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Fortune
Paolo Confino

Leaked text messages reveal the U.S. bombed the Houthis' 'top missile guy' as he was 'walking into his girlfriend's building'

Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth sitting on a couch in the Oval Office (Credit: Anna Rose Layden/UPI/Bloomberg)
  • A newly released batch of messages shows top U.S. officials sharing detailed plans about a military operation against the Houthis in Yemen. The group chat also offers insight into the reasons behind the strike, resentment U.S. leaders feel toward Europe, and President Trump’s directives to “levy” costs for the attack against them. 

On March 15, a top commander for the Yemen-based Houthi rebel group was confirmed dead by U.S. military forces. 

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