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| Houthi rebels deploy African mercenaries | |
| 2015-10-31 | |
| Coalition forces stationed in the Yemeni territorial waters of the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden have arrested a number of African infiltrators. The war in Yemen has taken a nasty turn with Houthi rebels and forces loyal to ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh recruiting African refugees to fight along their ranks. Yemeni security agencies and the Saudi-led Arab Coalition forces have arrested a large number of African infiltrators, who have revealed they are mercenaries brought in by Houthi rebels.
The report quoted human rights activist Shafia Al Abd as saying that the flow of Africans into Yemen would aggravate the political, economic and security situation once their numbers continue to increase. "Hundreds of African refugees arrived in the Shabwa governorate in the east of the country through its open shores," he said, adding that all the new arrivals are youths, mostly from Ethiopia". He wondered what the real motive of these people is by coming to a country engulfed in war and chaos. "The only available opportunities for them is to fight as mercenaries." He said that before the war erupted, refugees from the Horn of Africa usually arrived at Belhaf port in the Shabwa governorate. Most of those refugees came from Somalia, and included children, women and elderly. But, he said, the new arrivals are mostly youths and are from Ethiopia. "Once they stepped on to the Yemeni shores, they asked about Radaa and Beijan belonging to the Shabwa and Al Bidhaa governorates, which are controlled by the Houthi rebels," he said. | |
| Posted by:badanov |
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| Posted by: 3dc 2015-10-31 02:21 |
| #1 My merc is better then your merc... cause he eats kennel rations my merc is better than yours... |
| Posted by: 3dc 2015-10-31 02:20 |