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| Yemeni army tightens noose round Shiite rebels | |
| 2009-08-21 | |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] The Yemeni army is tightening the noose around Shiite rebels in the north of the country, according to military sources quoted on the defense ministry's website on Thursday. "Army and security forces units have taken control of many areas which were in the hands of the rebels and are conducting cleaning up operations" as well as pursuing fleeing fighters, one of the sources said. Other military sources said the 10-day-old campaign has been stepped up in the past 48 hours, chiefly through air raids on rebel positions in Saada and Amran provinces. "The eagles of the air force continue to land painful blows on the saboteurs, destroying their fortifications," one of the military sources said, without giving figures for losses amongst the rebels or the army.
Fighting began in Saada province on the border with Saudi Arabia and has since spread to Amran province to the south. The rebels accuse government forces of having killed dozens of civilians. An offshoot of Shiite Islam, the Zaidis are a minority in mainly Sunni Yemen but form the majority community in the north. President Saleh is himself a Zaidi. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Seems as though a few people took the lesson of the Tamils to heart, and are following their example. We still need to do something in Somalia, though. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-08-21 14:10 |