Yemeni Shiite Rebel Sweep Into Capital Kills 340

[kickysnana]

Source: ABCNews

In a stunning sweep of the Yemeni capital, the country's Shiite rebels seized homes, offices and military bases of their Sunni foes on Monday, forcing many into hiding and triggering an exodus of civilians from the city after a week of fighting that left 340 people dead...

Observers say the Hawthis' battlefield success reflects a major change in Yemen's political landscape, with traditional sources of power — Sunni Islamists, allied army generals and tribal chiefs — losing their grip as the central government gave in to the Shiite rebels to avert a full-blown civil war...

The Hawthis signed the U.N.-brokered deal on Sunday, an agreement that gave them unprecedented influence in the presidency and over the Cabinet. It calls for an immediate cease-fire and the formation of a technocratic government within a month after consultations with all political parties....

Yemen, one of the Arab world's poorest nations, is facing multiple challenges. An al-Qaida branch in the south poses a constant threat as it tries to impose control over cities and towns. Washington considers the Yemeni branch to be the world's most dangerous arm of al-Qaida and has helped support Yemeni government offensives against it with drone strikes.


Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/yemen-shiite-rebels-rout-islamist-allied-general-25669734

[msongs]

1. they have religion to comfort them nt

[delrem]

5. I have money, democracy, freedom, and The American Way to comfort me.

So I say keep sending in the drones, the hellfire missiles, just to keep the anthill frantic.

[Throd]

2. So who am I rooting for in this particular dust-up?

[kickysnana]

3. Hard to know who to be "for" but definitely not the current winners.

Definitely my little cousins as they don't even want to be there.

[Fred Sanders]

4. Who knew another Middle East religious civil war was raging like this? Some countries just do better

under dictatorships, Egypt for one, it seems.

[quadrature]

6. setting the middle east on fire was a mistake

Libya --> Syria --> Egypt --> Yemen
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OK, for the record I should state that the
damage in Egypt has been reversed.
But not by any of our effort.