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| Lawmaker urges Houthis to not participate in dialogue |
| 2012-07-08 |
| A Yemeni politician, Abdul-Karim Jadban, urged on Saturday the Saada-based 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" ... group to participate in the dialogue conference only if the government apologized for "wars launched against the group". He demanded to deal with the Houhis "in the same way that the southerners are dealt by the government". Positions of the Houthi group regarding the participation in the national dialogue to be held in September swing from acceptance to refusal. They have no a firm position. The former Yemeni regime headed by President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... engaged in six war with the Houthi group, with 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 their national face... involved in the last round of the fighting, ending in February 2010. However, if you can't say something nice about a person some juicy gossip will go well... Yemeni analysts and politicians claim that Saleh, who was forced to step down after a year of popular protests, cooperates and coordinates with the group to impede the interim government and raise turmoil. The group that currently controls on Saada and some parts of other governorates tries to take control on some areas of Hajja and Amran. Media outlets occasionally reported that Saleh met with representatives of the Houthi group and that one of his family met with the Iranian ambassador to review joint cooperation, indicating that fighters of the Houthi group were brought to military camps led by Saleh's son, Ahmed, to be trained there. The Saada-based Al-Houthi group frequently arranges protests in which it demands to end US interventions in Yemen's affairs, accusing the United states of violating Yemen's illusory sovereignty and killing Yemenis. |
| Posted by:Fred |