...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...said on Wednesday that slain 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. Its slogan is
God is Great, Death to Americaâ„¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews...
commander Saleh al-Sammad was responsible for the deaths of thousands of Yemenis and posed a threat to Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
Coalition front man Colonel Turki al-Malki said that he was also behind the firing of ballistic missiles from Yemen.
"He was responsible for threatening Saudi Arabia and marine navigation," he told a presser in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
He warned that "any dangerous escalation from the Houthis will only accelerate their demise."
Furthermore, Malki said that the Iran-backed Houthis have so far fired 125 ballistic missiles towards Saudi Arabia. The rockets have all failed in reaching their targets after being intercepted by the Kingdom’s air defenses.
"The Houthi militias have arbitrarily fired missiles at Saudi Arabia," he stressed.
Sammad was killed last week in a coalition air strike in Yemen’s Hodeidah region.
He was head of the so-called Houthi political council and the second most wanted figure on a list released by the Arab coalition.