Yemen's Mocha left vulnerable to Houthi attack by US-Saudi inaction

Yemeni battalions stationed in the port city of Mocha were left largely unprepared to fend off a takeover by the Iran-backed Houthis on Thursday, with much of the force's roster filled with “ghost names” of soldiers that did not actually exist, according to a Saturday CNN report.A Western source with knowledge of Yemeni anti-Houthi operations told CNN that the “ghost names” received salaries, making the army seem much stronger than it was on paper. In actuality, the army was only around 20% of what it appeared to be, according to the source.Blame for the apparent lack of military resistance to the Houthi takeover has been split between Yemeni leaders, the United States, and Saudi Arabia, with multiple sources telling CNN that different parties were responsible for the failure.'A Saudi-American f*** of epic proportions'One regional CNN source described the fall of Mocha as “a Saudi-American f*** up of epic proportions” caused…