Asked about the recent US strikes against the Houthis, US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz claimed they have killed key members of the Yemen rebel group’s leadership
Waltz said,
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“We’ve hit their headquarters, we’ve hit communications nodes, weapons factories and even some of their over-the-water drone production facilities just in the last couple of days”
Waltz also knocked the previous administration for not responding forcefully enough against the Iran-backed group which Waltz said continued to threaten key shipping lanes through the Red Sea
Waltz said,
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“The last time one of our destroyers went through the straits there, it was attacked 23 times Seventy-five percent of our US-flagged shipping now has to go around the southern coast of Africa, rather than going through the Suez Canal”
Waltz added, “keeping trade and commerce open is a fundamental aspect of our national security”
On March 15 the US announced a wave of airstrikes that officials said killed senior Houthi leaders and which the rebels’ health authorities said killed 53 people
