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| Houthi leader says holding indirect talks with Saudi Arabia |
| 2015-03-16 |
| [YEMENONLINE.INFO] Yemen's 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... militia leader said on Sunday the group was engaged in indirect talks with neighbor 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... , Yemeni state news agency Saba reported. It is the first known dialogue between the Shi'ite Moslem group and the neighboring Sunni regional powerhouse since the Houthis took over much of Yemen last year. Saudi Arabia, impoverished Yemen's main benefactor, suspended its financial aid soon after their takeover and has accused Shi'ite majority Iran of backing the group as part of a possible region-wide power grab. The Houthis say their rise is a revolution against corruption and misrule, but a civil aviation deal inked with Tehran last month and a series of military drills by the group on the Saudi border last week have increased tensions. "Our contacts with Saudi Arabia have not stopped and indirect contacts took place during the last two days," Houthi leader Abdel-Malek al-Houthi was quoted as saying. "We welcome any relations with our Arab and Islamic neighbors on the basis of respect for the other and non-interference in its affairs," he added. |
| Posted by:Fred |