Fri Mar 27, 2015 12:53
Senior MP: Yemeni Missiles Can Hit Targets 500km Inside Saudi Arabia
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Yemen has missiles which can destroy targets deep inside Saudi
Arabia, senior parliamentary officials in Tehran said.

"Saudi Arabia is well aware that the Yemeni people and armed forces are
capable of targeting the military bases of Saudi Arabia at a distance of 500
kilometers inside that country," member of the parliament's National
Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mohammad Hassan Asafari told FNA.

Asafari called on the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the UN Security
Council to condemn the Saudi airstrikes on Yemen, and said, "Saudi Arabia
would never dare take such grave action alone, and it has surely committed
the crime after receiving a green light from the US."

He also urged the Yemeni people to give a crushing response to the US
aggressions in order to prevent recurrence of similar attacks in the future.

Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes against Yemen and killed, at least, 25
civilians early Thursday, one day after the US-backed Yemeni president fled
the country.

Also, 15 more people were killed and injured in a second round of massive
attacks by the Saudi Arabian fighter jets in the Northwestern Yemeni city of
Sa’ada on Friday.

Yemen’s al-Massira TV reported that the Saudi air force targeted the
Yemeni's civilians who were shopping in a market.

In relevant remarks on Thursday, Chairman of the Iranian parliament's
National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi strongly
condemned the recent Saudi airstrike on Yemen, and warned that Riyadh's
aggression will backfire on the Al Saud regime soon.

"That Saudi Arabia has started a new war in the region indicates its
negligence and irresponsibility towards problems of the Islamic Ummah and
this move will backfire on Saudi Arabia because war is not confined to a
spot," Boroujerdi told FNA.

The senior legislator called for immediate halt to the Saudi airstrikes on
Yemen.

Boroujerdi said that the Yemeni armed forces and people will defend the
territorial integrity of their country.

He reiterated the US direct role in the Saudi aggression against Yemen, and
said, "The US leads those fueling wars in the region and it has supported
this attack …"

Boroujerdi said it goes without saying that Saudi Arabia and the
member-states of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council had not been
authorized to launch such airstrikes if they hadn't received the US
permission first.

He said the US has once again imposed another crisis on the Muslim world
after stirring several crises on Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan for more than a
decade.

On Thursday, the Iranian foreign ministry deplored the airstrike, calling it
a "dangerous" move in violation of international obligations for respecting
countries' national sovereignty.

"Resorting to military acts against Yemen which is entangled in an internal
crisis and fighting terrorism will further complicate the situation, spread
the range of crisis and destroy opportunities to settle the internal
differences in Yemen peacefully," Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh
Afkham said.

She underlined the necessity for implementing national agreements among the
Yemeni groups and parties as soon as possible, and called for an immediate
halt to air strikes and military acts against the Yemeni people and the
country.

Afkham expressed concern about the spread of extremism and strengthening
terrorism, and said, "This aggression will merely result in the spread of
terrorism and extremism and will spread insecurity to the entire region."

Five Persian Gulf States -- Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE),
Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait -- backed by the US have declared war on Yemen in
a joint statement issued earlier Thursday.

US President Barack Obama authorized the provision of logistical and
intelligence support to the military operations, National Security Council
Spokesperson Bernadette Meehan said late Wednesday night.

She added that while US forces were not taking direct military action in
Yemen, Washington was establishing a Joint Planning Cell with Saudi Arabia
to coordinate US military and intelligence support.

Riyadh claimed that it has bombed the positions of the Ansarullah fighters
and launched attacks against the Sana'a airport and the Dulaimi airbase.

Despite Riyadh's claims that it is attacking Ansarullah positions, Saudi
warplanes have flattened a number of homes near Sana’a international
airport. Based on early reports, the Saudi airstrikes on Yemen have so far
claimed the lives of 25 civilians with more deaths feared, Yemeni sources
said.