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| Saudi bombers attack Yemen border |
| 2009-12-27 |
| Saudi warplanes reportedly mount a dozen air attacks on the Yemeni side of the common border, as Riyadh continues to reinforce Sana'a's anti-Shia campaign. Yemen's Shia fighters on Saturday said Saudi aircraft fired more than 700 missiles overnight on the northern villages along the border with Saudi Arabia. They also said that Yemen's northern areas had come under Saudi artillery bombardment, tank raids and mortar attacks. The Houthi fighters added on their website that Saudi forces had targeted villages over night with hundreds of surface-to-surface missiles. Saudi Arabia joined the Yemeni government's months-long fierce armed campaign against the Shia fighters in November. The Houthis are accused by the central government of breaking the terms of a ceasefire agreement by taking foreign visitors hostage. The Saudis, on their part, claimed that the fighters had attacked one of their border checkpoints. Houthis, however, reject the allegations, accusing the Sunni-dominated Kingdom and the central governments of joining forces to uproot the Shia faith in the territory. The Saudis are as well blamed by the fighters for using banned weapons against the areas resided by the Shia civilians. |
| Posted by:Fred |