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| Iran rejects encouraging Hamas involvement in Yemen | |
| 2009-12-03 | |
[Iran Press TV Latest] After a Kuwaiti daily claimed that the Islamic Republic has called on the Islamic Resistance Movement of Hamas to swing into action in violence-ridden parts of Yemen, Iran moves to flatly reject the allegation.
Meanwhile, Iran's Embassy in Damascus issued a statement on Wednesday, saying the Kuwaiti paper is "notorious" for spreading false and baseless information. "Al-Seyassah daily is notorious for publishing unfounded reports and the public opinion in the region is well aware of the biased approach of this paper," read the statement. Yemen has been fighting a war in its northern mountains near the border with Saudi Arabia against a Shia tribal group known as the Houthis, which has resulted in a humanitarian crisis in the region. Tens of thousands of people have been displaced by the fighting and shelling while hundreds have been killed and wounded in the clashes. The government accuses the Houthis of seeking to restore a religious rule, which ended in a republican coup in 1962, as well as violating the terms of an armistice by taking foreign visitors hostage in 2009. The Houthis say they demand an end to social, economic and political 'discrimination' against Shias in Yemen as well as Saudi-backed attempts to spread Wahhabism -- a sect that preaches controversial and violent actions -- in the north and accuse the government of widespread corruption. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 the mullahs need Paleos in reserve to help their own domestic thugs keep their other domestic thugs in line can't spare them for a Yemen adventure |
| Posted by: lord garth 2009-12-03 22:29 |
| #2 I am ashamed. I read Elder of Zion's post, and the image of a very, very large potato canon popped into my mind, complete with a Physics 101 sketch of the curve of the Hamasnik projectile resulting from the propelling force of the canon vs. the downward pulling force of gravity. They've all gone through Hamas summer training camp as children, so they wouldn't have any trouble reversing from head-first to feet-first at the top of the curve, to prevent ending up with their heads deep in the Saudi sand at the end of the curve. Really, I do apologize. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-12-03 14:31 |
| #1 Fred, Why not export the entire population of Gaza Hamasniks to Yemen ? I am sure the Saudis would love more targets for carpet bombing. All we need is an Aerial train from Gaza dropping them on the Saudi border.... I would call this "poetic Justice".... |
| Posted by: Elder of Zion 2009-12-03 13:03 |