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| Houthis make another truce offer to end fighting |
| 2010-02-04 |
| [ADN Kronos] Yemeni Shia rebels pledged on Tuesday not to attack neighbouring Saudi Arabia, a key condition demanded by the government to end its six-month military offensive. "As long as no one attacks us, we would not target any party," the office of rebel leader Abdul Malak al-Houthi said in a statement posted on the rebels' website. It said the rebels, known also as Houthis, had already made this position clear last week when they announced a "withdrawal from Saudi territory and ending the war." The rebel leader offered on Saturday to accept the government's five-point truce provided the government halts military attacks. There have been reports of renewed clashes with rebels in northern Yemen, days after a ceasefire offer was turned down by the government in Sanaa. The Yemeni army said it overran several rebel positions in the northern district of Saada where fighting has been going on for months. A rebel ceasefire was turned down on Sunday by the government who said the rebels had not met a key condition. But the government rejected the offer, pointing to a sixth condition stipulating a Houthi pledge not to attack Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile the governor of southern Abyan province, Ahmad al-Maisari, said that there were 100 Al-Qaeda terrorists operating in his region, among them 15 Saudis included on the most wanted list. Al-Maisari told the Saudi journal, Okaz, that they were hidden in an isolated area where there were no roads or telecommunications networks. He said when police move in on their hideouts, they escape individually and not in a group. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Will Rogers: "I never met a hudna I didn't like!" |
| Posted by: borgboy 2010-02-04 01:10 |