Pakistan Warns Iran to Keep the Houthis Away from Saudi Arabia
Pakistan just told Tehran a Houthi drone on a Saudi city can trip a three-nation defense pact.
Summary
- Breitbart reports Pakistan warned Iran on Wednesday that continued Houthi attacks on Saudi cities and oil sites could force Islamabad to act under the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement it signed with Saudi Arabia and Turkey in August, a mutual-defense pledge officials compare to NATO's Article V.
- The notice came a day after Houthi drone and missile attacks on four Saudi cities damaged oil infrastructure and wounded dozens. Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said, 'An aggression on one country will be considered an aggression on all three countries.'
- A senior diplomatic source told Reuters the warning went to Tehran privately within 24 hours. Tehran's public reply, the source said, was that Iran does not control the Houthis. Two Iranian sources told Reuters Iran instructed last week's Saudi attacks, promised more money and weapons, and sent IRGC officers to coordinate.
- Officials from the three pact countries met in Riyadh and said any joint response would be defensive and staged from Saudi soil. Pakistan offered support inside Saudi Arabia, not combat on foreign soil. Houthis also seized Mocha, about 50 miles from Bab el-Mandeb, and posted fighters chanting 'Death to America' and 'Death to Israel.'
Commentary
A Houston refinery hand still wipes motor oil off a knuckle and knows a pact that sounds like Article V is not a press release. He did not pay the pump so Tehran could call a drone wave someone else's hobby.
Four cities. Three capitals. One denial. The honest household already paid the energy tax. The chant on the Mocha video named America out loud.
Look every working father who still buys diesel in this country in the eye and answer this: if Iran can say it does not control the drones it armed, who still owns the next night over Abha?
Comments
Wednesday warning. August pact. Four cities. Hold that chain.
I stood a pact so an ally stayed a country. A denial is not a ceasefire.
Asif Article V line. IRGC officers claimed. Riyadh meeting. Publish the four.
Allied pacts still mean a hit on one is a hit on three. A proxy is not a loophole.
Reuters private notice. Iran denial. Mocha 50 miles out. File the four.
I still clock a dock at 2 a.m. I want the next drone answered, not explained away.
A chant that names America is not folklore. It is a warning the street already paid.
A three-nation pact is a second border around a Saudi tank farm. The first strike should have been enough.
Breitbart printed Asif, four cities, and the death chant. Argue those nouns.
Keep the pact honest. Keep the Houthis off the oil. A denial is not control.
