Yemen Civil War News and Discussion.. an evolving situation
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Starlord
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Actually no, KSA has no footprint with TTP, @RescueRanger whenever he comes back will tell you.
AZ_HighCountry
INT'L MOD
I wonder what my younger Pak brother has been up to? Probably busy on some assignment representing Pakistan.
Asfandyar Bhittani
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Asfandyar Bhittani
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Sanitation workers being trained to fight by Houthi militants. Odd considering the kind of numerical superiority houthis have enjoyed throughout the war thanks to controlling the population centers early on.
Persian Gulf
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Hussain
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As expected from you, a very selective definition of violence against civilians. The fact that Hezbollah or the Houthis don’t use exactly the same methods as others, doesn’t establish that they have avoided attacks affecting civilians.
Hezbollah’s record includes attacks that killed non-Israeli civilians:
- 18 April 1983 — Beirut: A suicide truck bombing at the U.S. Embassy killed 63 people, including Lebanese and American civilians and embassy personnel. The U.S. government attributes the attack to Hezbollah.
- 20 September 1984 — Beirut: A bombing of the U.S. Embassy annex killed 24 people, including civilians.
- 14 June 1985 — TWA Flight 847: Hezbollah-linked hijackers seized a civilian passenger aircraft. U.S. Navy diver Robert Stethem was murdered during the hijacking.
- 18 July 1994 — Buenos Aires: The AMIA Jewish community center was bombed, killing 85 people, overwhelmingly Argentine civilians. Hezbollah was implicated in the attack, with Argentina's investigation and later judicial findings attributing responsibility to Hezbollah operatives acting with Iranian support.
- 14 February 2005 — Beirut: The assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri killed Hariri and 21 other people. In 2020, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon convicted Hezbollah member Salim Ayyash for his central role in the bombing.
And the Houthis have their own documented record:
- 12 June 2019 — Abha International Airport: A Houthi missile attack injured 26 civilians, including three children.
- 23 June 2019 — Abha International Airport: A Houthi drone attack killed 1 civilian and injured 21.
- 2 July 2019 — Abha International Airport: Another Houthi missile attack injured 10 civilians.
- 17 January 2022 — Abu Dhabi: Houthi attacks struck the area around Abu Dhabi International Airport and Musaffah, causing civilian deaths and injuries. The attacks were claimed by the Houthis and condemned by the UN.
So the argument that “they don't blow themselves up in mosques, bazaars, airports or concerts” doesn't prove what you think it proves. Hezbollah has carried out suicide bombings and attacks at civilian locations, including an airport. The Houthis have repeatedly attacked civilian airports and other civilian infrastructure, with civilians among the casualties.
You can argue that these organizations are politically and ideologically different from others. That's a legitimate distinction. But pretending that calling something “resistance” gives it a clean record on civilian casualties is not supported by their historical record.
You loving this post, just shows how sick you are.
Starlord
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Last i heard someone in his family passed away, after that maybe he wants to take some break ? family business? or some health issue? not sure.
Asfandyar Bhittani
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Hussain
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Sorry, this didn't happen yesterday, or today for that matter, the whole world knows how high these Houthis are.
Khat/Qat is pretty well known in the west, it was banned in Canada back in 1996 by the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA)
Here is a WHO Bulletin - Oct 2008
