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US sanctions five Iranians it says assisted Yemen's Houthis
2018-05-23
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[AlAhram] The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on five Iranians it said had provided Yemen's Houthis with expertise and weaponry that were then used to launch missiles at cities and oil infrastructure in 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...
In a statement, the U.S. Treasury named the individuals as Mehdi Azarpisheh, Mohammad Jafari, Mahmud Kazemabad, Javad Shir Amin, and Sayyed Mohammad Tehrani. It said the first four individuals had worked with the Houthis through Iran's Revolutionary Guards, while Tehrani had helped with the financing of the Revolutionary Guard.

The fresh sanctions, part of President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
's pledge to economically suffocate Iran in hopes of hampering the country's development of nuclear weapons, come one day after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States would soon crack down on Iran's support for the Houthis. Yemen's government has been pitched against the Iran-aligned 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 ...
movement since 2015 in a war driving the country to the verge of famine

Gulf states put Hezbollah leadership on their terror lists

[Ynet] 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 other members of the Gulf Cooperation Council, placed 10 leaders of Leb's Hezbollah on their terrorism lists on Wednesday, including His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb...
and his deputy Naim Qassem
... the Grand Vizier of the Hezbullies...
, Saudi state news agency SPA said.

The Gulf states also targeted four of the movement's committees, and ordered the individuals' assets and bank accounts frozen, it said.

The move followed the US Treasury which said on Wednesday imposed additional sanctions on Leb's Hezbollah leadership, targeting its top two officials, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Naim Qassem.
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