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Saudis: Yemen violence could threaten global security
2014-09-29
Saudi Arabia has said "unprecedented challenges" facing Yemen since Shia rebels took over the capital could threaten international security, and called for swift action to deal with instability in its southern neighbour.

The world's largest oil exporter, which shares a long border with Yemen, welcomed an agreement signed in Sanaa on September 21 to form a new government incorporating the Houthi rebels and some Yemeni southern separatist forces. But the kingdom fears the accord could benefit its main regional foe Iran, which it sees as an ally of the Houthis, and might also bolster Al Qaeda group.
Don't worry, no 'ceasefire' or 'peace agreement' ever lasts between Arabs. You guys of anyone should know that...
Certainly not when Muslim Arabs are involved -- the hudna rules guarantee that. I'm not sure how the Christians of, say, Lebanon behave among themselves, although it was Christians who invented the concept of byzantine.
It is not clear whether the power-sharing deal will satisfy the Houthis' demands, or whether it will instead embolden them to seek further powers. Under a security annexe to the accord, they had been expected to leave Sanaa in return for their inclusion in the new government. To date they remain in place.

In some of his strongest language about Yemen to date, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al Faisal told the UN General Assembly that hopes for an end to the crisis had been wrecked by what he suggested was the Houthis' failure to honour the deal.

“The lack of implementation of the security annexe of the agreement and the lack of implementation of the agreement itself in the required manner by the Houthi group has dashed these hopes,” he said in a speech circulated by the Saudi mission at the United Nations in New York.

“Yemen faces accelerating and extremely dangerous conditions that require us all to look and propose the necessary solutions to confront these unprecedented challenges,” Prince Saud said.

Prince Saud said Yemen's violence “will no doubt extend to threaten stability and security on the regional and international arena that could prove difficult to put down regardless of the resources and efforts that may be exerted.”
Posted by:Steve White

#4  Might this reluctance to do something have something to do with Iran who is fueling these terrorist and security problems in Yemen?
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-09-29 12:57  

#3  Well, the House of Saud can do something about this. Yemen is on their border. They don't have to go far to confront the problem. Don't just sit on your royal thrones and wait for the West to clean up your problems. Get on with it.
Posted by: JohnQC   2014-09-29 12:54  

#2  So you're saying stupidity in an Arabic crap-state has the potential to screw things up far and wide. (Pot, meet kettle.)
Whataconcept.
Posted by: ed in texas   2014-09-29 07:28  

#1  Yuuup.

Again, fear of Rising Iran + Shia separatism or dominance of local Yemeni Govt. may lead the Yemen Govt or other GCC Govt-State to recruit foreign militias to counter the Shias, including but not limited to the anti-Shia ISIS + AL-Nusra, etc.

In response, Iran may militarily intervene to save their Yemeni Shia = Houthi brethren, which in turn again may lead to a KSA military counter-response to Iran + destabilize the entire GCC.

["INDIANA JONES" DAD SEAN CONNERY = "OUR SITUATION HAS NOT IMPROVED"]???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2014-09-29 01:53  

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