Shiite militia sets deadline to unravel Yemen crisis

AFP ^ | Feb. 1 , 2015

[george76]

Sanaa - A Shiite militia on Sunday set a three-day deadline for political parties to resolve the power vacuum in Yemen since the president and prime minister offered to resign last month.

The Huthis and their allies urged parties "to reach a solution and fill the vacuum" within three days or "the revolutionary leadership" would "take care of the situation of the state".

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The militia, which overran Sanaa in September, seized the presidential palace and key government buildings on January 20, plunging the country deeper into crisis and prompting President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi and his premier to tender their resignations.

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The crisis has raised fears that impoverished Yemen, which lies next to oil-rich Saudi Arabia, could become a failed state.

[huldah1776]

America has a full executive branch and it isn’t only a vacuum, it’s a black hole.

[SunkenCiv]

• Yemen's president and PM 'resign
• Iran-Backed Rebels Just Sacked Yemen's Presidential Palace [Obama Wants Iran to Have Nukes]
• REUTERS: Yemen leader expected to accept demands of Houthis who defeat his guards
• Yemeni rebels hold president 'captive' at his house (+captured base housing ballistic missiles)
• Obama touts Yemen as success story... 4 months later government overrun by terrorists
• FLASHBACK: Obama Tonight: Yemen and Somalia Are Models of Success (!)
• Shiite rebels shell Yemen president's home, take over palace
• Rebels in Yemen have seized the presidential palace
• Shots fired at U.S. Embassy vehicle in Yemen after day of fighting
• The meteoric rise of the Houthis in Yemen (good background on what's happening)
• Yemeni Government Admits It Has Lost Control Of Nation Amid "Attempted Coup"
• Output stopped at Yemen's Masila oilfields in Hadramout
• Obama Shows Solidarity with Yemen-sponsored Attack in Paris by Releasing 5 Yemeni Terrorists
• Five Yemeni Prisoners Released From Guantanamo Bay (New!!)
• Yemen: Another Failure The Obama Administration Touted As a Success
• New issue of jihadist magazine produced by al-Qaeda in Yemen suggests attacks on U.S.
• 4 Sunni Muslim Groups Responsible for 66% of All 17,958 Terror Killings in 2013

  [and 85-90% of the world's Muslims are Sunni, IOW, Shiites kill twice as many per capita]

• While you were watching ISIS, Iran took Yemen
• Gulf Arabs demand return of state authority in Yemen
• Yemen closes hospital found to be Iran front supporting Shi'ite rebels
• Iran urges Yemen's neighbors to stay out of rebellion
• Yemeni Officials Facilitating Iranian Missile Shipments?
• Jihadis Report Of Syrian Meddling In Yemen [2009]
• Iran: Leader of the Sunni Movements (with an intro by Michael Ledeen) [2008]
• Israelis warn of Eritrea flashpoint [2009]
• Iran Deploys Troops, Ballistic Missiles To Eritrea [2008]
• Eritrea warns of "consequences" for U.S. in Somalia [2007]
• Keyword: iranianmissiles

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks george76.