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Houthis To Dissolve Islah Party
[YEMENOBSERVER] The former member of 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... political council, Ali Al-Bukhaiti, revealed that the Houthis movement intend to dissolve the Islah political party , arrest its leader and close its headquarters. Al-Bukhaiti said, on Sunday, that he received information, from informed sources, that the Houthis told the Yemen Socialist Party leaders, during their meetings two days earlier, that they [ the Houthis] were ready to dissolve the Islah party, shut down its headquarters and detain its leaders. Al-Bukhaiti pointed out that the Houthi movement considers the Islah party, " A stumbling block which hinders their progress to Aden and arresting president Hadi," said Al-Bukhaiti in a published article, adding, "Saleh Al-Sammad and Hamzah Al-Houthi transferred these threats to some of the Houthis political council." Al-Bukhaiti mentioned that the leader of the Houthi movement, Hamzah Al-Houthi, has threatened many times to break into Taiz within hours in case dialogue is moved to it. Al-Bukhaiti, dared the Yemen Socialist Party leaders to deny such information. "The stance of the Yemen Socialist Party was clear and they informed Ansar Allah about the risk of such steps upon the situation, warning them strongly that they will stand against them by all means and will never accept them," he continued. Posted by: Fred 2015-03-04 |
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