 At least 16 Yemenis have been killed in two days of fighting with security forces in the restive northern province of Saada. The violence came as President Ali Abdullah Saleh charged that the rebels, followers of a slain cleric, were not abiding by the terms of an amnesty.
| Apparently not, unless the amnesty had a provision that they could shoot people up... |
A police official said at least six rebels were killed late on Tuesday and another 10 on Wednesday around the Jabal al-Nusf area in Saada. More than 500 soldiers and policemen, using tanks and armoured vehicles, sealed off parts of Saada and prevented journalists from entering, an AFP correspondent reported.
| "Youse don't wanna see it!" |
The renewed fighting between government forces and followers of slain Zaidi leader Hussain Badr Eddin al-Houthi comes after rebels killed eight policemen in Saada on Monday, tribal sources said. Saleh accused the rebels of not respecting the terms of a September pardon after Houthi's death at the hands of the army and nearly three months of deadly fighting last year. |