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Al-huthi Second-in- command killed in shootout
Adds a little detail to the previous story...
Sheikh Abdullah Aydha Al-razami, Al-huthi’s second- in- command, was killed today morning in a crossfire with the government troops, which were tracking him down a couple of days ago, quasi-reliable sources reported, but would not elaborate. Military sources in Maran, where heavy fighting is still flaring up, reported that government troops today have laid a siege at a village where Al-huthi is likely hiding. The troops seized a full control of Maran environs, including Al-Amir, Al-Thabet, where Al-huthi and his loyalists were dug up, they added. They pointed out the 15th infantry Brigade has seized Maran’s mountain peak, which was under Al-huthi’s followers’ control since the start of the battling. Sa’ada Sheikhs yesterday proclaimed solidarity with the government in the fight against Al-huthi’s insurgency, which they described as “disturbing security and spreading terror” in the northern province of Sa’ada, some 240 kms north of Sana’a. “ The meeting held yesterday afternoon in Sa’ada was aiming to condemn Al-huthi’s acts, and to announce our refusal of what he is doing,” Hussein Maqeet, a Sa’ada senior sheikh told Al-sahwa net.
You're on your own, Houthi! ("We never liked him... We never joined the Party...")
On the other hand, Al-sahwa net has learned the government troops along with Sa’ada tribes’ sheikhs and the local authorities there struck a deal to quell Al-huthi’s rebellion and bar him from fleeing . In the meantime, over 300 tribesmen in Maran neighborhoods, where Al-hethi loyalists stationed, offered their cooperation with the government troops.
It's a tribal lashkar! Don't do it!

Posted by: Fred 2004-07-05
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