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2025-06-18 Arabia

The Failure of the Mole: Why Israel Can't Get Close to the Houthi Leaders

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Posted by badanov 2025-06-18 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [242 views ] Top

#1
Pardon the humor...
I guess there is 1 way, the spies stand out.
Circumcision.

Posted by NN2N1 2025-06-18 06:21|| 2025-06-18 06:21|| Front Page Top

#2 hypersonic

"...They keep using that word. I do not think it means what they think it means."

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2025-06-18 06:41|| 2025-06-18 06:41|| Front Page Top

#3 I love how, according to the Russkis, all Western and Israeli defense measures never really work well.

Posted by alanc 2025-06-18 08:15|| 2025-06-18 08:15|| Front Page Top

#4 ^ Good point. Buy S-300s!

Posted by Frank G 2025-06-18 10:24|| 2025-06-18 10:24|| Front Page Top

#5 I suspect the Houthis get a lot of weapons from the PRC Naval Port in Eritrea.

Posted by 3dc 2025-06-18 14:56|| 2025-06-18 14:56|| Front Page Top

#6 Circumcision

Moslems practice ritual circumcision as do Jews, NN2N1, though many of the Moslem societies circumcise girls as well as boys. So it is not a physical differentiator as it is for non-American Western, East Asian, and non-Moslem sub-Saharan African societies.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-06-18 23:40|| 2025-06-18 23:40|| Front Page Top

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