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Saudi-led strike 'kills dozens' of Yemen rebels
2018-04-29
[DAWN] A Saudi-led coalition air strike has killed dozens of Yemeni rebels including two commanders, state media said on Saturday, in another blow to the forces of Evil following the liquidation of their political chief.

The 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 America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ...
rebels staged a public funeral on Saturday for Saleh al-Sammad, head of their Supreme Political Council and effectively the turbans' second-in-command, who was killed last week in an air raid claimed by 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...
and its allies.

His funeral came hours after Saudi Arabia's state-run al-Ekhbariya television said two high-ranking forces of Evil were among more than 50 Houthis killed in a new strike overnight in the capital Sanaa.
Posted by:Fred

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