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Houthi forces kill scores of Saudi soldiers near Yemeni border
 [ALMASDARNEWS] 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... forces carried out a vicious attack along the Yemeni-Saudi border, Tuesday, killing and wounding many soldiers from the Saudi Army, al-Masdar’s Naseh Shaker reported from Sana’a. According to Shaker, the Houthi forces carried out a surprise attack against a group of Saudi soldiers that were attempting to cross into 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... from 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... ’s Jizan Region. Shaker added that more than 20 Saudi soldiers were killed or maimed along the border. Another 15 Saudi soldiers were killed, Tuesday, when the Houthi forces carried out another surprise attack at al-Dafaynah, Qaim Zabeed, and al-Kares. Posted by: Fred 2017-06-15 |
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