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Title: US 'sends special forces to Yemen' amid crisis
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URL Source: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=113672§ionid=351020206
Published: Jan 7, 2010
Author: Press TV
Post Date: 2010-01-07 13:31:30 by Jethro Tull
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Views: 149
Comments: 7
US 'sends special forces to Yemen' amid crisis Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:22:51 GMT US special forces have reportedly been sent to Yemen to train its army, as the Yemeni military backed by the Saudi Arabian army has been fighting local Houthi fighters in the north of the country. The development comes amid fears that foreign military intervention in the country has put Yemeni civilians in dire condition. American officials told The Daily Telegraph on Sunday that US forces have been sent to Yemen to prevent the country from turning into a "reserve base" for al-Qaeda. The move to strengthen Yemen's army comes at a time that the country's army is not fighting with al-Qaeda militants, which are based in the southern parts of the country. The conflict in northern Yemen began in 2004 between Sana'a and Houthi fighters. The conflict intensified in August 2009 when the Yemeni army launched Operation Scorched Earth in an attempt to crush the Shia fighters in the northern province of Sa'ada. The government claims that the fighters, who are named after their leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi, seek to restore the Shia Zaidi imamate system, which was overthrown in a 1962 coup The Houthis reject the claim and accuse the Yemeni government of violation of their civil rights, political, economic and religious marginalization as well as large-scale corruption. Saudi intervention The Saudi air force has further complicated the conflict by launching its own operations against Shia resistance fighters. Saudi fighter jets are reportedly using phosphorus bombs against the Houthi fighters. Houthi fighters on Sunday said that Saudi forces launched a major cross-border airstrike on Yemen, leaving at least 70 civilians dead and more than 100 others injured in the northern district of Razeh. As Sana'a does not allow independent media into the conflict zone, there are no clear estimates available as to how many people have been killed in the Shia province of Sa'adah since the beginning of the conflict. UN role International aid agencies and some UN bodies including United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have voiced concern over the dire condition of the Yemeni civilians who have become the main victims of the conflict in the country. UNICEF has deplored the plight of children in northern Yemen. UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Sigrid Kaag, said "They (children) are living in difficult conditions, away from their homes and schools despite significant humanitarian relief efforts." UNHCR estimates that since 2004, up to 175,000 people have been forced to leave their homes in Sa'ada and take refuge at overcrowded camps in which, according to UN reports, bad conditions have resulted in children's deaths. The United Nations, which according to its charter is set up "to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace," has failed to adopt any concrete measures to help end the bloody war.
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#1. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
We should have sent them to cover the Obama Care debate, and ensure Republicans would be included. Instead, we're sending them the Yemen, and for what? We have a traitorous government run by traitorous bastards, whose treason will bankrupt and enslave us all.
It is better to be hated for what you are, than loved for what you are not. - Tommy The Mad Artist.
My thought is what is the mindset of these guys? Haven't they the brains they were born with, or do they just do as their told, without ever thinking whether it's right or wrong? My conclusion is they love war and love to kill people.
So, CSPAN is NOT going to be carrying the health care legislation as promised, what 8 times ??? by candidate obamalamadingdong...?
Nope, and the Obama_schlongs don't care. They were leftist sleepers, in some cases, for years.
Saudi fighter jets are reportedly using phosphorus bombs against the Houthi fighters. Thanks to Jewish Zionist bastards, nearly the whole ME is aflame. The world is going backwards because of the "Jewish" people. The Jewish culture is injurious to humanity!
Can things get any worse for us in the ME? Our 2 best allies there - Israel and Saudi Arabia - are the 2 most hated entities in the ME if not the world. And furthermore, one of them [Israel] wants us to fight its battles because it's too chicken and the other ally [Saudi Arabia] does its own fighting but is so incompetent it gets its butt wiped by mountain dwelling rebels using sling shots. Let's cut our losses and come home. The empire thingie may have worked for Britain but it's definitely not working for us.
WRONG.. YOUR government with YOUR money got them to sign a contract. Refuse to honor it and they go to prison, or worse. My conclusion is they love war and love to kill people. Wrong. totally wrong, horribly wrong. Past evidence is there to see for all of us. ALL and I mean ALL of the whistle blowing in the last ten years has been...BY LOW RANKING KIDS THAT SIGNED ONE OF THOSE CONTRACTS. They blew the whistles, not the professionals, they went to prison for years, some of them are still there. Did any General walk the plank or blow the whistle???? Of course not. Kids brains are malleable by anyone, especially the military. Few are ever able to sidestep the brain washing, yet their very upbringing of right and wrong comes to the fore. Been there, did that, saw the ones unable to fake compliance.
#2. To: TommyTheMadArtist (#1)
#3. To: TommyTheMadArtist (#1)
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams 
#4. To: Rotara (#3)
#5. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
The Saudi air force has further complicated the conflict by launching its own operations against Shia resistance fighters.
#6. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
US special forces have reportedly been sent to Yemen to train its army, as the Yemeni military backed by the Saudi Arabian army has been fighting local Houthi fighters in the north of the country...Saudi fighter jets are reportedly using phosphorus bombs against the Houthi fighters.
#7. To: Jethro Tull (#2)
or do they just do as their told, without ever thinking whether it's right or wrong?
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