...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...was like "dancing on the heads of snakes." In fact, the last time I saw him in 2004 with Doctor Abdulkarim al-Iryani, the 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...
movement was just getting started. I had seen its banners in Saada and Dahyan. I remember Saleh saying about the Houthi movement: "They are a demon Yemen has never known before, and it has known many demons throughout its modern and old history". However,