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Houthis kill 20, arrest dozens in latest crackdown
[ARABNEWS] Yemen’s official news agency SABA said 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 ...
militias have killed at least 20 people and detained dozens across the country’s north since assassinating former President former President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh
... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it...
The Houthis appear to be escalating their crackdown on any possible sign of rebellion among their one-time allies from Saleh’s party, the General People’s Congress. They are also shutting down the Internet and tightening an already existing media blackout.

According to SABA, now under control of the internationally-recognized government, the Houthis also blew up 20 houses in the northern province of Hajja and replaced the province’s governor who was a onetime Saleh associate.

The agency reported on Monday that the Houthis also tossed in the calaboose
Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages!
49 people in Mahwet, another northern province in Yemen.

Houthi violence continued despite a call by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for a renewed push to end the war.
Posted by: Fred 2017-12-12
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