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Houthi Rebels Threaten To Bomb Somaliland’s Berbera Port Run By UAE
2017-12-26
[RADIOSHABELLE] The Yemeni’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 ...
rebels group has warned on Sunday that it will strike Somaliland’s Berbera port should authority in Somaliland continue its lease agreement to the United Arab Emirates, the group said.

In a video posted online, the Houthi commander said the group will be forced to use its ballistic missiles to bombard Berbera to strike the UAE base.

"We are telling Somaliland authorities that our rockets will reach Berbera, should you continue your intention to prove Berbera as a base for UAE military." the video statement read by unnamed Houthi commander said.

"If you do so, then you have made the wrong decision," he said referring the agreement between Somaliland, a self-declared region in northern Somalia with the UAE.

In September 2016, UAE’s Dubai Ports World has received a 30-year concession to manage and develop the Berbera port that will require an investment of $442 million.

That agreement was followed by another one, a lease agreement of Berbera military base to UAE forces to allow the Saudi-led coalition fighter jets to carry air strikes on the Houthi targets in Yemen.

The Iran-backed sock puppets of the Medes and the Persians have seized many portions in northern 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...
including the capital Sana’a forcing the internationally backed government of President Abdu Rabu Mansour to relocate to Aden.

Posted by:Fred

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