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| Houthi: Saudi Arabia plots to open new front in north Yemen |
| 2012-05-08 |
| Amid a new flare up in violence in the northern provinces of Yemen, al-Houthis, a group of Shia rebel the Yemeni government has fought for years as it accused it of advocating a return to the ancestral rule of the Imam, warned that Saudi Arabia had a plot to open a new front into Yemen's Northern borders in a bid to attack the country's Shiite population through its "hirelings and mercenaries". Saudi Arabia, which shares borders with the rebels' areas, fought the Houthis in Sa'ada in 2009 after they seized Saudi territory. The group which has used the breakdown in security to its advantage by seizing more territories, having now three provinces under its control- Hajjah, al-Jawf and Sa'ada- is embroiled in a sectarian conflict with Salafis, puritanical Sunnis who classify the Shia rebels as "heretics". In a statement released on Sunday by the group's media office, al-Houthi underlined that the Saudi plot was aimed at an aggression of al-Hajjah province, distancing the Yemeni people from their revolution and stirring sectarian strife in the country. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 IMO Artic read, THE KSA KNOWS THE INSURGENCY IS SPREADING/EXPANDING INTO OMAN. Sub-read, IRAN CONTROLS BOTH SIDES OF THE STRAITS OF HORMUZ. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-05-08 19:57 |