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| Yemen chaos alarms GCC |
| 2014-10-03 |
| [ARABNEWS] The GCC bloc has said that it would not stand idle in the face of factional foreign intervention in Yemen and called for the restoration of government's writ in Sanaa. GCC interior ministers meeting in Jeddah on Wednesday also reaffirmed the group's support to the strife-torn country within the framework of UN resolutions and the Gulf-brokered initiative for peace and security. "Yemen's security and that of GCC states are one and the same," said a statement released following the meeting, which was attended by Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Naif and intelligence chief Prince Khaled bin Bandar. The meeting has added significance keeping in view the arrival of the UN envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar, in Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... on Thursday, following weeks of unrest in Sanaa and the country's failure to name a new head of government. Benomar wrote on Facebook: "I am headed to Saudi Arabia on an official visit and I will continue my efforts to support Yemen in these difficult circumstances." The statement said that the Gulf interior ministers voiced deep concern over the threats targeting the government, its institutions and establishments in Yemen. They condemned the armed acts that have taken place in Yemen, strongly denouncing the looting of people's resources and assets. The ministers stressed the need give back all premises and official establishments to the authority of the Yemeni state and to hand over all weapons, as well as public and private funds. Yemeni authorities have accused Iran of backing 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 Americatm, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... rebels in the same way Iranians support Leb's militia Hezbollah. |
| Posted by:Fred |