Saturday, July 31, 2010

Houthinews

This is all from the last 24 hours

Yemeni Rebels Kill 12 Soldiers, Injure 55, Kidnap 228 in Series of Attacks Bloomberg
Is Yemen in the Middle of Another Undeclared War? TIME
Houthi Ceasefire Holds, Yemen Says UPI
Yemen: President Makes Offer to Rebels NY Times
and the follow-up,
Yemen President Accuses Rebels of Rejecting Peace AFP
Yemen Claims to Form 12,000 Strong Army in Southern Yemen Xinhua - this is influenced by a Hadith attributed to Mohammed that, at some point in the future, an army of 12,000 would come out of southern Yemen. But to be honest, AQAP's chances of raising an army of 12,000 (when their current numbers are around 200) is on par with their attempt to HARNESS THE POWER OF LIGHTNING! No, that's not a real thing, but it has just as much chance of happening. When Iraq invaded Kuwait back in the day, bin Laden made a similar claim to the Saudi defense minister:

[Bin Laden:] I am ready to prepare 100,000 fighters with good combat capability within three months. You don't need Americans. You don't need any other non-Muslim troops. We will be enough.
[Prince Sultan:] There are no caves in Kuwait. What will you do when he lobs missiles at you with chemical and biological weapons?
[Bin Laden:] We will fight him with faith.

I can only imagine Prince Sultan sitting through this with an arched eyebrow and ending the meeting with a "don't call us, we'll call you!"

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