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| Turkey freezes assets of ex-Yemeni president Saleh |
| 2016-04-22 |
| [AA.TR] ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... froze assets of Yemen’s ex-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... and four former senior Yemeni officials Thursday in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions until Feb. 27, 2017, according to the country’s official gazette. The decision entered into force after it was published in the gazette Thursday following approval of the Turkish Council of Ministers. The ex-president’s son Ahmed Ali Saleh, Abdullah Yahya al-Hakim, Abd al-Khaliq al-Huthi, Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh and Abdulmalik al-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... are among those affected by the freeze. The UN Security Council on Feb. 24 renewed sanctions on the former Yemeni officials for allegedly threatening peace in the impoverished country. Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... has remained in turmoil since September 2014, when the Houthis and their allies overran the Yemeni capital Sanaa and other parts of the country, forcing President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi and his government to temporarily flee to Saudi capital Riyadh. |
| Posted by:Fred |