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Yemen’s Houthis kill suspected ‘Saudi agent’ assassin of leader’s brother
2019-09-12
[ALARABY.CO.UK] 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...
's Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...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 legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. 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 They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
rebels said on Wednesday they had killed the suspected assassin of the brother of their chief, Abdelmalik al-Houthi. They had previously blamed 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...
for the liquidation.

The Houthis' TV channel al-Masirah reported last month that the rebel leader's brother Ibrahim Badreddine Amir al-Din al-Houthi had been "assassinated at the hands of traitors" working for the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen.

In a statement on Wednesday, the Iran-backed Houthis said their intelligence wing had killed Mohammad Ali Qaid Dawi, 54, in "a successful intelligence operation" in the city of Marib, deep inside territory held by the internationally-recognized Yemeni government, which is supported by Saudi Arabia.

The Houthis said their investigations had proved Dawi had links to "the Saudi enemy".
Related:
Houthi: 2019-09-09 Saudi, UAE issue joint call to end south Yemen fighting
Houthi: 2019-09-04 Arab Coalition intercepts and destroys a Houthi drone launched from Yemen’s Amran province toward the southwestern Saudi city of Khamis
Houthi: 2019-09-03 Saudi-led airstrikes on Yemen rebel-run prison kill over 100
Related:
Marib: 2019-08-30 UAE-backed troops abandon Saudi-led battle against Ansarallah forces in northern Yemen
Marib: 2019-07-09 UAE Says Reducing Troops in War-Torn Yemen
Marib: 2019-05-08 Drone strike 'kills 4 Qaeda suspects' in Yemen
Posted by:Fred

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