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Bosonic

(3,746 posts)
Sun May 17, 2015, 06:59 PM May 2015

Arab coalition resumes Yemen air strikes as truce ends

Source: Aljazeera

Arab coalition nations have resumed air strikes against Houthi fighters in Yemen as a UN envoy called for an extension of a five-day humanitarian ceasefire that expired late Sunday.

The coalition targeted Houthi rebel positions in Al-Sawlaban and Al-Arish in Aden province, Saudi military officials said early on Monday.

Al-Masirah TV, a Houthi-backed channel, reported that Saudi troops were also shelling Al-Manzala district in Al-Dalih near the Yemen-Saudi border, in addition to Al-Ghawr mountain.

"I call on all parties to renew their commitment to this truce for five more days at least," UN envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said earlier in Riyadh. "This humanitarian truce should turn into a permanent ceasefire."

Read more: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/05/arab-coalition-resumes-yemen-air-strikes-truce-ends-150517214058987.html

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For Gods sakes (all the gods involved)... Plucketeer May 2015 #1
another 'Arab Spring' sucess story quadrature May 2015 #2
 

Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)
1. For Gods sakes (all the gods involved)...
Sun May 17, 2015, 08:15 PM
May 2015

Step outta the way and let these folks settle the tribal squabbles once and for ALL! Think about it - save for a few persons of collateral damage status, all the participants are fully expecting a favorable reward when they leave this life fighting against the bad guys. So what's wrong with that???? If they're buying themselves an ascent to glory, what's the downside? Leave them to their own brand of rapture. Just think how heavenly it'll be here when the Christian rapture takes all the Religlicans home to be with their whack-job maker!

 

quadrature

(2,049 posts)
2. another 'Arab Spring' sucess story
Sun May 17, 2015, 09:32 PM
May 2015

Libya --> chaos -->
Mali
Egypt
Syria (200,000 dead, 8 million displaced)
Yemen

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