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Yemeni Tribal Fighters Ambush Saudi Army in Najran: Senior Officer Killed
2015-04-28
[ALMANAR.LB] A group of Yemeni tribal fighters penetrated the border with KSA and moved into Najran dam where it ambushed a Saudi military patrol, killing a senior officer and a number of soldiers.

The tribal fighters, then, returned to their bases in the Yemeni bordering area despite the Saudi intense bombardment.

The Yemeni army, backed by the popular committees, kept striking the takfiri
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed...
Lions of Islam in different areas across the country, advancing in Maareb.
Posted by:Fred

#3  My experience: "Senior" usually means "commissioned."
Posted by: Pappy   2015-04-28 10:04  

#2  Are these Houthi tribes man or Al-Q types, or some long lost branch of the Comanche?
Posted by: AlanC   2015-04-28 07:29  

#1  Senior officers go on patrol?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-04-28 01:16  

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