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| Yemen bombing rages on as humanitarian crisis emerges |
| 2015-04-05 |
| [NEWS.XINHUANET] As the Saudi-headed bombing against Yemen's 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... group continues on Saturday for the 10th day, another major humanitarian catastrophy is in the making. The 10-nation coalition dropped more bombs against Houthi targets in Yemen's southern port city of Aden, the last stronghold of the supporters of Yemeni President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who is now sheltering in the oil-rich Gulf monarch after being force to flee the country. The air campaign and naval bombardment were launched to discourage Houthi fighters' attempt to overrun the port city, and to restore Hadi's rule in the country. According to media report, at least 13 rebel fighters were killed during the Saturday's offensive. Meanwhile, ...back at the palazzo, Count Guido had escaped from his bonds and overwhelmed his guard using the bludgeon the faithful Filomena had smuggled to him in the loaf of bread... the coalition airdropped weapons and ammunition supplies for the second consecutive day to pro-Hadi fighters in Aden city. Inside Aden, fighters still loyal to Hadi were reported to have managed to drive the Houthi hard boyz away from several central part of the city, including Hadi's presidential compound. Al-Kheder Lassouar, Aden's health department head, said at least 185 were killed, and 1,282 others were maimed in the festivities since the start of the Saudi-championed Operation Decisive Storm, adding that three-quarters were civilians. He also mentioned that the corpse count does not include casualties among the Houthi fighters and other hard boyz they allied with. |
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