Mediocrates
08-31-2009, 11:41 AM
There are a 100,000 new Arab refugees and who knew? I guess World Zionism is so evil and so powerful that it can establish a news blackout world wide. Well to their credit the LA Times reported on it but I'm sure they see it as a 'collision of two worlds' like white people and gangs.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/08/28/this_week_at_war_the_middle_easts_cold_war_heats_u p
Has a proxy war broken out in Yemen? The Los Angeles Times has reported that 100 Shiite rebels are dead and 100,000 refugees are on the move (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-yemen-offensive24-2009aug24,0,7903508.story) in the Saada region of northwestern Yemen after the Sunni-dominated government attacked rebel positions with tanks, artillery, and air strikes. According to The Economist, the rebels retaliated (http://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14252585&fsrc=nwl) with volleys of Katyusha rockets. The current round of fighting, now in its second week, is the sixth uprising in this area since 2004.
What raises the profile of this development are accusations of foreign intervention in the conflict. The Yemeni government has accused Iran of providing funding and weapons to the Shiite rebels. Iran's news media has in turn reported that Saudi Arabia's military forces have joined in the fighting. The Saudi government acknowledges consultations with Yemen but denies any direct participation by its forces.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/08/28/this_week_at_war_the_middle_easts_cold_war_heats_u p
Has a proxy war broken out in Yemen? The Los Angeles Times has reported that 100 Shiite rebels are dead and 100,000 refugees are on the move (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-yemen-offensive24-2009aug24,0,7903508.story) in the Saada region of northwestern Yemen after the Sunni-dominated government attacked rebel positions with tanks, artillery, and air strikes. According to The Economist, the rebels retaliated (http://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14252585&fsrc=nwl) with volleys of Katyusha rockets. The current round of fighting, now in its second week, is the sixth uprising in this area since 2004.
What raises the profile of this development are accusations of foreign intervention in the conflict. The Yemeni government has accused Iran of providing funding and weapons to the Shiite rebels. Iran's news media has in turn reported that Saudi Arabia's military forces have joined in the fighting. The Saudi government acknowledges consultations with Yemen but denies any direct participation by its forces.