Shia Strength: [MahdiUniteMuslims] Yemen: Saudi discriminately bombing killing Yemeni civilians

Saudi jets kill 18 civilians in Yemen

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:38:54 GMT

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Yemeni children in al-Mazraq refugee camp near the northwestern Yemeni province of Sa'ada.

Fresh Saudi air strikes on northern villages of Yemen have claimed the lives of 18 civilians, all women and children, the Houthi fighters say.

According to a statement released by the fighters, Saudi forces carried out more than 40 air raids on al-Razih, al-Nazir, al -Malaheet, and the district of Ghamra in northern Yemen on Monday.

Saudi Arabia joined Sana'a's months-long fierce armed campaign against the Shia fighters in November.

The Houthis are accused by the central government of breaking the terms of a ceasefire agreement by taking foreign visitors hostage. The Saudis, on their part, claimed that the fighters had attacked one of their border checkpoints.

The fighters denounce the offensives as a discriminatory campaign against the Shia minority under Riyadh's auspices.

The offensives, meanwhile, have been taking their toll on the locals with the Saudis reportedly venturing beyond the Houthi positions, targeting civilian areas and using unconventional weaponry including flesh-eating white phosphorus bombs.

On Sunday, at least 50 civilians were killed after Saudi jets poured more than one-thousand missiles on an area along the border with the Kingdom.

Riyadh claims that its raids are only aimed at targeting Houthi positions, but the attacks have so far left scores of civilians killed in the areas far from the border with the country, based on the Houthis' reports.

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--- On Sun, 11/29/09, Labbayk YaMahdi <labbayk_yamahdi@yahoo.ca> wrote:

From: Labbayk YaMahdi <labbayk_yamahdi@yahoo.ca>
Subject: Yemen: Islamic World Students condemned Saudi "massacre" of Yemeni Shiite Muslims
To: CASMO@yahoogroups.com
Received: Sunday, November 29, 2009, 3:21 PM

Muslim students condemn 'massacre' of Houthis
Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:06:16 GMT

The Union of Islamic World Students has condemned the Saudi-backed "massacre" of Yemeni Shiite Muslims by the government in north of the country, as Saudi jets continue bombing the fighters.

"We, Muslim students, condemn the massacre of oppressed Muslims" in north of Yemen, the union said in a statement released on Monday.

The statement slammed Saudi Arabia for its involvement in the killing and said: "We want Saudi Arabia and Yemen government to stop the violations against innocent people of Sa'da."

Yemeni government forces backed by Saudi fighter jets have recently intensified their attacks on Shiite Muslims near the border.

Yemeni Shiite Muslims have several times reported that they are shelled with phosphorus bombs.

The Muslim students' statement further implied the U.S. and Israel's engagement with the atrocities and announced: "We know the unfair policy causing discord among Muslims and can see the hands of U.S. and the Zionist regime behind the events."

The Muslim students further called on the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), other international organizations and Islamic governments to break the silence and do more against the killing.

"We want the Organization of Islamic Conference, international organizations and Islamic governments to do their real duty and prevent the holocaust happening in Yemen."

"We, students of Islamic world, express our disgust at the silence of Islamic organizations and governments and announce that the violation is completely inconsistent with Islamic principles," the statement concluded.
'Saudi fighter jets using phosphorous bombs' - Internationally banned bomb.

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:41:44 GMT

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A phosphorous bomb (archive photo)

Houthi fighters in Yemen say Saudi fighter jets are using phosphorous bombs to back a deadly Yemeni government offensive against them.

"Saudi combat fighter jets launched intense raids against border areas inside Yemeni territory on Sunday night," the fighters' spokesman Mohammad Abdessalam told AFP by telephone.

"The Saudi military used phosphorus bombs during those night raids, burning mountainous regions," he said adding that "The Saudi air raids resumed this morning (Monday). "

Abdessalam said that the raids targeted Malaheez, seven kilometers (3.8 miles) inside Yemen, as well as the border villages of Hassameh and Shida and several villages around Jebel (mountain) al-Dukhan straddling the border.

The Saudi air force launched its deadly offensive against Houthis seven days ago, accusing the resistance Shia fighters of killing two Saudi soldiers on the border.

While Riyadh claims that its offensive targeted Houthi positions on 'Saudi territory', the fighters say Yemeni villages are the main target of heavy bombings.

The developments comes as Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh has declared that attacks against the Houthi fighters will be intensified.

The conflict between Houthi fighters and the Yemeni government began in 2004, but intensified last August when government forces stepped up the pressure against the fighters.

Houthi fighters say they have been defending their people against the Yemeni government that has marginalized them economically and politically.

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9 Saudi Soldiers Missing Along Saudi-Yemen Border

Saudi defense ministry: 9 soldiers missing in offensive against Yemeni rebels

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia November 27, 2009 (AP)

The Associated Press

Saudi Arabia says nine of its soldiers fighting Yemeni rebels on the border are missing and the kingdom's monarch is vowing to defend the country.

A defense ministry statement said the fate of the soldiers remains unknown. The statement was a reaction to reports that the soldiers were captured by Yemeni rebels.

Saudi Arabia has unleashed an offensive against Yemeni Shiite rebels who crossed into the kingdom and killed a Saudi soldier earlier this month. The rebels have been fighting Yemen's central government for five years, destabilizing the already impoverished nation that has become fertile ground for al-Qaida.

Saudi King Abdullah said Friday his country will not allow anyone to "desecrate" its lands.

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Houthis hit 'intruding' Saudi tanks

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:29:03 GMT

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Saudi soldiers are seen in the picture as they are deployed near the border with Yemen.

Yemen's Houthi fighters say they have targeted two Saudi tanks attempting to cross into the country's north, where the Shia forces are based.

The fighters said on Thursday the Saudi military continued to attack positions within the Yemeni borders, saying the Saudi forces had fired more than 500 rockets on several cities in the northern Sa'adah province.

The heavy attacks mark a step-up in the joint Saudi-Yemeni offensive aimed at wiping out the Houthis, who took arms in a bid to put an end to what they call the Sunni-dominated central government's discrimination and repression against the country's Shia minority.

Hundreds of people, many of them civilians, have been killed and tens of thousands have been displaced since the Yemeni government's latest offensive against the Houthis was launched in August.

The Saudi military forces joined the Yemeni army following cross-border tensions with the Yemeni fighters and engaged in bombarding the Houthi positions.

Houthis have repeatedly accused the neighboring Arab kingdom of using forbidden weaponry to strike the fighters — not on the Saudi soil as Riyadh claims but in villages deep inside the Yemeni territory — and killing civilians.

They also accuse Riyadh of employing al-Qaeda militants and Sunni extremists to help quell the Shia movement.

Muslims "must" unite all over the World
and pray for the appearance of al Mahdi (r.a.) the Savior of mankind
the descendant of Prophet Muhammad s.a.w.

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