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| AQAP Says Killed Houthi Spiritual Leader |
| 2010-12-05 |
| [Yemen Post] Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula grabbed credit for killing the Houthi spiritual leader Badr Al-Din Al-Houthi who was reported dead a day after a car boom targeted a Houthi convoy in Saada last month. The group said in a statement posted on Al-Fajr Media Center the leader was assassinated in the car boom attack against the convoy that was on its way to mark Day of Al-Ghadir. The attack was carried out by Al-Qaeda member Abi Aisha Al-Sana'ani, the statement said. "The Houthi Group tried to hide he was among the victims of the operation, saying he naturally died, but the fact is that the attack already killed him." Commenting on the information, the Houthi information bureau denied the leader died in the blast that reports said killed Houthi leaders. Over the last two weeks, Islamic preachers are starting to believe that Al-Qaeda is really sponsored by international powers after reports confirmed that Badr Al-Din never left Sa'ada over the last two years. Spokesman at the bureau Dhaif Allah Al-Shami said the leader died from asthma in Matara district on Thursday and the information was untrue. Last month, two car booms targeted Houthi convoys in Jawf and Saada killing about 27 and injuring almost a dozen others. AQAP grabbed credit for the blasts, saying they were carried out by newly-formed special units responsible for defending the Sunnis and eradicating the malice planted by Shiites in the north. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Who's the Houthi? -- I thought that question was answered in 1940. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-12-05 18:54 |
| #4 Houthi = movement of Shia separatists in Yeman Probably everyone who reads the Yeman Post already knows that but Rantburgers might forget (especially if they had too much to drink Sat night) |
| Posted by: lord garth 2010-12-05 10:59 |
| #3 Ima thinkin Cameo. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-12-05 01:35 |
| #2 Comment.Word up, Translation please, Fire and Ice? I'm not up on the latest slang, whether military or civilian, I'm afraid. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-12-05 01:21 |
| #1 Comment. Word up, |
| Posted by: Fire and ice 2010-12-05 01:01 |