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| Security forces foil Houthi bid to infiltrate Saudi border village |
| 2015-09-26 |
| [ArabNews] JAZAN: Saudi forces early on Thursday completed a two-day battle against 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... infiltrators at the Jazan border. Sources said that more than 40 Houthi fighters were killed as they were attempting to sneak into the Kingdom through Hathira, one of the border villages in Jazan. Hundreds of other forces later withdrew. Membersof Houthi militias and the Elite Republican Guards of ousted Yemeni President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... 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... attempted to control the village using snipers, Hawn and Katyusha missiles. The sources described Houthi militia and Republican Guard operations as suicide kabooms where a group would storm Saudi armored vehicles stationed on the border, using light weapons; at the same time, a group from the back would help the attackers by launching sniper attacks as well as firing Katyushas and mortar shells. However, ars longa, vita brevis... all these attacks failed. As dozens of the Houthis were killed on the first day, several of them withdrew only to return on the second day to attempte the same maneuvers. Saudi forces used different kinds of artillery throughout the day while Apache helicopters conducted night operations along the entire borderline. The Houthi militias and the Elite Republican Guards tried using different tactics in this battle. Some of their snipers buried themselves under the soil and they used fake soldier modules in an attempt to divert the attention of the Saudi forces. |
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