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    10 thousand civilians killed in Yemen war...

    Grim Milestone Reached in Yemen Fighting: 10,000 Civilian Dead
    January 16, 2017 - United Nations envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed is in Yemen as the U.N. marks a grim milestone — 10,000 civilians dead in fighting.
    Ould Cheikh Ahmed met with senior Yemeni leaders Monday, including President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi, to appeal for a return to the April truce. “Yemen's political elite have a responsibility to shield people from further harm, protect their country's future, and commit to a peaceful settlement,” Ould Cheikh Ahmed said. “The current political stalemate is causing death and destruction every day.”

    Truce is key to peace

    The U.N. envoy said the only way to stop this suffering in Yemen is for all sides to abide by the truce and sit down at the peace table. Ould Cheikh Ahmed plans to meet later this week with Houth rebel representatives.


    Forensics experts gather evidence in the rubble of a funeral hall destroyed by a deadly Saudi-led airstrike in Sana'a, Yemen

    The U.N. says the fighting in Yemen has killed about 10,000 civilians since a Saudi-led Arab coalition launched airstrikes almost two years ago and sent in ground forces to defeat the Houthis.

    Neighborhoods are gone

    The airstrikes have wiped out entire neighborhoods in the capital, Sana'a. The Iranian-backed rebels seized control of Sana'a in 2014. U.N. efforts toward putting together a permanent cease-fire and an interim government have so far failed. Yemen is one of the world's poorest nations. U.N. estimates say about 80 percent of the civilian population is in desperate need of food and medicine.

    http://www.voanews.com/a/yemen-fight...s/3679174.html

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    Note that since the US is not overtly involved, the MSM isn't really reporting on it. The Saudis follow US strategy, tactics and in name only our rules of engagement. If a US attack causes some collateral damage the press will clamor on about it for weeks or longer.

    The Saudis don't get press coverage even when they cause mass civilian casualties.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    al Qaeda’s Yemen branch making gains in Yemen

    The Shia militias that have been causing so much trouble in Yemen had beaten al Qaeda in Yemen pretty handily last years. Now the group is back, but likely less of a local threat than the Shia militia.

    I know this is old but what kind of "Army" gets routed off it's own municians compound? Are these "goverment troops" like 5 old dudes and a bomb sniffing dog? Maybe it's time to jsut tell the Sunni's and the $#@!ies ..... go for it. Kill each other in the nane of your God so he can wreak his rath on your unpure hearts. No help, no aide, no troops, no more weapons. If you want to tear the $#@! out of your own region do it on your own and then crawl out of the stone age rubble.
    Last edited by donttread; 01-17-2017 at 06:36 AM.

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    Most Arab armies lack military discipline.
    Quote Originally Posted by donttread View Post
    I know this is old but what kind of "Army" gets routed off it's own municians compound? Are these "goverment troops" like 5 old dudes and a bomb sniffing dog? Maybe it's time to jsut tell the Sunni's and the $#@!ies ..... go for it. Kill each other in the nane of your God so he can wreak his rath on your unpure hearts. No help, no aide, no troops, no more weapons. If you want to tear the $#@! out of your own region do it on your own and then crawl out of the stone age rubble.
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