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| Insurgents kill 18 Houthis as sectarian strife spreads | |
| 2014-10-21 | |
| [ARABNEWS] Al-Qaeda-affiliated faceless myrmidons killed 18 Shiite 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 Americaâ¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... rebels and seized an important city in central Yemen, tribal sources said on Monday, in a spread of sectarian conflict as central government authority has unraveled. The northern-based Houthis established themselves as power brokers in Yemen last month by capturing the capital, Sanaa against scant resistance from the weak administration of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi. Tribal sources said that at least 10 Houthi fighters were killed when Al-Qaeda-linked Ansar al-Sharia ...a Salafist militia which claims it is not part of al-Qaeda, even though it works about the same and for the same ends. There are groups of the same name in Libyaand Yemen, with the Libyan versions currently most active. Tunisia's Shabaab al-Tawhid started out an Ansar al-Sharia and changed its name in early 2014. It still uses the old name now and then, probably because the stationery's not all used up and the web site hasn't expired yet... fighters shelled a house in the town of Radda in Al-Bayda province on Sunday night. Eight more Houthi fighters were killed in festivities on the outskirts of Radda, they said. Ansar al-Sharia said in a report from the Al-Orsh area in Al-Bayda that "dozens of Houthis" have been killed or maimed in battles since Sunday evening. "The battles are continuing until this moment," the report added. There was no immediate word on casualties from Ansar. Radda, with a population of 60,000, has long been a stronghold of Ansar, which includes many fighters from local tribes who are up in arms over the new presence of Houthi rebels in the mainly Sunni-populated region.
The blast went off within meters (yards) of the checkpoint in the town of Rada, scene of heavy fighting between the Al-Qaeda bad boys, backed by Sunni rustics, and rebels seeking to expand their territorial control. A witness spoke of "charred bodies" left by the powerful kaboom, adding that seven people were maimed. A tribal source gave the same corpse count. The assailant appeared to target a delegation of the Houthis as they walked out of a house near the checkpoint, where they had been holding "telephone negotiations" with Al-Qaeda representatives, a source said. The attack came after overnight festivities between the Shiites and Al-Qaeda backed by Sunni rustics killed at least 45 people in the town of Rada, about 150 kilometers (95 miles) south of the capital Sanaa. | |
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| Posted by: Big Thromoth3646 2014-10-21 06:31 |