<div>Saudi military forces using two U.S. supplied Patriot missiles shot down a SCUD missile aimed at the southwestern city of Khamis Mushait from Yemen.  ; WND reported 3 weeks ago that the Iranians had succeeded in smuggling in Scud B and C missiles to the Houthi rebels, a Shiite faction fighting to take over Yemen.</div>
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<div>This is a major escalation of the Yemen insurgency, effectively an attack on Saudi Arabia by Iran through the Houthi rebels.  ;This was the first use of ballistic missiles in this conflict and, according to Jordanian officials could endanger Saudi Arabia and interrupt the flow of oil on a global basis.</div>
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<div>Khamis Mushai is the home of King Khalid Air Base the largest air base in the area, apparently the target of the attack.</div>
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<div>Saudi Arabia leads a coalition of mostly Muslim countries that have been targeting the rebels with airstrikes since March 26.  ; The coalition backs exiled President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi.  ;The Houthi rebels are loyal former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.  ;The civil war there has killed over 1000 people and displaced closed to a million.</div>
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<div>A <a href="http://www.wnd.com/2015/05/game-changing-development-threatens-saudi-oil-fields/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">story from WND three weeks ago </a>documented the smuggling operation by Iran, which was successful despite the presence of U.S. aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt.  ;The story further noted that Russian navy ships were attempting to clear a path for Iranian vessels to bypass the U.S. fleet to deliver weapons to Yemen.</div>
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<div>Commentary:  ;Note the parallel to the cold war days.  ;Ostensibly a civil war between rival factions in a small unimportant (to us&#8230;) country.  ;Next layer a serious foe in Iran attacking an ally, Saudi Arabia.  ;Next layer Russian navy being passive aggressive with U.S. navy.</div>
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