Post by k on Jul 5, 2004 13:08:05 GMT -5
@it seems like the only international violence worth mentioning (or giving much attention to) is violence in Iraq. The reason? Violence in Iraq will help Kerry's presidential campaign while focusing on violence elsewhere won't change things. Many Americans cannot see the agenda of the liberal media. If you think Iraq is the most violent country on earth, I have a bridge in Brooklyn I will sell you. Pay attention to how much the media focuses on Iraq and deemphasizes violence in other countries. Pathetic.
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AFP
35 rebels killed in Yemen: military sources
Mon Jul 5, 9:32 AM ET
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SANAA (AFP) - Thirty-five followers of an extremist Yemeni preacher holed up in a mountainous northern region have been killed and 60 wounded in fierce clashes with the army since late Sunday, military sources said.
The latest deaths raise to at least 166 the number of people killed in the fighting between supporters of cleric Hussein Badr Eddin al-Huthi and government forces which erupted June 18 in Saada province, near the Saudi border.
The fatalities include 41 soldiers. That number is expected to rise following the latest bout of fighting, according to the military sources at the scene.
Clashes were still raging at midday Monday in Maran, where the noose was tightening around Huthi and his supporters, said the sources, reached by telephone from Sanaa.
Army troops seized three outposts in Jaria, Harban and Malhat, isolating the insurgents in Jumeima in Maran's rugged mountains, the sources said.
"The troops are one kilometer (less than a mile) from Jumeima," one source said.
Huthi, a member of the Zaidi community, is wanted by the authorities for allegedly seeking to foment sectarian strife.
The Zaidis are a moderate Shiite Muslim sect dominant in northwestern Yemen but in the minority in the mainly Sunni country.
Army and police forces deployed reinforcements around the stronghold of the self-styled "Emir al-Mumineen", or Prince of Believers, after the failure on June 28 of a mediation bid by authorities aimed at securing his surrender.
In remarks published Sunday, President Ali Abdullah Saleh called on Huthi to turn himself in, promising him a fair trial.
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AFP
35 rebels killed in Yemen: military sources
Mon Jul 5, 9:32 AM ET
Add Mideast - AFP to My Yahoo!
SANAA (AFP) - Thirty-five followers of an extremist Yemeni preacher holed up in a mountainous northern region have been killed and 60 wounded in fierce clashes with the army since late Sunday, military sources said.
The latest deaths raise to at least 166 the number of people killed in the fighting between supporters of cleric Hussein Badr Eddin al-Huthi and government forces which erupted June 18 in Saada province, near the Saudi border.
The fatalities include 41 soldiers. That number is expected to rise following the latest bout of fighting, according to the military sources at the scene.
Clashes were still raging at midday Monday in Maran, where the noose was tightening around Huthi and his supporters, said the sources, reached by telephone from Sanaa.
Army troops seized three outposts in Jaria, Harban and Malhat, isolating the insurgents in Jumeima in Maran's rugged mountains, the sources said.
"The troops are one kilometer (less than a mile) from Jumeima," one source said.
Huthi, a member of the Zaidi community, is wanted by the authorities for allegedly seeking to foment sectarian strife.
The Zaidis are a moderate Shiite Muslim sect dominant in northwestern Yemen but in the minority in the mainly Sunni country.
Army and police forces deployed reinforcements around the stronghold of the self-styled "Emir al-Mumineen", or Prince of Believers, after the failure on June 28 of a mediation bid by authorities aimed at securing his surrender.
In remarks published Sunday, President Ali Abdullah Saleh called on Huthi to turn himself in, promising him a fair trial.