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25 killed in Saudi airstrikes in Yemeni capital
[AA.TR] At least 25 people were killed and 40 others injured in Saudi-led "Twenty-five people were killed according to a preliminary corpse count," the official in the Houthi-controlled ministry told The Anadolu Agency. He said 40 civilians had also been injured in the strikes. "The corpse count is likely to rise in the coming hours," the official said. Houthi-run al-Masirah television, meanwhile, said scores of civilians had been killed and injured in the 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... launched Thursday a military operation, including ...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... against the Shiite 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... group, which seized capital Sanaa and several provinces. In a joint statement, five Gulf countries -- Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates... and Kuwait -- said the operation "was in response to a request from Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi to protect Yemen from the aggression of Houthi militias." The statement accused the Houthis of being a "tool in foreign powers that seek to harm the security and stability of Yemen." Posted by: Fred 2015-03-27 |
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