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| At Least 16 Killed in Yemen Sunni-Shiite Clashes |
| 2012-06-06 |
| [An Nahar] At least 16 gunnies have been killed in three days of fighting between Shiite 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 America™", Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews" ... rebels in north Yemen and Sunni Salafist krazed killers, according to claims by both sides on Tuesday. "Four of our men were killed and six others maimed in confrontations on Saturday with Salafist gunnies in Al-Qobaaf," east of the Houthi stronghold of Saada, said Huthi front man Mohammed Abdulsalam. Sorur al-Wadii, a front man for the Salafists ...Salafists are ostentatiously devout Moslems who figure the ostentation of their piety gives them the right to tell others how to do it and to kill those who don't listen to them... said 12 Sunni gunnies were killed in three days of fighting, but claimed that his comrades killed 18 Houthi fighters. He blamed the Houthis for the festivities, saying the killings on "both sides were result of attacks by the Houthis who are trying to expand (their control) in the province of Hajja, Marib and Jawf." Abdulsalam accused the Sunni gunnies of receiving support from neighboring 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 their national face... , a bastion of Salafism which is a puritanical approach to Islam. "We are in total control of the situation," he said, insisting that hostilities were started by a Salafist group "paid by Saudi Arabia." Dozens of people have been killed in sectarian festivities since last year between the rebels and Salafists trying to tighten their grip on the north, where government control has slackened since a political crisis in Sanaa. Yemen's mountainous north is a stronghold of the Houthis, who from 2004 fought six wars with central government forces before signing a truce in February 2010. The rebellion claimed thousands of lives. |
| Posted by:Fred |