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10-07-04, 16:01
Dozens more killed in Yemeni clashes
Yemeni troops have killed 25 rebels from the Zaidi minority in new clashes in the far north, according to the defence ministry.
Meanwhile witnesses said on Saturday that four soldiers also died.
Some 50 armed supporters of rebel preacher Husain Badr al-Din al-Huthi were also wounded when they attacked a military position north of the town of Saada with rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) on Friday, the defence ministry's web site said.
Military sources said one soldier was killed and five wounded, but witnesses put the toll at four dead and four wounded.
Dozens of the preacher's supporters were also captured on Friday in assaults on rebel positions in al-Shafa and al-Ruzmut, and on the village of al-Hamzat northeast of Saada.
Witnesses said the army had met fierce resistance.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/357F166A-C481-4481-9B13-F369DFC40191.htm
Deze gevechten in Yemen duren nu al weer enkele weken, met honderden doden. De Shia vormen een minderheid in Yemen, dus de vervolging van deze minderheid dreigt. Het is te hopen dat de genocide watchers bij de VVD Yemen goed in de gaten houden. Officials in Yemen geven overigens de Zionisten de schuld van de opstand van de Shia.
Yemeni troops have killed 25 rebels from the Zaidi minority in new clashes in the far north, according to the defence ministry.
Meanwhile witnesses said on Saturday that four soldiers also died.
Some 50 armed supporters of rebel preacher Husain Badr al-Din al-Huthi were also wounded when they attacked a military position north of the town of Saada with rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) on Friday, the defence ministry's web site said.
Military sources said one soldier was killed and five wounded, but witnesses put the toll at four dead and four wounded.
Dozens of the preacher's supporters were also captured on Friday in assaults on rebel positions in al-Shafa and al-Ruzmut, and on the village of al-Hamzat northeast of Saada.
Witnesses said the army had met fierce resistance.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/357F166A-C481-4481-9B13-F369DFC40191.htm
Deze gevechten in Yemen duren nu al weer enkele weken, met honderden doden. De Shia vormen een minderheid in Yemen, dus de vervolging van deze minderheid dreigt. Het is te hopen dat de genocide watchers bij de VVD Yemen goed in de gaten houden. Officials in Yemen geven overigens de Zionisten de schuld van de opstand van de Shia.