Posted on 10/01/2014 10:54:02 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
Gulf Arab states have demanded the restoration of government authority in Yemen, issuing a thinly veiled criticism of rebels with ties to Iran who have taken control of the capital, Sanaa.
Fighters from the Shi'ite Muslim Houthi movement seized Sanaa on Sept. 21 after overrunning an army brigade affiliated to the moderate Islamist Islah party, making them effectively the power brokers in the country.
The Houthis have since refused to quit the capital, which they control despite an agreement they signed with President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to make them a part of the government.
An emergency meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) interior ministers expressed deep concern about what it termed threats to the Yemeni government and its institutions and the theft of the "properties and capabilities" of the Yemeni people.
GCC states would not "stand idly" in front of foreign intervention, the ministers said in a statement after the meeting late on Wednesday in the Saudi Arabian Red Sea port of Jeddah. It did not identify any foreign power.
"Yemeni and GCC security is indivisible," the statement said, demanding the return of official buildings to state control and the return of all looted weapons, military equipment and money.
The GCC comprises Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar.
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Maybe they’re Islamic but peaceful. Barry keeps telling us if we’re talking about neck-slicing, honor-killing savages, they can’t be Muslims.
There’s a military man, an officer who just e-mailed me, however, to say that it is possible for Muslims to be terribly fierce and bloodthirsty cutthroats.
This young man’s name and rank is Captain Obvious.
It will be a moot point in a few months when ISIS sweeps through.
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