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| Yemen: military commander, six bodyguards killed by Houthis |
| 2012-03-10 |
| [Yemen Post] A high-ranking military commander was killed on Thursday evening along with six of his bodyguards by Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates.... gunnies in the northern Yemeni province of Amran, Rooters reported. Houthis mainly control the far northern province of Saddah but recently they have expanded their grip over some parts of Hajjah, Al-Jawf, and Amran provinces. Some of the Shiite gunnies have opened fire on the officer's car when they refused to stop at a checkpoint set up by the rebels in Haraf Suffian area of Amran, killing him along with six of his bodyguards. Some of the officer's bodyguards have fired back, leaving three Houthis killed, said Rooters. Abdu Malak al-Houthi, the bully boy group leader, has confirmed that two of his men had been killed and the third is still missing. "This brutal, unjustified aggression reveals the barbarity of this officer and those who stand behind him and their disregard for the blood of the people and their hatred for the sons of the northern provinces," Rooters has quoted him as saying. Saddah, a province neglected by the government in terms of public projects , services and infrastructure, has witnessed six war within the the span of 6 years between Houthi gunnies and army troops, leaving thousands killed and others injured, and triggering a catastrophic humanitarian crisis in the area as more than 200000 people were forced to flee their homes due to the armed conflict. The Houthis, who are accused of being an agent of Tehran, expanded their territory towards neighboring Hajjah, where they alledgedly aiming to take control of Midi port. The port, according to the rustics, would make it easy for Iran to smuggle more weapons for them. Sectarian festivities break out every now and then between Shiite Houthis and Sunni local rustics n the northern province of Hajjah. Soddy Arabia, the regional power that has the most sway in Yemen, has voiced its concerns over Houthi's control of Saddah, a city nearby its southern borders, calling on the interim government to reestablish central government rule over the province. The top oil exporter, which many allege that it has the last say in any internal matter in Yemen, was involved in the war against Houthis alongside the government forces, using it's advanced jet fighters. However, there's no worse danger than telling a mother her baby is ugly... the Houthi gunnies managed to infiltrate the borders, killing some borders guards, and capturing some others. Newly-elected President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi confirmed on Monday that he had received letters from Houthi leaders, indicating that they would take part in the upcoming national dialogue. Shiite insurgency in the north, Southern Movement- calling for the separation of the south -and Al-Qaeda increasingly dangerous threat in the south, and revolutionary youth across the country who refuse to remove their camping sit-ins even after former president President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... was being eased out of power in exchange for immunity from prosecution. These challenges and many others underscore the enormity of challenges facing Hadi and the Interim government. |
| Posted by:Fred |