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After major Yemen prisoner swap, another 104 released: ICRC
[Dawn] More than 100 prisoners of war were flown from Saudi Arabia...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula. Until the accession of King Salman the place was under the thumb of Wahhabi holy men and was the driving force behind Salafist terrorism world-wide. Western intelligence agencies, even the dumb ones, were wise to this from at least 2001, but politicians were reluctant to upset the international applecart. Once we started assassinating people instead of invading them they quietly folded the Death to Infidelstent, did some assassinating of their own, started modernizing, and pretended that Osama bin Laden thing never happened... to 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... on Monday, further buoying peace hopes a day after a major exchange of 869 captives ended, the International Committee of the Red Thingy (ICRC) said. Two ICRC planes carrying 48 prisoners each flew to Sanaa, Yemen’s rebel-held capital, while a third with eight captives took off for government-controlled Aden in the south, the humanitarian group said. The "unilateral" release is outside the terms of the three-day exchange that was negotiated between Yemen’s 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... rebels and government officials and finished on Sunday, ICRC media adviser Jessica Moussan told AFP. "We welcome this initiative and are pleased to see that humanitarian considerations are being taken for the sake of reuniting families," Moussan said. "This will bring immense relief to the families of the detainees," she added. The ICRC is "facilitating" the transfer by providing air transport and logistical support, and by interviewing the captives, Moussan said. The release of 104 captives days before Eidul Fitr takes the total number to 973 freed since Friday. The Iran-backed Houthis seized Sanaa in 2014, prompting a Saudi-led military intervention months later. Hundreds of thousands have died in the conflict, which has also triggered a major humanitarian crisis. A UN-brokered ceasefire that started in April 2022 has sharply reduced casualties. The truce expired in October, but fighting has largely remained on hold. The exchange and the truce negotiations come a month after Gulf heavyweights Saudi Arabia and Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word Iranis a cognate form of Aryan.The abbreviation IRGCis the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either Duceor Führeror maybe both. They hate agreed to re-establish diplomatic ties, sparking a wave of rapprochement across the troubled region. Last week, a Saudi delegation held talks in Sanaa aimed at establishing a more durable ceasefire. The discussions ended without a truce but with an agreement to meet again. Analysts say Saudi Arabia now accepts that its prolonged military campaign will not defeat the rebel forces. Posted by: trailing wife 2023-04-18 |
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