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Iran-backed Houthi rebels ‘ready to strike’ · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from the Australian I'm Christinamia with the
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  Speaker 1: Front's afternoon headlines. Yemen's Houthy rebels are gearing up to
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  Speaker 1: enter the growing Middle East conflict. That's according to the
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  Speaker 1: leader of the Iran backed proxy militia. In a televised speech,
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  Speaker 1: Abdul Malik al Huthi, said the Huthis had their quote
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  Speaker 1: fingers on the trigger, ready to respond at any moment
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  Speaker 1: should developments warrant it. The pledge comes on the sixth
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  Speaker 1: day of the conflict, which began when a United States
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  Speaker 1: Israeli military alliance launched a large scale operation that killed
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  Speaker 1: Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Kamane. Israel launched fresh strikes
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  Speaker 1: on the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Friday, its targeting
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  Speaker 1: infrastructure controlled by Hesbulah, another Iranian proxy militia in the
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  Speaker 1: city's southern suburbs. Residents living in the area were warned
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  Speaker 1: by the Israeli military to evacuate before strikes began. Anthony
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  Speaker 1: Albani he confirmed on Friday, three Australian Navy personnel were
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  Speaker 1: on board a United States submarine that sank an Iranian
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  Speaker 1: frigate as part of an ORCUST training exercise.
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  Speaker 2: One of the big pluses behind the ORCHEST arrangements are
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  Speaker 2: Australian personnel getting experienced across arrange of assets, including being
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  Speaker 2: on board nuclear powered submarines, but also the exchange is
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  Speaker 2: occurring across the board.
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  Speaker 1: The Prime Minister said he was only confirming details of
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  Speaker 1: the postings because reports were already circulating.
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  Speaker 2: There were three Australian personnel on board that vessel I
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  Speaker 2: can confirm. Also though that no Australian personnel have participated
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  Speaker 2: in any offensive action against Iran. These are long standing
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  Speaker 2: third country arrangements that have been in place for a
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  Speaker 2: long period of time, and what they do is insure
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  Speaker 2: that Australian Defense Force personnel, where they're embedded in third
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  Speaker 2: countries defense assets, they act in accordance with Australian law,
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  Speaker 2: with Australian policy, and that of course is taking place
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  Speaker 2: across the board.
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  Speaker 1: But Albanezi wouldn't comment on United States led strikes on
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  Speaker 1: Iranian military assets.
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  Speaker 2: That's a matter of course for the United States in
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  Speaker 2: terms of those legal issues. What I'm certainly comfortable with
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  Speaker 2: is that Australia took a view that Iran has been
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  Speaker 2: threatening its own people with their actions that they've taken
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  Speaker 2: where tens of thousands of people have been killed for
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  Speaker 2: trying to exercise their human rights. Secondly, that Iran could
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  Speaker 2: not be allowed to be in a position of acquiring
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  Speaker 2: nuclear weapons that would represent a and an all al
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  Speaker 2: must threat to stability in the world. And thirdly as well,
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  Speaker 2: that Iran had engaged for decades now over thirty seven years,
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  Speaker 2: that the regime has been in place in promoting terrorism
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  Speaker 2: around the world in the region through its support for
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  Speaker 2: proxies such as hesbalah Hamas and the Hoodies.
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  Speaker 1: The Prime Minister conceded Australia won't be able to dodge
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  Speaker 1: the economic shockwaves prompted by the conflict in the Middle East.
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  Speaker 2: Look, there is no question that when you have a
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  Speaker 2: global event like this, it will have an economic impact.
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  Speaker 2: We're not immune from that, but we come to it
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  Speaker 2: from a position of strength.
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  Speaker 1: The PM's comments come as more planes carrying Australians stranded
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  Speaker 1: in the United Arab Emirates touched down in Australia, with
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  Speaker 1: a further four flights due to depart in the next
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  Speaker 1: twenty four hours. Check out all our latest reporting and
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  Speaker 1: analysis on the conflict in the Middle East right now
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