From GulfNews:
- Image Credit: REUTERS
- A police trooper is searched before he enters a venue hosting Eid al-Adha prayers for Shi'ite Houthis, in Sanaa October 4, 2014.
Sana’a: The capital of Yemen, the Arab
world’s poorest and perhaps most chronically unstable nation, has new
masters. Al Houthi rebels man checkpoints and roam the streets in
pick-ups mounted with anti-aircraft guns. The fighters control almost
all state buildings, from the airport and the central bank to the
Defence Ministry.
Only a few police officers
and soldiers are left on the streets. Rebel fighters have plastered the
city with fliers proclaiming their slogan — “Death to America, death to
Israel, a curse on the Jews and victory to Islam” — a variation of a
popular Iranian slogan often chanted by Shiite militants in Iraq and
supporters of Lebanon’s Hezbollah.
While the world has been
focused on the fight against Daesh militants in Syria and Iraq, Yemen —
located at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula — has seen its own
sudden, seismic upheaval when Al Houthis overran Sana’a two weeks ago.
Now Al Houthis, who many
believe are backed by Iran, are poised to become Yemen’s version of
Hezbollah in Lebanon — top power brokers dominating the government and
running a virtual state-within-a-state....
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That "Death to America" never gets old does it?
