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Arabia
Saudi hands over remains of 32 Yemeni rebels
2010-04-04
[Al Arabiya Latest] Saudi deputy defense minister Prince Khaled bin Sultan on Saturday confirmed handing over the remains of 32 Houthi rebels killed in fighting on the Saudi-Yemeni border.

"Infiltrators left some dead bodies, and I said this before, we have great respect for human bodies. Indeed they took 32 bodies and we are still looking for other bodies to hand them over," Prince Khaled told reporters in southern Saudi city of Najran.
"Hey, Mohammed! Any more Houthi rebels lying about that we can turn into dead bodies for return to Yemen?"
A Yemeni official had said earlier that "Saudi authorities returned the bodies of 32 Huthi infiltrators" at a ceremony on the border, adding that Yemeni authorities in turn passed on the remains to a representative of the rebels in northern Yemen.

Yemen launched an all-out offensive against the Houthis in August and the rebels later locked horns with Saudi forces after accusing Riyadh of allowing Yemen's army to use its territory to stage attacks in border areas.

Saudi forces intervened in the Houthi uprising in northern Yemen last November, accusing the rebels of killing a border guard and occupying two villages on its territory.

The Houthi rebels and the Sanaa government reached a truce which came into force on February 12. The rebels have since returned to Saudi Arabia the remains of three of its soldiers and freed three others they had captured.
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