Yemen’s rebel leader Abdel-Malik al-Houthi today escalated his offensive against the remnants of the government of resigned and exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, having seized the city of Taiz over the weekend and moving on the remaining Hadi stronghold of Aden.
Houthi said the move was focused at united the country against al-Qaeda and ISIS, who retain considerable power over the country’s southwestern region, saying it was necessary to move against the “US puppet” Hadi.
Hadi, who was indeed “elected” in a heavily US-influenced single-candidate election, resigned earlier this year when talks on a power-sharing deal with the Houthis broke down. He later unresigned, fled to Aden, and has talked of trying to be restored to power.
The Houthis accuse the US of trying to “import the Libyan model” of disarray to Yemen, and of Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar all being in favor of the effort.
Go Houthis
deja vu Somalia. The western supported government was left controlling nothing but the capital Somalia. Al Shebaab together with the other groups had united ( The Islamic Courts)and for the first time in over a decade peace prevailed in the greater part of Somalia, Then the US intervened, Got Ethiopia to invade, followed by the intervention of the "African Union" and the blood shed has continued. I expect little different here. UN convenes a meeting (probably US provoked) then more interference and instead of peace returning to the country, the US will again impose their puppet upon the people. Who will it use now to invade, Saudi Arabia, Arab League??
Worship the rich — An enslaving fake morality
In each and every nation on earth we see a rich nobility, a top 1% that hoards three-fourths of the nation’s wealth and the burden of Empire USA is to be a global law enforcement agency that enhances stability in such a criminal and violent system of democratic dictatorship.
For most everyone suffers an illusion that we all deserve to be rich and because of this keep electing millionaires and billionaires to rule over them thinking the rich must lead the way to such a bonanza of prosperity.
I agree with Nick. Why should the USA, or the UN, be involved at all? Civil wars are part of national existence, and state formation. Why is anyone's business but the Yemenis who their leader is or what their government looks like?
I do not want Houthis to "go," nor any of the other factions. Funny, not all that long ago, a civil war in Yemen would be either back of the back page news, warranting a small article in the main section of the New York Times on Sunday (back when it used to contain international news, and not reviews of latest kitchen gizmo), or not news at all, here in the USA. Why should it be any different today? Yemen is of no strategic importance to the USA, it doesn't even have oil. What is the concern here? Myhrr? Frankincense?