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US Destroys Over 800 Houthi Targets In Yemen After Signalgate Leak, $1 Billion Spent

Carrying out operation Rough Rider, the United States military has claimed to destroy over 800 Houthi targets. According to sources, the operation has claimed over 1,50,000 lives while leaving several injured.

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The United States military on Sunday claimed to have destroyed over 800 targets related to Houthi militia in Yemen during their ongoing campaign that commenced on March 15. According to media reports published by Houthi associated media houses, the attacks have claimed the lives of at least 8 people while injuring several others. 

The US has linked its action towards ending the danger that the Houthis assert to the shipping ecosystem in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Implementing Operation Rough Rider, the US military has asserted that the strikes include 바카라multiple command-and-control facilities, air defense systems, advanced weapons manufacturing facilities and advanced weapons storage locations.바카라 According to an announcement issued by the US Central Command, the destroyed weaponry also included anti-ship ballistic, cruise missiles and drones. These classes of weapons have been used by the militias to target shipments in the Red Sea. 

The operation began last month with President Donald Trump ordering the 바카라complete annihilation바카라 of areas controlled by the Houthis. These strikes have been implemented by the US military바카라s carriers USS Harry Truman in the Red Sea and USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian Sea.  

According to reports by US Congress officials, the operation has already drained over $1 billion leaving over 1,50,000 people dead. 

The campaign began before the Signalgate controversy which involved top US security leaders discussing attacks on Houthis in Yemen using the Signal  messaging service. 

What was the Signalgate incident?

A group chat including Vice President JD Vance, three Cabinet secretaries, directors of two intelligence agencies and top White House staff led to a leak when National Security Advisor Mike Waltz accidentally added the editor-in-chief of an American magazine called The Atlantic to the chat. The chat possessed sensitive details of the upcoming strikes and the modus operandi pertaining to the strikes. 

The partial contents of the chat were published by Goldberg on March 24 with The Atlantic publishing the entire manuscript on March 25. An internal investigation inferred that Waltz had mistakenly saved Goldberg바카라s phone number under National Security Council Spokesman Brian Hughes바카라s contact. 

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