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Arabia
Al-huthi Second-in- command killed in shootout
2004-07-05
Adds a little detail to the previous story...
Sheikh Abdullah Aydha Al-razami, Al-huthi’s second- in- command, was killed today morning in a crossfire with the government troops, which were tracking him down a couple of days ago, quasi-reliable sources reported, but would not elaborate. Military sources in Maran, where heavy fighting is still flaring up, reported that government troops today have laid a siege at a village where Al-huthi is likely hiding. The troops seized a full control of Maran environs, including Al-Amir, Al-Thabet, where Al-huthi and his loyalists were dug up, they added. They pointed out the 15th infantry Brigade has seized Maran’s mountain peak, which was under Al-huthi’s followers’ control since the start of the battling. Sa’ada Sheikhs yesterday proclaimed solidarity with the government in the fight against Al-huthi’s insurgency, which they described as “disturbing security and spreading terror” in the northern province of Sa’ada, some 240 kms north of Sana’a. “ The meeting held yesterday afternoon in Sa’ada was aiming to condemn Al-huthi’s acts, and to announce our refusal of what he is doing,” Hussein Maqeet, a Sa’ada senior sheikh told Al-sahwa net.
You're on your own, Houthi! ("We never liked him... We never joined the Party...")
On the other hand, Al-sahwa net has learned the government troops along with Sa’ada tribes’ sheikhs and the local authorities there struck a deal to quell Al-huthi’s rebellion and bar him from fleeing . In the meantime, over 300 tribesmen in Maran neighborhoods, where Al-hethi loyalists stationed, offered their cooperation with the government troops.
It's a tribal lashkar! Don't do it!
Posted by:Fred

#1  I hope they aren't trying to update their org chart by hand. There are plenty of good software programs out their that would be helpful for this type of administraitve task in an ever-shrinking terrorist group. The Saudis have taken the idea of downsizing to heart. Neutron Jack Welch must have given a lecture.
Posted by: Super Hose   2004-07-05 11:54:40 PM  

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