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| Najran attackers won't go unpunished |
| 2015-05-06 |
| [ARABNEWS] Yemen's 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... militia fired rockets and mortars into the southern province of Najran on Tuesday, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. Brig. Gen. Ahmad Al-Assiri, front man of the Saudi-led "Operation Restore Hope", confirmed the attack and said a number of injuries were reported, SPA said. Al-Assiri was quoted as saying Houthis fired mortar shells and some Katyusha rockets randomly, hitting some schools and a field hospital in Najran. 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... n Airlines canceled flights into the border area of Najran as schools closed early amid the attack. Al-Assiri said the shelling was not unexpected, considering that the Houthi militias have rejected the UN resolution that called for a cessation of hostilities in 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... to allow humanitarian activities to take place. He also said the assault reflects the state of "Houthi chaos." Nonetheless, the general assured the citizens of Najran that the situation is now "under control" and ground troops and border guards now are doing their job in dealing with the source of the attack. He said the attackers "will not go unpunished" and the Saudi forces will deal with them appropriately. He added that Saudi Apache attack helicopters returned fire. "We will continue to respond firmly because one of the goals of Operation Restore Hope is a response to the work of the Houthi militias," he said in a presser in Riyadh. |
| Posted by:Fred |