Posted on 01/20/2015 6:59:27 AM PST by ConservativeMan55
Breaking News: Rebels in Yemen have seized the presidential palace in the capital city of Sanaa, according to the army commander. http://fxn.ws/1C2Q7Fq For further developments on this story, stay tuned to Fox News Channel.
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Actually the rebels are shia, the released gitmo guys are sunni, so the rebels may execute Obama’s buddies!
Wasn’t there something about a new ‘deal’ between Russian and Iran? In the long run that could be the worst news of the day.
bttt
Heard something vaguely, but they’ve been cooperating all along, so not much new.
Well yesterday was Robert E. Lee Day...
*ducks*
This is red on red. Let them bleed each other white.
What we’re seeing in northern Yemen today, in terms of fighting between the Houthis on one side, and various armed groups on the other, definitely does have an element of the sectarianism that can be seen across the wider region. However, it’s a lot more confusing. For one, it’s wrong to simply say that Houthis = Zaydis, and, say, al-Ahmar = Shafi’is. Or even worse, Houthis = Shias, and al-Ahmar = Sunnis. For one, the al-Ahmars are traditionally Zaydi, just like the Houthis. I can’t vouch for the religious identification of each individual Ahmar, but I’d say that many of their tribal fighters will still, at least loosely, identify as Zaydi. Ali Abdullah Saleh, who fought 6 wars against the Houthis, was also Zaydi. So is this Zaydi on Zaydi fighting? A Zaydi civil war?
Well, no. To put it very simply, you can say that the religious element behind the Houthis is, for want of a better word, more ‘hardcore’ Zaydism. I was told by a Houthi that I met in Sa’dah that “the Zaydis in Sana’a have forgotten how to be Zaydi.” Many Houthis believe that they are reviving Zaydi traditions and beliefs, that have been suppressed in the years following the 1962 revolution (despite all presidents of North Yemen in that period having been Zaydi). They see people like Saleh and the al-Ahmars as Zaydi in name only.
On the other side, the al-Ahmars, and Saleh in the past, have accused the Houthis of secretly not being Zaydi anymore, and instead being Twelver Shias (a la Iran). This then easily feeds into the wider paranoia in the region of the spread of Shi’ism and Iranian power. Although there are Twelvers who are Houthis, and many of them are newly ‘converted’, the vast majority of Houthis would still self-identify as Zaydi.
To further complicate things, many of the al-Ahmars are members of the Islah Party. The al-Ahmar Godfather, Sheikh Abdullah al-Ahmar, was the head of the Islah Party. Now, Islah are commonly known in Yemen to be the ‘Muslim Brotherhood’ party. A Muslim Brotherhood group that is led by a Shia? Absurd. But one led by a ‘Zaydi’? Or at least one who isn’t that doctrinally strict? Not so absurd. And by painting the Houthis as ‘Twelvers’, it is easy for Islah/Ahmars to paint themselves as the defenders of Yemen (and Zaydism) against foreign ideas.
http://alshamahi.com/2014/02/19/yemen-is-more-nuanced-than-sunni-shia/
After all, when the rebels give you Yemen, you give them Yemen-aid!
They never had it so good as in Gitmo. They got the best food, medical and dental care our tax dollars could buy. They were deloused (perhaps for the first time in their lives) and exercised better than the average American.
No matter if they’re Houthis, Sunnis, SHIIIITES, Zaydis.. whatever you want to call them..
THEY ARE ALL ISLAMAPIGS.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh, they’ve noticed alright. To the point where they’ve lately been making noises about how Israel may not be so bad after all. In the Chinese curse sense, the next two years are going to be very interesting. When things get tight the mutual hatred society of Persians and Arabs in general, Sunni Arabs in particular (and Turks and Arabs for that matter) trumps any make believe concern any of these parties have for the Palestinian “cause”.
Another,, job well done Barrack...
F U
Is the US embassy next on their check-off list?
There goes the salmon fishing! I am sure Shariah has something to say on salmon fishing.
I believe the address is 15 Yemen Road, Yemen.
Where is the Chief Hasthag Officer when stuff like this happens?
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