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Saudi Arabia urges UN action on Iran arms to Houthis
2016-09-16
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] 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...
has called for the United Nations
...the Oyster Bay money pit...
Security Council to put an end to the smuggling of Iranian weapons to militias 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...
as it constitutes a violation of Resolution 2216.

In a letter addressed to New Zealand, who takes over the council’s presidency, Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to the United Nations Abdallah al-Mouallimi made clear the number of violations to the resolution including cross-border militia rocket attacks by Houthis and Abdullah Saleh forces.

"On August 31 2016, 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 militias and their supporters fired a ballistic missile of the type "ZilZal-3" ("Earthquake-3") at the city of Najran, in the south of Saudi Arabia. Rocket "ZilZal-3" is a short range ballistic missile produced in Iran," the letter, which Al Arabiya News Channel obtained, read.

Mouallimi also mentioned how the smuggling of weapons did not only pose as a violation to Security Council resolutions but also threatened the stability of Saudi Arabia, Yemen and the wider region as a whole.

"We further urge he Security Council to take all necessary measures to demand that Iran complies with all the relevant Security Council resolutions, cease and desist from any illegal actions in Yemen," Mouallimi added.

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