[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Iranian-backed 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...
militias reiterated threats to target international shipping lines and oil ships in the Red Sea.
"We will take measures we have not taken before and we can target oil ships. We can do anything," Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, the chief of the so-called supreme revolutionary committee, said on Facebook.
Mohammed al-Houthi, who is on 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 terror list, said they will carry out these threats if the Saudi-led coalition and legitimate forces liberate the city and port of Hodeidah, west of Yemen.
"In this case we can target oil tankers. We can do anything," he said, adding that it was the Houthis’ "legitimate right" to do so.
He also threatened that giant oil facilities in Saudi Arabia will be among the major targets of their "capable missiles," in reference to ballistic missiles smuggled from Iran.
Meanwhile,
...back at the barn, Bossy was furiously chewing her cud and thinking...
Abdulmalik al-Houthi, the Houthi leader, reportedly said that if "the Saudi-led coalition wants oil ships to be safe then it better not invade" Hodeidah.