Yemen rebels show 'seized' Saudi

[Spursman]

Yemeni rebels have released a video of a man who they identify as one of several Saudi soldiers in their custody, as fighting between Houthi rebels and the Yemeni government spilled over into Saudi Arabia.

The rebels posted footage on the internet on Monday showing a man in military uniform. They also posted a picture of a military identification card, which they claim was issued by Saudi security forces.

The rebels identified the man, who is seen receiving medical attention in the video, as Ahmed Abdullah Mohammed al-Amri, but the authenticity of the video could not be independently verified.

The rebels have said they are holding several captured Saudi soldiers after Saudi ground forces crossed into Yemeni territory last week.

Saudi Arabia has denied crossing into Yemen, and has also dismissed claims that any of its soldiers have been captured. The military has admitted that a number of soldiers are missing.

Saudi offensive

Saudi Arabia began a series of air raids and artillery bombardments against the Houthi group after its fighters reportedly crossed from northern Yemen and took control of an area called Jebel al-Dukhan.


Riyadh later regained control of the area, Prince Khaled bin Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz, the assistant minister for defence and aviation, said on Saturday, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).

The rebels have also accused the Saudi air force of using white phosphorous bombs in its offensive.

Mohammad Abdessalam, a rebel spokesman, told the AFP news agency on Monday: "The Saudi air raids resumed this morning. Saudi combat fighter jets launched intense raids against border areas inside Yemeni territory on Sunday night.

"The Saudi military used phosphorus bombs during those night raids, burning mountainous regions."

A Saudi government adviser denied the charges, telling AFP the military "used flares" and "not phosphorous".

Hundreds killed

Hundreds of people have died in northern Yemen since the country's army began an offensive against the Houthis on August 11.

The fighters, concentrated mainly in the Saada and Amran provinces, are known as Houthis after their late leader, Hussein Badr Eddin al-Houthi, a Zaidi leader who was killed by the Yemen army in September 2004.

An offshoot of Shia Islam, the Zaidis are a minority in a predominantly Sunni Arabian peninsula, but form the majority in northern Yemen. Only a small minority of Zaidis are involved in the Houthi uprising.

The Yemeni government accuses the Houthis of seeking to restore an imamate overthrown in a 1962 coup that sparked eight years of civil war.

The Houthis, now led by Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, Hussein's brother, insist they are fighting to defend their community against government aggression and marginalisation.


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[Ka darag]

Spurs come on, have a bit of variety in ur topics.

[General Duke]

The Yemeni government with its armed forces is weak. Saudi Arabia, just like America, sends warplanes to bomb a few rebels; another sign of weakness. It seems the entire Khaliij will need Sunni Islamists for their own survival against the Shia threat (Iran, Hezbollah, Yemen's Houthi, etc).

[Spursman]

General Duke so true but remember not all sunnis support them hizbu tahriri al muhajirun al-qaeda etc is against these also so the shia rebels have something in common with these groups.

[General Duke]

General Duke so true but remember not all sunnis support them hizbu tahriri al muhajirun al-qaeda etc is against these also so the shia rebels have something in common with these groups.

Sooner or later, America will be forced (force or bankruptcy) to leave the Khaliij, and those governments will have none to protect them.

[djibsomali]

pure munafiqnimoo of saudi vodka salafi government.

Yemen have an internal issue and is fighting a section of its own population.
Saudi (out of no where) is participating killing yemenis..

And the irony is at the other side of saudi frontier the israeli is destructing alqsa mosque with the blessing of saudi vodka.

Cajiib!!!

[Spursman]

djibsomali so true saxib.

[kambuli]

Alla hooge Ha is cunaan uun

[IRONm@N]

Islamic courts spreading to Yemen. the last couple days, yemen was blaming it's problem on Somalia, saying that islamists were trained in Somalia this or that.

[Spursman]

IRONm@N thats bulshit and they know it, its their internal problem not our business!

[IRONm@N]

IRONm@N thats bulshit and they know it, its their internal problem not our business!

do you wonder, this civil-war in yemen is kind interesting, because Yemeni government is weak, and could be toppled and if it's toppled, Saudi is next, which could trigger a whole lot of changes in the middle east!

Tue Mar 17, 2009

SANAA (Reuters) - A suicide bomber behind a deadly attack that killed four South Korean tourists in Yemen was trained in lawless Somalia, just across the busy Gulf of Aden shipping route, a Yemeni security official said on Tuesday.

The bombing, which is likely to further damage the impoverished country’s nascent tourism sector, came after repeated calls by al Qaeda leaders for attacks on non-Muslim foreigners in the Arabian Peninsula.

Violence in Yemen has affected foreign firms developing its oil and gas sector, while attacks on foreigners — including kidnappings by tribesmen — have hit tourism, diplomats say.

Yemen, the ancestral homeland of Osama bin Laden, has for years been battling al Qaeda and similar groups, but no group has yet claimed responsibility for Sunday’s attack.

The official said Aajbari had trained in Somalia, a failed Horn of Africa country that Western security services fear in could be a base for al Qaeda-linked militants

He identified the bomber as Abdel Rahman Mehdi al-Aajbari, who left his family home in the Yemeni province of Taizz around two months ago.

In a letter to his mother delivered by one of his fellow fighters, Aajbari wrote that his family would never see him again and that he believed he was on the “true path,” the official said.

[Spursman]

Yes its interesting but this one is between the shias and the government kinda different or you saying they connected and working together when al qaeda hates shias and some consider it non muslim kufaar the government is kinda weak if they cant defeat this small rebels.

[General Duke]

Yes its interesting but this one is between the shias and the government kinda different or you saying they connected and working together when al qaeda hates shias and some consider it non muslim kufaar the government is kinda weak if they cant defeat this small rebels.

It isn't only the Yemeni government that can't defeat small rebels; that applies to most if not all Muslim (secular) governments. Remember the Lebanese military vs. Fatah al-Islam? It required the military assistance of America and Europe to defeat them, and even that took a huge undertaking. The armies or military strength of most (if not all) Muslim countries are useless. Even the might of the sole superpower couldn't defeat the Taliban in a war that has lasted WWI and WWII combined.

[gurey25]

again proof that these saudi flower cannot fight..
how can you lose a border skirmish with hick shia mountain rebels?
and you ahve all this fancy equipment and training from the US/Britian and France.

[gurey25]

ina real war saudi can be invaded and conquered by jordan within days (assuming americans dont interfere)

The yemenis can definatley take back asir region...

im pretty sure saudi pilots will lose a dogfight with thier UAE counterparts, even with them having better equipment (F-15s)