LONG THREAD

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There is new talk about the war in Yemen. Pro #Iran voices are parroting Tehran’s talking points to score cheap political points & blame Trump, while safeguarding away from Obama & Iran.
Tehran supports Yemen’s Houthi militias. Obama knew & did nothing.
#ObamaGate
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Let’s take look back.

Dec 14, 2014—(Obama years)

“…Reuters has details — from Yemeni, Western and Iranian sources — of Iranian military and financial support to the Houthis before and after their takeover of Sanaa on Sept. 21.” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-houthis-iran-insight-idUSKBN0JT17A20141215">https://www.reuters.com/article/u...
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May 27, 2015—(Obama years)

“The Iranian leadership earlier this month ordered militants from the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ (IRGC) Quds Force, along with Lebanese Hezbollah fighters, to Yemen…” https://freebeacon.com/national-security/u-s-intelligence-iran-sending-more-fighters-to-yemen/">https://freebeacon.com/national-...
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Same source:

“… Houthis had diverted about $100 million a month from Yemen’s central bank to support the group’s war effort and that the foreign reserves of the central bank had dropped to $1.3 billion in June 2016 from $4.6 billion in November 2014.”
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Here’s a look at the logistics Iran provides for the Houthis, littering the country with mines & explosives.
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Footage of Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen targeting a UN aid truck.
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Feb 1, 2017—Just days after the Obama era & into the Trump presidency

“Iranian-backed Houthi rebels off the coast of Yemen launched an attack on a Saudi Arabian naval vessel using suicide boats, or fast-attack craft laden with explosives.” http://uk.businessinsider.com/us-navy-iran-houthi-suicide-boat-attack-yemen-2017-2?r=US&IR=T">https://uk.businessinsider.com/us-navy-i...
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June 1, 2017

“… an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) officer, known by his nom de guerre “Abu Ali,” led a 52-man Houthi armored assault convoy armed with Katyusha missile launchers…” https://warontherocks.com/2017/06/irans-growing-casualty-count-in-yemen/">https://warontherocks.com/2017/06/i...
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Feb 1, 2019

Yemen army: Each month Iran provides $30 million of oil products to the Houthi militias

https://bit.ly/2SlMTMK ">https://bit.ly/2SlMTMK&q... (Arabic)
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Dec 24, 2019—Muscat, Oman
@JZarif meets with Houthi spokesman Mohamed Abdel Salam.

Another image shows a Houthi rally in Yemen with posters of Iranian regime founder Ruhollah Khomeini (L) & current Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei (R).
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How has President Trump responded to Iran’s support of the Houthis?

Dec 14, 2017
Nikki Haley, U.S. Ambassador to the UN, displays evidence of Iran providing missiles to Houthi rebels in Yemen.
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My take:
Obama was fully aware of Iran’s support for the Houthis in Yemen yet looked the other way to further appease Tehran with the ultimate objective of obtaining the highly flawed 2015 nuclear deal.

If interested, a thread on the Obama years. https://twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1038127594682675200">https://twitter.com/HeshmatAl...
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