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Shipload of Chinese Weapons Disappears from Hodeidah Port? Destined for Al Qaeda not Houthis?
Shipload of Chinese Weapons Disappears from Hodeidah Port? Destined for Al Qaeda not Houthis?
Actually it makes as much sense one way or the other. I wrote in 2005 that Yemen was a primary supplier of jihaddi groups all over the region- from Saudi to Gaza and lots of places in Africa. Later the Yemeni government promised (!!) to stop using brokers to buy ...
Yemen's refugee crisis attracting global concern
Yemen's refugee crisis attracting global concern
washingtontimes.com — MAZRAK CAMP, Yemen Salha Asman Mousa and her five sons were eating dinner when their village was... bombed mid-September. "The planes came to attack the Houthis," she said, squinting under a straw hat in the sweltering desert sun. "Everyone wanted to ... (more) Yemen's refugee crisis attracting global concern
Saudi concern rises over Al Qaeda activity in Yemen
Saudi concern rises over Al Qaeda activity in Yemen
csmonitor.com — Two Yemen-based militants dressed as women, one of whom was a former Guantánamo prisoner, were intercepted at... a Saudi checkpoint last week. By Caryle Murphy | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor from the October 19, 2009 edition Riyadh, ... (more) Saudi concern rises over Al Qaeda activity in Yemen
Another former Gitmo detainee killed in a shootout
Another former Gitmo detainee killed in a shootout
longwarjournal.org — Yousef al-Siehri, a former Gitmo detainee and now a member of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.... Photo courtesy of the NEFA Foundation. On Oct. 13, a former Guantanamo detainee named Yousef Mohammed al Shihri was killed in a ... (more) Another former Gitmo detainee killed in a shootout
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Yemeni Officials Facilitating Iranian Missile Shipments?
The Jawa Report — ... but the part that seems truest is the Yemeni government officials facilitated the shipment's entry to Yemen. Its equally likely the Iranian missiles, if they were off loaded in Yemen, were destined for al Qaeda as the Houthi rebels. The paper is owned by President Saleh's half brother General Ali Mohsen al Ahmar who is in a perpetual power struggle with other elements of the family. General al Ahmar is the one tasked with leading the war against the rebels, and as odd as it seems, a shipload of Chinese weapons was recently imported (with forged documents from the defense ...

Yemen Using al Qaeda as Mercenaries in War, Rebels Claim
The Jawa Report — ... . If there is a deal, then the shipload of Chinese weapons informally imported by government officials (and then lost?!) possibly makes more sense. A kind soul helped me out with the following summary: According to some sources confirmed that the leader of Al Qaida in Abu Dubarah. They agreed that the govt, will provide them with light weapons and the Al Qaida fighters will participate in the war against the rebels. Omar Obadah and his followers who just came back from Saudi Arabia and stated that they received some training in Afghanistan. The article mentioned that the ...

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