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Houthi Militias Invent Fuel Crisis to Double Profits Funding Their Yemen War Effort
[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] The internationally recognized 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... i government has renewed its accusations of economic sabotage against the Iran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets  ...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 legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. 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 JewsThey like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... s militias, who have deliberately created a fuel crisis in areas under their control to reap doubled profits on supplies they sell on the black market. "Houthis are selling most of the fuel imports that arrive through Hodeidah seaport in the black market," the Supreme Economic Council of the Yemeni government said on Saturday. Fuel flow indicators in Yemen during the first half of April showed the militias have caused the fuel crisis in regions under their control to revive the black market and plunder the public to finance what they call "the war effort," the council said. Over 276,000 metric tons of fuel have been imported in the first half of April, enough to meet the fuel needs across the country for 20 days, it added. However, there is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened... 70% of the fuel has been transported to Houthi-run regions, an average of 12,000 metric tons a day, but the militias have sold it to the black market, it revealed. The Houthis have also hiked fuel prices by 150% in their regions, the council said, accusing the militias of using the humanitarian file to mislead and blackmail the international community and agencies. The militias have been causing crises as part of their policies to starve the people, the council stressed. "Despite the inflow of fuel supplies exceeding civilian needs, the Houthis insist on strengthening the black market, exploiting the people and trading in the human suffering they caused," the council reaffirmed in a tweet. Posted by: Fred 2021-04-20 |
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