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| Commander of Yemen rebel forces surrenders | |
| 2005-06-23 | |
 The field commander of Yemeni rebel forces led by Badreddine al-Houthy surrendered to the authorities Thursday as a result of tribal mediation. A military source said Abdullah Razami turned himself in after being escorted to Sanaa by tribal chiefs from the province of Saada, near the Yemeni-Saudi border, a hotbed for the rebels.
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| Rohani holds talks in Yemen |
| 2005-06-08 |
| SANAA, Yemen, June 8 (UPI) -- Yemen is expected to bring up Iranian support for a rebel leader during a two-day visit by the head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council. An official Yemeni source told United Press International Iran's Rohani Rohani will discuss political tensions that erupted after Yemen accused Iran of supporting Yemeni rebel leader Badreddine al-Houthy in the province of Saada, near the Yemeni-Saudi border. Rohani began a two-day state visit Wednesday. Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi denied the charge, saying his government does not wish to interfere in Yemen's internal affairs. He urged the Yemeni government to respect minorities, a reference to the Shiite minority, which was criticized and defamed in government newspapers. Iran's ambassador to Yemen, Hussein Kamalian, was quoted in the official daily al-Thawra as saying the talks will focus on issues of joint interest. Rohani was expected to brief Yemeni officials on Iran's nuclear activities. Kamalian hailed "the distinctive and close relations between the two countries." |
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| Son of rebel leader offers to surrender |
| 2005-06-08 |
| SANAA, Yemen, June 8 (UPI) -- The son of a Yemeni rebel leader offered to surrender to authorities with 60 followers of his father in return for amnesty, a military source said. The source said Abdul Malek al-Houthy, son of Badreddine al-Houthy, sent a letter to President Ali Abdullah Saleh offering to stop inciting the public against the state, to cease armed actions and attacks against public and private properties and suspend the rebellion as a prelude to an agreement to surrender to the authorities "in order to be able to live as a good citizen and abide by the law." According to the source, who spoke to UPI on condition of anonymity, the president discussed the content of the letter with the army command and the governor of the province of Saada on the Yemeni-Saudi border, a hotbed for the rebels. "There has been no reaction or response by the government to al-Houthy's offer so far," the source said. Badreddine al-Houthy took over the leadership of the rebellion after his elder son, Hussein, was killed by government forces last September after three months of fighting in the rugged mountainous area of Saada. |
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| Algerian suspected of Yemen rebel links | ||
| 2005-03-31 | ||
 Yemeni police have arrested an Algerian woman at Sanaa airport on suspicion of links with followers of slain rebel leader Hussein Badreddine al-Houthy. An official source said Thursday, "The authorities banned Badera Aishoush, a 50-year-old Algerian woman, from entering Yemen for security reasons." Police are currently interrogating Aishoush about the reason for her visit to Yemen, although she maintains that she is on a tourist trip.
The source said police suspect that one of Aishoush's sons participated in the fighting that pitted government forces against Houthy's followers in the northern province of Saada last year. Aishoush said she came to Yemen as a tourist and did not plan to visit her son, who is being held on charges of fighting with the rebels. "Aishoush planned to stay in Yemen one and a half months, which raised the authorities' suspicions about the true motives of her visit," the source said.
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| Another Completely Whacked Wash Times Editorial |
| 2004-08-26 |
| via Wash Times / UPI - EFL because it sucks... Must be something in the water at the Executive HQ... Filing under Fifth Column for inanity. By Claude Salhani UPI International Editor - August 26, 2004 Pull out a map of the Middle East and take a quick glance at it. With your eyes closed, run your hand over the area, randomly stopping over any part of the Arab world. Chances are your finger will point at a country in turmoil. And by the looks of it, conditions are not about to improve any time soon. Despite attempts -- and the best of intentions -- importing democracy to the Middle East has not been a thriving venture. In a self-flagellating editorial, the London-based Saudi daily al-Sharq al-Awsat deplored the violence currently sweeping through several Arab countries. The newspaper lamented that no matter how you look at the Middle East, only violence seems to prevail and that "the language of arms" is triumphing over dialogue and peace. "In Yemen, there is no news but that of the army offensive against the rebellious cleric Hussein Badreddine al-Houthy, and the killing of scores of innocent civilians," states the newspaper. "In Iraq, we only hear the sounds of the fighting raging in Najaf and news of the kidnapping of foreigners and sabotaging of oil pipelines." ...much more of the same hand wringing, whining, poofta poop... Amazingly myopic view of, well, the entire Middle East - and only one culprit identified and associated with all the perceived ills: The Great Satan. Claude, baby, just between you and me, bro, you're a fuckwit. Stop hanging out with Arnoud - you're becoming interchangable. |
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