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Shiites, Sunnis Meet for First Time in Yemen Crisis

2014-11-30

I'm not sure why they bother, since each considers the other apostate at best, and will be approaching the thing with taqiyah and hudna (maximum ten years per the Prophet Mohammed's sterling example).

[AnNahar] Rival Shiite and Sunni groups have met for the first time for talks aimed de-escalating the crisis in Yemen since the former seized the capital Sanaa in September, they said Saturday.

The meeting between Ansarullah chief Abdelmalik al-Huthi and Al-Islah party delegates took place late Thursday in Huthi's northern stronghold of Saada, the Shiite forces of Evil said on the Internet.

The rivalry has intensified since Ansarullah moved beyond Sanaa and also seized territory in central and western Yemen.

The Shiite advance has slowed in the face of a counter-offensive by Sunni tribes close to Al-Islah and Al-Qaeda, plunging the country into an unprecedented political crisis.

Al-Islah issued a statement saying the two sides "expressed willingness to cooperate and coexist in accordance with the precepts of Islam advocating brotherhood, love and peace".

As opposed to the precepts of Islam which advocate conquest, forced conversion, and humbling of the unbeliever. Got it.

The statement said that because of "the dangers threatening Yemen, it was agreed to continue contacts to end the tension and contain the impact of recent events".

'Struth. Yemen has a long-standing shortage of food, water, and jobs coupled with a significant excess of uneducated population, much of it entirely too fond of chewing khat. Plus, they drove out almost all of their Jews. Fix all that, and they might have a chance.

An Al-Islah official told AFP the two sides were "negotiating a draft agreement" that, according to a source close to the talks, was meant to "defuse the risk of sectarian conflict" in Yemen.

Support for Al-Islah, previously a main political force with its tribal alliances, has wavered since president 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...
quit in early 2012 after a year of bloody protests.

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