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| Saudi forces down missile fired by Yemen’s Houthis |
| 2016-10-13 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Saudi air defense forces shot down a ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s 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... militia toward Khamees Mushait city in the kingdom’s southwest on Tuesday night, a Saudi-led coalition said in a statement carried by the state news agency SPA. The Houthis said on Twitter that their missile was aimed at 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... ’s King Faisal Military Camp located about 40 km (25 miles) north of the Yemeni border. But the Royal Saudi Air Defence Forces destroyed the missile before it could cause any damage, according to the statement by the coalition, which since March 2015 has been fighting the Houthis and launching air strikes across 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... to try to restore the Saudi-backed government of exiled President Abd-Rabbuh Mansour Hadi. Saudi forces responded to the missile attack by attacking the launch site, the statement added. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 "The believing youth" - got yer necktag? |
| Posted by: Bov Flimbers 2016-10-13 23:55 |
| #1 O' Lawz! Where are my Paks? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-10-13 15:07 |