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Yemen closes hospital found to be Iran front supporting Shi'ite rebels
Geostrategy-Direct.com ^ | 12/09/2009 | Geostrategy-Direct.com

Posted on 12/11/2009 1:40:14 AM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld

An Iranian hospital in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa has been ordered shut down amid reports that the facility was used as cover by Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security for support and funding of Shi'ite Zaydi rebels.

The 60-bed hospital has four operating rooms and six intensive care units. The ostensible reason for the closing was the hospital’s failure to pay rent.

However reports from Sanaa say it was due to the illicit Iranian intelligence activities from the facility.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arabianpeninsula; bombbombbombbombiran; iran; iranianintelligence; lebanon; sanaa; saudi; saudiarabia; shiite; yemen

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