March–April 2025 United States attacks in Yemen
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Sep 17, 2026
Arthur SnellHOST
So perhaps you could tell my listeners a little bit about this recent reporting you've done and what we've learned from it.
Iona CraigGUEST
So, yes, this was in what was known as Operation Rough Rider, which lasted for two months in the spring of last year that Trump carried out in support of Israel, really, to stop the Houthis attacking Israeli linked ships in the Red Sea.
Iona CraigGUEST
And it was a very heavy period of bombing.
Iona CraigGUEST
Yes, the Biden administration had been doing it, but on a very low level scale compared to what the Trump administration then launched in 2017. in March of last year.
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Iona CraigGUEST
Well, my view on that, particularly during that period last year and by the end of after that refueling took place, by the end of that bombing campaign, actually Britain carried out or the RAF carried out its own strike in Yemen, only one.
Iona CraigGUEST
But that fell pretty much a week before Yemen.
Iona CraigGUEST
Trump was doing a deal with the UK on tariffs and so in my cynical mind this was a classic Trump transactional arrangement and as scary as that sounds I think that probably is the reality that that had a large part to do with it i would say um having said that we were also involved in supporting the biden administration and with more strikes actually um uh but that was as i say on a much lower scale it was very intermittent strikes over over the period of a year and you know in the first 24 hours trump had carried carried out some more or the trump administration had carried out more strikes in yemen in Operation Rough Rider than the Biden administration in the UK had in more than, you know, in more than a year of strikes.
Iona CraigGUEST
So it was on a different scale altogether.
Rory StewartHOST
It's-
Alastair CampbellHOST
Operation Rough Rider.
Rory StewartHOST
Operation Rough Rider, you're right, which we didn't actually report much at the time.
Alastair CampbellHOST
No.
Rory StewartHOST
We should have done more about it-
Caroline HawleyGUEST
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Caroline HawleyGUEST
they were attacked, um, you may remember last year in an operation, a US operation, Operation Rough Rider.
Caroline HawleyGUEST
I think the, uh, the UK was also involved in some airstrikes, and this was after the Houthis had, you may remember, it had been attacking, uh, shipping, uh, in the Red Sea, uh, after October the 7th, it said in solidarity with the Palestinians.
Simon JackGUEST
Mm.
Jon GambrellGUEST
The Houthis have denied this repeatedly, but definitely the Houthis are hitting targets in Saudi oil infrastructure, other areas in the southern part of the kingdom, and that's causing a lot of problems.
Jon GambrellGUEST
They're trying to reach out internationally to see if they can get more of a coalition to fight back the Houthis, but it remains sort of unclear what the ultimate end goal would be because the Houthis have successfully held Yemen's capital since 2014, and so far no one has been able to challenge them, not even during those airstrikes that the US launched during Operation Rough Rider last year.
Alex OssolaHOST
I mean, the Houthis have really withstood a number of efforts to topple them, including the Americans, as you mentioned, but also intervention by Saudi Arabia, the UAE during Yemen's civil war.
Alex OssolaHOST
What is the Houthis' military or tactical advantage?
Joe PagsHOST
Another article alleges Hegseth directed Operation Absolute Resolve to seize Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and Celia Flores without constitutional or legal authority.
Joe PagsHOST
The final article accuses Hegseth of initiating Operation Rough Rider in Yemen without congressional authorization or an imminent threat to the United States and of violating war powers reporting requirements.
Joe PagsHOST
He's all wet on all of these claims.
Joe PagsHOST
Massey either doesn't understand the law or thinks that you're stupid.
John IadarolaHOST
And the final charge is Hegseth carrying out unlawful orders in Yemen.
John IadarolaHOST
Uh, the article charges him with initiating Operation Rough Rider without congressional authorization or an imminent threat, too.
John IadarolaHOST
So multiple wars that we've begun without any actual cause.
John IadarolaHOST
And finally, Sharon, I, I do wanna reassure you the House is going to take care of one matter, and it's the thing that the American people have been calling out for.
Chris MartensonHOST
In Washington, Representative Thomas Massey introduced privileged articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, triggering a House vote this week.
Chris MartensonHOST
The eight articles cite waging unauthorized war in Iran past the 60-day war powers deadline, defying a House congressional resolution, extrajudicial killings in Caribbean boat strikes, retaliation against Senator Mark Kelly, the detention of Nicolas Maduro, and Operation Rough Rider in Yemen.
Chris MartensonHOST
The GOP-controlled House is expected to table the measure, and critics have described the effort as an attention grab by an outgoing lawmaker.
Chris MartensonHOST
In other news, President Trump described the Butler assassination attempt as a Democrat plot, after documents showed an anonymous donor paid to cremate shooter Thomas Crook's body.
Ana KasparianHOST
It was wrong, unconstitutional, it led to famine, and Massey is bringing that up.
Ana KasparianHOST
So Article 8, unlawful war in Yemen, charges Secretary Hegseth with initiating Operation my God, Operation Rough Rider without congressional authorization or an imminent threat to the United States.
Ana KasparianHOST
While also violating war powers reporting requirements, it further addresses extensive civilian deaths and unlawful strikes on civilian objects,
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rescuers, and other protected persons.
NateHOST
That's true.
NateHOST
Article 8 is the unlawful war in Yemen, says Hegseth conducted Operation Rough Rider without authorization, and the required congressional notification was also late.
NateHOST
And that happened in the early days of the administration.
ChuckHOST
We've been at war in Yemen for a long time, though.
Harrison SmithHOST
I mean the problem is that when you don't have informed and intelligent citizenry actually standing up for their rights – Anyway, Article 7, kidnapping of a sovereign foreign leader, charges Secretary Hegseth with directing Operation Absolute Resolve to seize Nicolas Maduro and Celia Flores in Venezuela without constitutional or legal authority.
Harrison SmithHOST
And Article 8, unlawful war in Yemen, charges Secretary Hegseth with initiating Operation Rough Rider without congressional authorization or an imminent threat to the United States.
Harrison SmithHOST
while also violating war powers reporting requirements it further addresses extensive civilian deaths and unlawful strikes on civilian objects rescuers and other protected persons yeah seen this is what separates us from Israel is that we actually have a system that can when functioning correctly hold our leaders to account for their war crimes we should do that I'm glad Thomas Massey is.
Harrison SmithHOST
I would just be very surprised if the Democrats actually got behind him on that.
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