[Yemen Post] In response to the recent remarks made by the US ambassador to Yemen Gerald Feierstein, the Iranian embassy in Sana'a on Tuesday said that al-Qaeda in Yemen was made by Washington, lashing out at the US diplomat and describing his comments as instigating.Last week, Feierstein accused in a presser Iran of trying to thwart the GCC-initiated, west backed power transfer deal and of attempting to undermine Yemen's security and stability. He further accused it of backing beturbanned goon groups in the country such as the Houthi ...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 Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. 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 Jews" ...
Movement in the north and the Southern Movement in the south with the aim of stirring chaos.In a statement released Tuesday, the Iranian embassy said that the US is trying to consolidate its national security in Yemen, adding that the continuous American drones have killed hundreds of innocent civilians so far.The statement added that Washington's ambassador's moves in Yemen--the last of which was his visit to the southern trouble-torn province of Abyan
...a governorate of Yemen. The region was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group until it dropped the name and joined al-Qaeda. Its capital is Zinjibar. In March 2011, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula declared the governate an
Islamic Emirateafter seizing control of the region. The New York Times fastidiously reported that those in control, while Islamic hard boyz, are not in fact al-Qaeda, but something else that looks, tastes, smells, and acts the same. Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region when President-for-Life Saleh was tossed and the carnage continues...
-- go against the diplomatic protocols and that there are several local sides in Yemen that showed rejection to his constant interference in the internal affairs.Last month, in the wake of dislodging the Orcs and similar vermin from Abyan's towns, Feierstein paid a visit to Abyan. His visit has prompted condemnation by the pro-Iranian Houthis who said that his visit is a proof that the US is paving the way for occupying Yemen.