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| Houthis agree to five-day cease-fire in Yemen |
| 2015-05-10 |
| [AMERICA.ALJAZEERA] Yemen's dominant 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... rebel group and its allies in the country's splintered armed forces said Sunday they would accept a five-day humanitarian cease-fire to allow aid to reach civilians after more than a month of daily The cease-fire, scheduled to begin Tuesday, would help ease the suffering of civilians in the Arab world's poorest country who increasingly lack food, fuel and medicine since the bombing campaign began March 26. Backed by the United States, a Saudi-led coalition has been conducting ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... with the aim of restoring the government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. The Houthis say their campaign is aimed at defeating Al-Qaeda gunnies based in Yemen, and accuse Hadi's forces of supporting the group. However, those who apply themselves too closely to little things often become incapable of great things... all sides in a conflict that's seen the exile of Saudi- and Western-backed Hadi have warned they'll retaliate if the cease-fire is broken. A foreign affairs front man for the Houthis wrote on social media that the rebels would accept the truce if it was "real and serious." On Sunday, state news agency SABA, which is under the control of the Houthis, quoted Col. Sharaf Ghalib Luqman as saying the group agreed with the cease-fire, warning against any violation of the truce. On Saturday, Brig. Gen. Ahmed Ali Asiri, the Saudi-led coalition's front man, also warned that the cease-fire will be cancelled if the Houthis violate it. Meanwhile, ...back at the desert island, Bert was realizing to his horror that he'd had only one bottle for one message, and he'd forgotten to include a return address... Saudi-led strikes have continued in Yemen, with a residence of former President-for-Life Saleh ... exemplifying the Arab's propensity to combine brutality with incompetence... in the capital, Sanaa, reportedly hit. Social media accounts later posted pictures of what appeared to be Saleh speaking in front of his ruined home after the strike. Saleh and his forces back the Houthis, who are also backed by Iran. Saleh appeared unscathed and seemed to taunt 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... in remarks televised by his TV channel, YemenToday. "It isn't just me who is being targeted but every citizen .... This aggression is cowardly. Go ahead and come by land, we'll make a welcome for you," Saleh said from behind a pair of sunglasses. Arab air strikes also hit weapons caches at a military base and a presidential palace in the southern city of Aden, the epicenter of fighting for more than six weeks, and southern fighters questioned the proposed pause. The raging conflict in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... has killed more than 1,400 people -- many of them civilians -- since March 19, according to the United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... . International concern about the humanitarian situation has grown as the strikes sent locals fleeing from their homes and destroyed infrastructure, leading to shortages of food, medicine and fuel. Iranian news agency Tasnim said an aid ship would set sail for the Houthi-controlled Red Sea port of Hodaida on Sunday, in a move that will likely be blocked by the Saudi-led coalition. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 It's a quagmire, I tell yuh, a quagmire. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2015-05-10 15:23 |
| #1 Hudna! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-05-10 15:17 |