In fairness, the Iranian backed Houthis (which are formally known as Ansarallah) had not been a designated terrorist group for that long, with the designation coming January 19th, 2021, just two days before Biden took office. The Houthis had truly started their terrorist operations back in 2014, and kept increasing their terrorist, and pirate, acts. Obama loved sending out the drones. Biden removed the designation just under a month later
US plans to relist Houthis as a global terror group
The Biden administration plans to relist Yemen’s Houthi rebels as a global terrorist group in response to the militants’ attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, according to an official familiar with the decision.
The Iranian-backed group was designated as a terrorist organization in January of 2021—a move that was met with widespread concern from humanitarian groups, who feared that the restrictions that accompany the designation would make it nearly impossible to provide aid to Yemen’s impoverished civilians.
President Joe Biden quickly delisted the Houthis when he entered office as part of his administration’s diplomatic push to end Yemen’s ongoing civil war.
The administration has been considering reimposing the designation for weeks, but some officials involved in the decision making were reluctant because of possible disruptions to humanitarian assistance and peace talks. The official says these priorities will be safeguarded. However, only time will tell if they can create effective workarounds.
The possible designation comes as the Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea following Hamas’ Oct. 7 surprise terror attack on Israel have riled commercial shipping and threatened to dangerously escalate heightened tensions in the Middle East. In response, the U.S. has carried out airstrikes focused Houthi targets, according to U.S. Central Command.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, humanitarian aid, blah, blah, blah. How many ships are pulling into port in Yemen when Houthis are attacking them with impunity? Saudi Arabia is still performing military operations against the Iranian backed terrorist, er, sorry, “militant” group. News organizations have a tough time referring to terrorist groups as terrorist groups, something we’ve seen since 9/11.
For all the yammering about humanitarian aid, which started when the Trump admin was considering designating them, for most of the groups and nations which were upset it was really about not upsetting Iran. Certainly, for the Biden regime, they wanted to get back to the bargaining table with Iran to craft a new, just as worthless nuclear weapons deal, just like the one Obama had, while Joe was VP.
Supposedly, they are simply a Shia group which is against the ruling Sunnis. In practice, they were very much influenced by Iranian backed Hezbollah. That graphic above is their official slogan, which reads
God is the Greatest
Death to America
Death to Israel
A Curse Upon the Jews
Victory to Islam
Why would the U.S. want to help them? And what is the true reason behind redesignating them as a terrorist group?
