part of Islamic fascist republic of Iran domination.<ref>[https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/irans-islamist-proxies Iran's Islamist Proxies in the Middle East], ''Wilson Center'', September 12, 2023</ref><ref name=jpost7nov23/><ref name=ajc/> |
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| | The Houthi opportunistic<ref>Even the radical anti-Israel [[Haaretz]] stated: "The Houthis don't care about the Palestinians. They're attacking Israel to gain support." [https://ibb.co/wrySmWH Haaretz on X, Dec 19, 2023]</ref> attacks began after the other Iran linked in the [[Middle East]], the Arab "Palestinian" [[Islamism|Islamist]] Gaza dictatorship [[Hamas]] regime's onslaught on Oct 7, triggering the [[Swords of Iron]] and followed<ref name=cnn17dec23/> by another Iran proxy [[Hezbollah]] attacks on [[Israel]]i civilians as well as attacks on [[US]] by Iran linked militias in [[Iraq]] and from Iranian bases in [[Syria]]. | | The Houthi opportunistic<ref>Even the radical anti-Israel [[Haaretz]] stated: "The Houthis don't care about the Palestinians. They're attacking Israel to gain support." [https://ibb.co/wrySmWH Haaretz on X, Dec 19, 2023]</ref> attacks began after the other Iran linked in the [[Middle East]], the Arab "Palestinian" [[Islamism|Islamist]] Gaza dictatorship [[Hamas]] regime's onslaught on Oct 7, triggering the [[Swords of Iron]] and followed<ref name=cnn17dec23/> by another Iran proxy [[Hezbollah]] attacks on [[Israel]]i civilians as well as attacks on [[US]] by Iran linked militias in [[Iraq]] and from Iranian bases in [[Syria]]. |