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| Suicide Bombing Kills 14 Houthis in Yemen |
| 2012-05-26 |
| [Yemen Post] At least 14 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" ... followers and passersby were killed in a suicide kaboom in Yemen's Jawf province on Friday, security sources said. An explosives-laden car were rammed into a school targeting a gathering of Houthi people in the northeastern province killing ten Houthi followers including a child and four passersby, the sources said. Several others were maimed in the bombing coinciding with reports the Houthi Group thwarted another attempt to carry out a suicide kaboom in Saada province in the far north. Media quoted a front man at the office of the group's leader as saying a jacket wallah with an boom belt tried to target a weekly gathering by the group on the highway but he became confused exploding himself away from the gathering. The group, which the Yemeni army fought six times and allegedly receives Iranian support, did not accuse anyone. Two years ago, Al-Qaeda bombed a convoy in Jawf killing and injuring tens of Houthis. The Shiite group controls many parts in Saada, Jawf and nearby provinces. Observers said the Houthi and Al-Qaeda are the most armed, krazed killer groups in the region and they pose serious threats to Yemen's stability. Al-Qaeda grabbed credit for the deadliest ever bombing in the capital Sanaa this week, which killed more than one hundred security forces and injured hundreds others. Meantime, the Yemeni army has been advancing on Al-Qaeda gun-hung tough guys in the southern province of Abyan ...a governorate of Yemen. The region was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group until it dropped the name and joined al-Qaeda. Its capital is Zinjibar. In March 2011, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula declared the governate an Islamic Emirateafter seizing control of the region. The New York Times fastidiously reported that those in control, while Islamic hard boyz, are not in fact al-Qaeda, but something else that looks, tastes, smells, and acts the same. Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region when President-for-Life Saleh was tossed and the carnage continues... , killing and injuring hundreds of them including big shots. More recently, the army has stepped up the offensive to retake key towns including the capital Zinjibar, which were seized last year. Separately, a soldier and two inmates were killed when a riot broke out inside the central prison in Taiz province on Friday, the interior ministry said. Three prisoners were maimed and four others escaped, the ministry said. In recent years, riots have erupted inside many Yemeni jails, with inmates sometimes demanding rights including good treatment and supply necessary needs for them. |
| Posted by:Fred |