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Pretty clear, and given the capability. pretty clear, and given the capability- - - capability. sorry to interrupt capability. sorry to interrupt you, i capability. sorry to | interrupt you, doctor capability. sorry to - interrupt you, doctor young, what do you think the likely reaction is going to be from the houthis? how can they respond to these american and british strikes? british strikes? certainly in sana a today british strikes? certainly in sana a today there - british strikes? certainly in sana a today there was i british strikes? certainly in sana a today there was a l british strikes? certainly in i sana a today there was a huge rally against america and the uk and our allied response. i do not know what the bta or bomb damage assessment has been from the strikes, both yesterday and now the most recent one on our radar site bda. if it really has diminished their capability to strike the ships in the red sea, we know that some 10% to 15% of all commerce, particularl ....
Activities in the red sea. thank you very much forjoining us. for more analysis, let s go live now to dr greg young, a former naval officer and professor of political science at university of colorado boulder, specialising in middle east politics, national security studies and american foreign policy. doctor young, thank you for joining us on the programme. these attacks by the houthis have been happening for several weeks now. why do you think these strikes by the us and the uk have started this week? well, a couple of things, and thank you for having me. this new axis of opposition we are dealing with, houthis, hamas, hezbollah, all supported by iran, this is not really new. when i used to fly during the cold war, the houthis would come on board and say american ....
Reaction yet, and i don t expect there will be an awful lot. it doesn t sound, catherine, like this additional action was very significant. it sounds from the language and the statement that this was some sort of correction, a follow up from those much larger scale attacks the night before. hours before these fresh strikes took place, president biden sent a warning to the houthis saying that the us would respond if they continued what he called their outrageous behaviour. now, these fresh strikes are clearly nowhere near on the same scale as those thursday night strikes, joint us, uk, supported by other nations, and we ve been hearing in the last 12 hours or so some additional details about those strikes. the us military said that around 30 different targets were struck, targets on houthi ....
Us. colorado. thank you for “oining us. ., ~ colorado. thank you for “oining us. ., ~ , ., let s also take a look at the political response to the strikes here in the uk. after deciding to take part in the attacks, pm rishi sunak then briefed his government, the leader of the house of commons and key 0pposition party members. labour leader sir keir starmer says the strikes were justified. they are putting civilian lives at risk and disrupting that traffic through the red sea, traffic through the red sea, traffic that is vital for the world economy. we support the action that the government has taken. of course is for the government to make a statement about it but the principle is important. governments don t have to ask mps for approval to take military action, although there has been pressure for them to do so since the iraq war. the scottish national party condemned the houthis, but leader humza yousaf says the pm should have consulted more widely. parliament should have been r ....