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| 'This is the worst day since the start of the war' |
| 2017-11-06 |
| [Al Jazeera] The Saudi-led coalition bombing 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... carried out at least 29 air strikes on Sanaa province, hours after 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... rebels fired a ballistic missile towards the Saudi capital Riyadh. Residents told Al Jazeera that bombs "rained down" on several neighbourhoods of the capital on Sunday, targeting a stage in al-Sabeen square used by Houthi rebels for military parades, the nearby presidential palace, the national security headquarters and the interior ministry. The Houthi-run Saba news agency reported more than 15 air strikes in Sanaa and a further 14 in the districts of Sinhan and Bani Bahloul. Fatik al-Rodaini, an activist based in the capital, told Al Jazeera some of the raids targeted Sanaa's old city, a UNESCO world heritage site. "This is the worst day I've experienced since the start of the war," Rodaini said. "I am fearing for my children's lives. They haven't gone outside all day. Just a few minutes ago I was thinking of letting them run to the shops but we heard another loud kaboom and my wife said 'no'. "The Saudis don't care about our children, our future, our lives. They know that civilians live in close proximity to government buildings yet they continue to target those areas - they just don't care." Hours earlier, the Saudi military confirmed intercepting a ballistic missile that was fired from Yemeni territory towards the kingdom. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 At this moment in time it may seem like the worst day since the start of the war, but eventually you will come to realize that this day is merely average - worse than yesterday, but better than tomorrow. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-11-06 17:38 |