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UN aid chief demands cessation of hostilities around Yemen's Hudaydah
2018-11-14
[PRESSTV] United Nations
...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks...
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, has called for a ceasefire around of Hudaydah, where Saudi-backed bandidos faceless myrmidons loyal to Yemen's former president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi and foreign mercenaries are fighting 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 ...
Ansarullah fighters for the control of the western Yemeni port city.

"I ask that the parties implement a cessation of hostilities, not least in and around all the infrastructure and facilities on which the aid operation and commercial importers rely," Lowcock said in a statement on Tuesday.

He added that the United Nations was ready to play a role in "ensuring the appropriate use of key facilities, especially around Hudaydah."

’UAE responsible for escalation of conflict in Yemen’s Hudaydah’

Meanwhile,
...back at the Hubba Hubba Club, Nunzio had his hands full of angry bleached blonde...
the front man for Yemeni Armed Forces has held the United Arab Emirates (UAE) fully responsible for the recent intensification of conflict around Hudaydah.

Speaking at a presser in the capital city of Sana’a on Tuesday, Brigadier General Yahya Saree stated that Yemeni army troops, supported by allied fighters from Popular Committees, maintain control over the strategic city.

Posted by:Fred

#3   mighty XII UN Airborne Corps

I forget, are those the child molesters or the cholera guys?
Posted by: SteveS   2018-11-14 10:34  

#2  Send in the mighty XII UN Airborne Corps. They'll put a stop to it !
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-11-14 07:19  

#1  stamping his tiny feet and shaking his tiny fists in impotent rage...
Posted by: Frank G   2018-11-14 07:16  

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