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| Shiite rebels shell Yemen president’s home, take over palace |
| 2015-01-21 |
| [IsraelTimes] Military official warns that a full-fledged 'coup' is underway; president unharmed in attack Yemen's powerful 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 Americaâ„¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... rebels shelled the residence of the country's embattled president Tuesday and simultaneously swept into the presidential palace in the capital, Sanaa, as a top military commander warned that a full-fledged "coup" was underway. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #7 Apparently Yemen's President has officially been captured but the Houthis are repor negotiating + ready to agree to a US-backed proposal for his release in exchange for the implementation of Houthi-supported national reforms??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-01-21 23:09 |
| #6 It controls the entrance to the Red Sea, for one. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-01-21 20:58 |
| #5 Why would anyone fight over that shithole? |
| Posted by: chris 2015-01-21 20:25 |
| #4 What does the gov't still control that allows them to keep on keepin' on? Goodwill of DC. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-01-21 13:18 |
| #3 Um, when do the rebels declare success and take over? What does the gov't still control that allows them to keep on keepin' on? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-01-21 11:54 |
| #2 another Obama success story |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-01-21 11:00 |
| #1 Hey, maybe Lurch can bring James Taylor in to sing some ditties and calm things down a bit. |
| Posted by: Steven 2015-01-21 02:58 |