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| Potential 72-hour truce proposed for Yemen |
| 2016-09-24 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Foreign ministers of the ministerial quartet on 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... have proposed a 72-hour ceasefire during their last meeting on Thursday in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... General Assembly. The quartet ‐ made up of the United States, the United Kingdom, 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... and the United Arab Emirates ‐ met with the UN special envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed to propose the possible ceasefire. A potential lull in the fighting between coalition forces 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 America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... militias ‐ along with forces loyal to ousted 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... ‐ is being considered as an option for Oild Cheikh Ahmed to resume peace talks between all sides. The quartet’s meeting comes following news that Yemen’s government lead by Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr arrived in Aden airport on Thursday for a final return from exile. President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and his cabinet fled to Saudi Arabia, which led an Arab coalition against the Houthis in March 2015. After 18 months of fighting, the Houthis and their allies control most of the north - including the capital Sanaa - while forces loyal to Hadi and the popular resistance control the south. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 I imagine the Saudis must be astonished they did not succeed in quickly conquering Yemen, given all their expensive, modern weaponry. How badly must their confidence be crumbling, especially coupled with the need to cut government spending to more closely match permanent revenue reduction? From the Wall Street Journal: Kingdom Comedown: Falling Oil Prices Shock Saudi Middle Class Lower revenue hurts economy, prompting government to withdraw some benefits; as cost of living rises, consumers cut back on spending |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2016-09-24 13:39 |