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| Houthis abducted 318 Yemenis in 2 days |
| 2015-04-07 |
| [AA.TR] 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 has staged a massive abduction campaign over the past two days in five provinces of crisis-hit Yemen, a local rights group said Monday. The group has kidnapped 318 political opponents and raided 26 homes and 33 NGOs, according to the Sanaa Rights Center. It added in a statement that Houthi gunnies had also raided 16 offices of the pro-Moslem Brüderbund Al-Islah Party and seven student dormitories. The center described the alleged violations as "unprecedented" in Yemen's history. Since March 26, positions held by Yemen's Shiite Houthi group have been under attack by warplanes from countries participating in the Saudi-led campaign. Fractious Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... has remained in turmoil since last September, when the Houthis overran capital Sanaa, from which they have sought to extend their influence to other parts of the country. Riyadh says the campaign is in response to appeals by embattled Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi -- who is currently in 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 the Soddy national face... -- to "save the [Yemeni] people from the Houthi militias." For their part, the Houthis have described the offensive as unwarranted "Saudi-American aggression." Some Gulf States accuse Shiite Iran of supporting Yemen's Houthi insurgency. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 That one hurt Snowman |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2015-04-07 16:33 |
| #3 Goto your room, Snowy. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2015-04-07 08:34 |
| #2 I listened to the Brian Suits show from the weekend yesterday. He was talking about the Rock and Roll Houthi Coup in Yemen.... |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2015-04-07 08:30 |
| #1 I think we need to destroy Yemen in order to save it. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2015-04-07 07:59 |