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| Yemen's Houthis in military exercises near Saudi border | |
| 2015-03-13 | |
| [Ynet] Thousands of Houthis, the Shi'ite Moslem militia which controls much of Yemen, are holding military exercises in the northern part of the country near the border 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 the Soddy national face... , local tribal and 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... sources said on Thursday. The drill in al-Buqa area, which lies in the Houthis' home province of Saada, involves using different kinds of weaponry, including heavy weapons acquired from the Yemeni army, the sources said. Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, regards the Iranian-backed Shi'ite group which seized control of the Yemeni capital Sanaa in September as a terrorist group. In 2009, Riyadh carried out a military operation including air raids against the Houthis after a number of cross-border incursions.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 KSA has been buying top of the line equipment for decades. They've been training for the same length of time. When are they going to use all this capability? Seems like putting Yemen in its place would be a way to send a message, no? InshAllan of course. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-03-13 12:18 |
| #4 A useful map, Spats Thackle6732. Thank you. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-03-13 08:09 |
| #3 Situation map as of January 2015, the Houthis' area is in red. |
| Posted by: Spats Thackle6732 2015-03-13 07:57 |
| #2 Yessssssss Pleassssssssssse |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-03-13 06:12 |
| #1 On the southern an northern border. |
| Posted by: chris 2015-03-13 00:57 |
