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Anti-Shiite tribes seize army tanks in Yemen
Associated Press ^ | Jan 2, 2015 | AHMED AL-HAJ

Posted on 01/02/2015 5:40:11 PM PST by george76

the seizures came after clashes broke out Thursday night in the eastern city of Marib between tribesmen and army troops. They say the tribesmen suspected that the soldiers were heading to join the Shiite rebels who have been gathering outside of Marib for several weeks ...

The Shiite rebels known as the Houthis are backed by ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh. They have overrun the capital and other cities in a power grab that has plunged Yemen into turmoil.

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Sunni al-Qaida has recently intensified its attacks against the expansionist Shiite Houthis, especially in Yemen's predominantly Sunni central region.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaida; houthis; saudi; shiite; shiitehouthis; shiiteiran; sunni; sunnialqaida; yemen

1 posted on 01/02/2015 5:40:11 PM PST by george76
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To: george76

Anti-Shiite = Saudi, Shiite = Iran

2 posted on 01/02/2015 6:11:14 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: Vince Ferrer

Hasn’t caused any problems in the administration, being as the head of the executive branch was heavily influenced in Sunni Indonesia and bowed to the King of Saud while his chief adviser is an Iranian.


3 posted on 01/02/2015 6:51:14 PM PST by huldah1776
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To: george76

Put a fence around the whole region, evacuate all non-Muslims, and let them all kill each other. Works for me.


4 posted on 01/02/2015 9:19:15 PM PST by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: george76

Meanwhile in Arkansas Methodist militants are preparing for a fresh assault on Southern Baptists radicals holed up in Little Rock...


5 posted on 01/03/2015 1:24:29 AM PST by arielguard (You don't get credit for what you are supposed to do.)
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To: arielguard

The Mennonites and the Amish are standing by to see which way the wind blows before committing to the fight ...


6 posted on 01/03/2015 4:51:02 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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