Atlantic has published today the plans for the attacks of the United States in Yemen that his director received after having been added by mistake to a group of chat of high officials of Trump. Here are the key messages that seem to show the details of an imminent military operation of the United States against rebels Houthi supported byIran in the country and the real -time consequences of the attacks. The capital parts are such on the original messages.
The chat group on the instant messaging app Signal included the Defense Secretary Pete Hegsethwho sent a message at 11:44 on March 15, the day of attacks. “The weather is FAVORABLE. As soon as CONFIRMED with Centcom We are ready for the launch of the mission, “wrote Hegseth, referring to the central command of the United States, responsible for the Middle East. He then provided a detailed program of which planes would start and when.
Hegseth said the first war planes F-18 they would take off at 12:15, with the “terrorist target” in his position notes an hour and a half later, the same hour when the DRONI sqm-9 reaper. Other F-18s would have been launched at 14:10 in a second attack package, with drones above the goal five minutes later.
“This is when the first bombs will surely fallwaiting for previous ‘trigger based’ goals, “said Hegseth. The second wave of F-18 attacks would start at 15:36, the same time when the first would be launched Tomahawk cruise missiles Based at sea, the defense secretary wrote.
“At the moment we are clean on Opsec“He added, a reference to operational security, which in fact had been compromised due to the presence of the journalist in the chat.
At 14:00, Waltz writes to the group saying that a “chief of missiles” of the Houthi had been targeted. “We had a positive identification of him who entered the building of his girlfriend and now collapsed”, indicating that the United States had detailed information on the movements of the target and had apparently hit a residential building in an attempt to kill him.
Hegseth then wrote that other attacks would follow. «Excellent work to everyone. Other attacks in progress for hours tonight and will provide a complete initial report tomorrow. But punctual, targeted and so far good readings ».