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| 29 dead in Yemen attacks, clashes |
| 2014-10-09 |
| [ARABNEWS] Suspected Al-Qaeda murderous Moslems carried out simultaneous attacks Wednesday on a half-dozen Yemeni security and government offices in a province south of the capital Sanaa, setting off festivities that left at least 29 people dead, security officials said. In a statement, the Interior Ministry said 14 troops and 15 assailants died in the attacks and ensuing festivities in central Baida province. Other security officials told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named that at least three civilians also were killed. The ministry said the attackers besieged the province's security headquarters, a special forces camp, an intelligence agency office and other government offices using boom-mobiles and gunfire. Troops fired back and thwarted the assailants' attempt to take over the offices, it said. The security officials who spoke to AP said the targets included a government communication office and an Education Ministry administrative building. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. Yemeni Iranian catspaws dug in their heels Wednesday after rejecting the newly named premier, stirring fears of further violence as Al-Qaeda and tribes accused security forces of favouring the Lion of Islams. President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi late Tuesday named his chief of staff Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak as the new prime minister, after a UN-brokered peace deal agreed on September 21, the day the 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 Americaâ¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... rebels overran the capital unopposed. The accord provided for a rebel withdrawal from Sanaa once a neutral premier was named, for their disarmament and for the political transition to be revitalized. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Essentially, in that it gives Iran the upper-hand. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-10-09 10:19 |
| #1 Yemen is one of the foreign policy successes of the Obama admin, do I have that right? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-10-09 03:38 |