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How did Ali Abdullah Saleh die?
 [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] New pictures spreading on Yemeni outlets purport to show the moment 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... button men attacked Saleh’s car. According to the sources, tribal mediation was able to convince Saleh to leave his home in Sanaa to his hometown in Sinhan district south of the capital. The Houthis reportedly agreed provide Saleh with safety under a tribal agreement. Sources told Al Arabiya that Saleh left his house in Sanaa with only one car along with his son and two leading members of his General People's Congress party. A source said Saleh’s car arrived in the area of Sayan, a few kilometers from the village of Beit al-Ahmar in Sanhan, until the entourage were stranded and blocked by seven cars filled with Houthi holy warriors. "The car that was carrying Saleh could not escape because the seven Houthi cars were completely blocking them," the source said. Houthi Death Eaters reportedly forced the former president and his Saleh met with his confidants and party members on Monday near Sanaa’s 60th Street in the early hours of the morning. According to available information, Houthi militias began bombing Saleh's house in Sanaa with RPG grenades. After Saleh decided to go with his party leaders to his hometown Sinhan, 40 km southeast of Sanaa, the Houthi militias managed to encircle his motorcade. Clashes erupted to break the siege, where several of his bodyguards and leaders of the Congress Party were killed. Saleh and a number of his assistants, including his brother's son, Tarek, who leads Yemen’s Elite Republican Guards, were chased by a military convoy of militias which sources said included at least 20 vehicles. Ali al-Bukhiti, leader of the Yemen’s People Congress Party said that a sniper shot at Saleh in the head, while other reports said that the Houthis tossed in the calaboose ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... Saleh and a number of his assistants and then killed them at point-blank range. Houthi militias, however, said they killed Saleh by attacking his motorcade with sniper bullets and rocket-propelled grenades. A video published by the Houthis showed a scene similar to the killing of the Libyan Colonel Muammar Qadaffy ...who single-handedly turned a moderately prosperous kingdom into a dictator's fantasyland and was then murdered by his indignant subjects 42 years later... , where Houthi gunnies wrapped Saleh's body in a blanket and showed that Saleh had a bullet on the left side if his head. Posted by: Fred 2017-12-05 |
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