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Saudi-led coalition blamed for killing Somali refugees off Yemen coast
[SHABELLENEWS] UN Sherlocks are reported to have accused a 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... -led military coalition of carrying out a deadly March attack on a Somali refugee boat off Yemen, saying the alliance had become a cover for some states to avoid individual blame. The attack killed 42 people and injured 34 of the 140-plus people on board, the Sherlocks wrote to the UN Security Council on Monday in a 185-page report seen by Rooters news agency on Wednesday. "This civilian vessel was almost certainly attacked using a 7.62mm calibre weapon from an armed utility helicopter," the report said. "The Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces are the only parties to the conflict that have the capability to operate armed utility helicopters in the area." The document said the helicopter was likely to have been operating from a naval vessel. The coalition battling 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... fighters in 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... has denied striking the boat in the Red Sea near the port of Hodeidah. Saudi Arabia and its allies, including Egypt, the UAE, Bahrain and Jordan, intervened in Yemen in 2015 in support of the internationally recognised government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. The UN report said the attack violated international humanitarian law and threatened the peace, security and stability of Yemen. It said two other alleged attacks on fishing vessels by helicopter or naval vessels in the Red Sea in March had killed 11 more people and injured eight. Posted by: Fred 2017-07-28 |
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