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Yemen's Houthis targeting civilian ships with no connection to Israel: HRW
[GEO.TV] Human Rights Watch has said that 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... '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... s are targeting ships that are carrying civilian crews in the Red Sea and have no connection to Israel, Al Jazeera reported. "The Houthis are claiming that they’re carrying out attacks on behalf of Paleostinians, when the reality is that they’re attacking, arbitrarily detaining, and endangering civilians on ship crews who have zero connection to any known military target," Michael Page, Middle East and North Africa deputy director at HRW said in a statement. "The Houthis should immediately release the hostages and end their attacks on civilians caught in the crosshairs of their declared war on Israel." It also said that the Norwegian-flagged Strinda, which was attacked by a missile on Tuesday, was carrying palm oil to Italia rather than oil to Israel. Related: Human Rights Watch: 2023-11-18 Outgoing Human Rights Watch senior editor blasts group’s ‘infected’ work on Israel Human Rights Watch: 2023-11-14 DRC: scientific institute reports intense volcanic activity Human Rights Watch: 2023-10-28 Suspected Turkish drone strike kills SDF commander Related: Yemen: 2023-12-12 Houthi Rebels Hit Norwegian-Flagged Tanker With Anti-Ship Cruise Missile At Key Maritime Chokepoint Yemen: 2023-12-11 Houtis to expand their targeting of ships to include..not clear, maybe most ships Yemen: 2023-12-10 France says naval ship in Red Sea intercepted 2 drones launched from Houthi-held port Related: Red Sea: 2023-12-12 Houthi Rebels Hit Norwegian-Flagged Tanker With Anti-Ship Cruise Missile At Key Maritime Chokepoint Red Sea: 2023-12-11 Houtis to expand their targeting of ships to include..not clear, maybe most ships Red Sea: 2023-12-10 Good Morning Related: Israel: 2023-12-12 Houthi Rebels Hit Norwegian-Flagged Tanker With Anti-Ship Cruise Missile At Key Maritime Chokepoint Israel: 2023-12-12 After Millions Of Illegal Crossings, Senate Republicans Finally Discover America Has A Border Crisis Israel: 2023-12-12 Prof. Yuval Noah Harari - Why Hamas struck Israel (short video) Posted by: Fred 2023-12-14 |
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