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| 3 soldiers killed as KSA repels Houthi attack |
| 2015-05-02 |
| [ArabNews] Three Saudi troops and "dozens" of 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 were killed as Saudi ground forces repelled a major attack from inside Yemen, officials said. A statement by the SPA said the attack on "border posts and control points" Thursday night took place on its southern border near the town of Najran. Saudi ground troops exchanged fire with Iran-backed Houthi Iranian catspaws and called in The attack was the first major incursion into the Kingdom by the Houthis since the Saudi-led coalition began carrying out ...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... more than a month ago. Jazan is about 200 km east of Najran and about 10,000 rustics from Jazan have volunteered with their own weapons to stand at the border alongside the Saudi soldiers, commanders in the area say. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 Given the location, it may have been at attempt to attack the US-manned drone base. |
| Posted by: Clyde Borgia7976 2015-05-02 07:17 |
| #2 So, if Sunni and Shia fight and kill each other, who gets to go to Paradise? The baby is cut in half of course. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-05-02 02:48 |
| #1 So, if Sunni and Shia fight and kill each other, who gets to go to Paradise? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-05-02 02:44 |