[YEMENONLINE.INFO] Flags of the Saudi ÂArabia-led coalition flew over the Marib Dam yesterday, fulfilling a vow made by Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.Sheikh Mohammed had this month declared that the flag of the UAE would fly over the dam.
Marib province had become the focus of fighting between Yemen's pro-government forces, backed by the coalition, and 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. Troops loyal to Yemen's former president President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh
... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it...
are allied with the Houthis.
Brig Gen Murad Turaiq said the flags of the UAE, Yemen, Bahrain and 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...
flew over Marib's dam after the army and coalition forces finished clearing the area of Houthi rebels.
Meanwhile,
...back at the pond, the radioactive tadpoles grown into frogs. Really big frogs, in fact...
the coalition yesterday denied claims that its warplanes were behind the bombing of a wedding in south-west 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...
as the corpse count rose to 131, including women and kiddies.
Residents said a missile had struck the wedding in Wahijah village near the Red Sea city of Mokha.
The front man for the coalition, Brig Gen Ahmed Al Assiri, denied the allegation, saying: "The coalition did not conduct any air strikes in the area over the past three days. This is false."