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Houthis Take Over U.N. Office, Keep Staff Hostage in Yemen
Breitbart ^ | 08.13.2024 | Frances Martel

Posted on 08/13/2024 1:20:05 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) condemned the Houthi terrorist organization of Yemen on Tuesday for raiding its office in the national capital, Sana’a, stealing critical documents, and taking employees hostage.

High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk demanded the freedom of his employees and uninterrupted access to Yemeni civilians in a statement on Tuesday revealing a previously unreported Houthi raid on U.N. officials on August 3. The Houthis, whose Iran-backed terrorist organization is formally known as “Ansarallah,” have for years brutalized human rights workers within their reach. More recently, in June, the Houthis launched an abduction spree in which they raided the homes of U.N. and non-governmental organization workers and took them hostage, severely disrupting humanitarian efforts.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: houthis; office; un; unitednations; yemen
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What difference does it make?? (S)
1 posted on 08/13/2024 1:20:05 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Hou?


2 posted on 08/13/2024 1:21:14 PM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The UN employees are about to find out that slavery has not been abolished.


3 posted on 08/13/2024 1:22:27 PM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

How many merchant mariners are the Houthis still holding?


4 posted on 08/13/2024 1:24:23 PM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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To: hanamizu

Are we sure it was just not an open interview for more UNRWA people?


5 posted on 08/13/2024 1:29:37 PM PDT by uranium penguin
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Who possibly could have seen this coming? Houthis are the most law abiding, upstanding folks you could ever know.


6 posted on 08/13/2024 1:29:59 PM PDT by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Singleness of purpose Islam has no regard for United Nations or United States. Barbarians v Civilization ALERT!


7 posted on 08/13/2024 1:31:11 PM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I bet the women get raped and probably some of the men.


8 posted on 08/13/2024 1:31:44 PM PDT by Manic_Episode (A government of the government, by the government, for the government)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Well, then send in the UN Peacekeepers to doubly make sure no one is saved.


9 posted on 08/13/2024 1:32:25 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: JonPreston

First base ...


10 posted on 08/13/2024 1:33:49 PM PDT by BlueLancer (Think of it as evolution in action. [Oath of Fealty - Pournelle and Niven])
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Houthis these days.


11 posted on 08/13/2024 1:36:26 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Gee, that’s too bad.


12 posted on 08/13/2024 1:37:49 PM PDT by fretzer
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They are the staff... So they’re holding themselves as hostages?


13 posted on 08/13/2024 1:39:29 PM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Perfect time for Israel to bomb the building.


14 posted on 08/13/2024 1:40:32 PM PDT by Sertorius (A hayseed with no Greek and dam^ proud of it)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Critical documents? What does that mean? Just print another one. If it’s a passport report it stolen. Nothing the UN has is “critical.”


15 posted on 08/13/2024 1:54:45 PM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: uranium penguin

“”Are we sure it was just not an open interview for more UNRWA people?””

Exactamundo!

UNRWA staff in Gaza assisted with managing the Oct 7 hostages.

The DIS-United Nations “Peacekeepers” in Lebanon sit and watch as Hezbollah builds rockets and rocket launchers RIGHT NEXT to the UN offices. Since the rockets are aimed at Jews, everything is just hunky-dory with the Jew-hating UN.

Just a thought. We should start a trend, calling Lebanon “Hezbollahistan”


16 posted on 08/13/2024 2:06:00 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

17 posted on 08/13/2024 2:07:13 PM PDT by rx
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We should bomb them back to the Stone Age.


18 posted on 08/13/2024 2:15:39 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: fretzer
Gee, that’s too bad.

That's my first thought, I feel conflicted but the charitable Christin in me says we should offer donations and tribute to seek their release.

I have a quarter burning a hole in my pocket if anyone wants to match it.

19 posted on 08/13/2024 2:43:49 PM PDT by usurper (AI was born with a birth defect.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Now that’s a good place to put the UN building.


20 posted on 08/13/2024 3:14:11 PM PDT by Track9 (If you want to know about human nature, read a power tool user manual. )
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