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| Tawakkul Karman slams Houthis' expansionist campaign |
| 2014-03-18 |
| [Yemen Post] Tawakkul Karman, Yemen's very own 2011 Nobel Peace prize laureate could not help but voice her outrage toward the Houthis as she warned the group is but a disgrace, having but betrayed its democratic commitments. As fear is setting in with memories of 1967 revolution coming to mind, politicians and officials have been keen to express their concern, calling on President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi to take decisive action against the Shiite group before it is too late. Emboldened by their recent victories against al-Islah (Yemen Sunni radical faction and one of the country most powerful political parties) tribal and religious militias in Sa'ada and Amran, the Houthis have come so close the Yemeni capital, Sana'a that the military was called in, as to make the area impenetrable. A member of al-Islah and outspoken advocate of political disarmament, Karman slammed the Houthis leadership for its refusal to dismantle its militias and withdraw its troops from Amran. Quoted by several local media she challenged the Houthis on their NDC promises when the group vowed to settle all differences and disagreement in the political arena, away from the festivities of weapons. In response to Karman's Facebook statement against the Houthis leadership, Ali al-Bogheti, a senior front man for the Shiite group accused the activist of bias, stressing that her ties to the Moslem Brüderbund hardly made her an objective party. Ever since late October 2013 when the Houthis attacked Dar al-Hadith (a religious centre run by the Salafis, Sunni ultra-orthodox) the Shiite group has argued to have acted in self-defence. |
| Posted by:Fred |