February 27, 2015
US VS THEM:
Rebels Accuse Saudis of Fueling Unrest to Divide Yemen (SHUAIB ALMOSAWA and KAREEM FAHIM, FEB. 26, 2015, NY Times)
The leader of the Houthi rebel group here, in an unusually combative speech Thursday that reflected frustration by the rebel movement at its deepening isolation, accused Saudi Arabia, Yemen's powerful neighbor, of financing armed opponents and trying to divide the country.The Houthis control the capital, Sana, in northern Yemen, and much of the nation's military. Yet their authority faces a sharp challenge from Yemen's former president, Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi, who fled to the southern city of Aden on Saturday and, with the backing of Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf monarchies, declared that he was still the country's legitimate leader.
One of the most glaring examples of an oppressed Shi'a population and American ideals vs the salafist Sunni. The Houthi are the majority in Northern Yemen and get to govern themselves.
Posted by Orrin Judd at February 27, 2015 3:50 PM
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