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| Iran calls for political solution to Yemen fighting | ||
| 2009-08-25 | ||
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Iran called on Monday for a political solution to fighting in Yemen, days after a Yemeni government official implied Iranian involvement in a Shiite Muslim rebellion in the Arab country's north. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi also said that Iran saw the rebellion as an internal issue and that it had always respected Yemen's territorial integrity and sovereignty. "We believe the issue ... is Yemen's internal issue and we think there should be a political solution. Bloodshed cannot help solve the problems there," Qashqavi told a news conference.
Yemeni forces have used air strikes, tanks and artillery in an offensive described by officials as an attempt to crush the revolt. The rebels are adherents of the Zaydi branch of Shiite Islam, a tribal minority in Yemen. Last Tuesday, a Yemeni government spokesman said the rebels were receiving financial support from abroad, strongly implying Iranian involvement. Qasqavi said: "We have always respected Yemen's territorial integrity and national sovereignty and we want to see peace, stability and calmness in that country." He added, in comments translated by Iran's English-language Press TV: "What propaganda or media say, that's not true." | ||
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 "Bloodshed cannot help solve the problems there" "Thats cause its Shiites rebelling in Yemen. When Sunnis rebel in Iranian Baluchistan, or Arabs in SW Iran, or Kurds in NW Iran, bloodshed is the ONLY way to solve the problem" |
| Posted by: liberal hawk 2009-08-25 10:52 |
| #1 It's your money and your fight scumbags. |
| Posted by: newc 2009-08-25 00:08 |