Children caught in the crossfire in Yemen

[Sally]

Why are the unfortunate children always involved in the fighting among grownups?

Children caught in the crossfire in Yemen
Wolf | Source: CNN

Added on 1:04 PM ET, Thu April 16, 2015

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http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/04/16/wolf-elbagir-yemen-airstrikes-aden-ho

 

[cnm]

Because outside parties like the US and Saudi interfere in internal Yemeni matters?

 

[waltky]

Update: Yemen Strike Leaves 131 Dead...

Yemen conflict: Wedding attack death toll rises to 130
September 29, 2015 - The death toll from a suspected air strike on a wedding party in Yemen on Monday has risen to at least 130, the United Nations and local medics say.

Missiles reportedly hit two tents in a village near the Red Sea port of Mocha, where a man linked to the Houthi rebel movement was celebrating his marriage. But the Saudi-led coalition that has been bombing the rebels for six months denied responsibility for the attack.

Some 5,000 people have been killed in air strikes and fighting in Yemen since March

The UN condemned "the disregard shown by all sides for human life" in Yemen. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed that there was no military solution to the conflict and its continuation would only bring more human suffering and destruction.

Some 5,000 people, including 2,355 civilians, have been killed in air strikes and fighting on the ground since 26 March, when Houthi fighters and allied army units forced Yemen's internationally recognised president to flee the country. Last week, Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi returned to the southern port city of Aden, where his government has set up a temporary base as southern militiamen and coalition forces press northwards towards the rebel-held capital, Sanaa.

'Deadliest incident'

 

[waltky]

Too many guns in Yemen...

Yemen's abundant guns fuel its messy civil war
Oct 19, 2015: Celebratory tracer fire from a wedding lights up the night sky over Marib, a city that is heavily armed even by the standards of Yemen, where the ready availability of weapons helped start civil war and is now preventing anyone coming out on top.

Yemenis often say there are three guns for every person, a boast that has become an urgent concern in a country where the United Nations says the humanitarian situation is "critical". The precise number of weapons is impossible to verify, but the profusion of arms on display in Marib makes the three-to-one claim look not far off. Almost all of the men walking in the city centre, their cheeks full of the mild narcotic qat leaf, had an assault rifle slung across a shoulder; many of them also sported pistols in garish holsters or had hand grenades in jacket pockets. More than 5,400 people have been killed since March in a conflict perpetuated by shifting alliances based on region, religion, tribe and drawn into a Saudi-Iranian Cold War.

Easy access to weapons has enabled widely ranging groups to enter the fighting, including Islamist militants who have seized control of the port city of Mukalla, several hundred kilometres (miles) east of Marib in the Hadramawt region. United Nations experts cited the abundance of arms in Yemen as a regional worry in 2013, when al Qaeda linked militants already had a major base in the south, but the war has given such worries even greater urgency. Houthi militia, allied to Iran, and troops loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, were closing in on Marib a month ago, but were forced back by local fighters, some trained by Gulf countries, which assisted them with air strikes.

The Houthis and Saleh's forces have now been pushed into the hills 30 km away, but the periodic sound of distant explosions is constant evidence in Marib that the war remains only a short drive away. A slight 18-year old in a brown robe and turquoise headscarf, rifle dangling casually over his arm, said the first thing he did when his village of Arhab near the capital Sanaa was overrun by the Houthis was to go to a famous arms market. "I went to Jihana and bought weapons. Then I came to Marib. That was four months ago. Now, God willing, we will fight the Houthis back. Soon we will be in Sanaa," he said, identifying himself only by the nickname 'Abu Arhab".

Heavy weapons

 

[irosie91]

Because outside parties like the US and Saudi interfere in internal Yemeni matters?

no------it is IRAN that is interfering in Yemen. Yemen is a devastated country-------70
years ago it was a primitive land that nobody wanted-----then it began to engage in civil
war ------to some extent over OIL IN THE SOUTHERN PART--------Egypt got interested
on BAATHIST principles and now---Iran wants it for two major reasons----access to
Saudi arabia --------AND its two very important seaports----------Aden and Taiz. ---
Iran wants to control sea trade------especially of oil. Getting its paws on the "straits
of Hormuz"-------will afford it control lots WORLD SHIPPING-------The problem
in the ever smoldering land has jumped onto the world scene because of Iranian Imperialism.
Neither the US nor Saudi arabia have given that land a second glance for centuries, for
that matter----neither did Iran until Iran saw OPPORTUNITY

 

[montelatici]

It is Saudi Arabia that is interfering in Yemen you creep. They are the ones bombing the crap out of the place. You are the poster girl for cognizant dissonance.

 

[irosie91]

It is Saudi Arabia that is interfering in Yemen you creep. They are the ones bombing the crap out of the place. You are the poster girl for cognizant dissonance.

no -----I am a person who has relatives who were born in Yemen. I am also a person with
links to persons who are Yemeni expats in the USA and have family back there. You are a
person intent on spitting Baathist propaganda. It was BAATHISTS who bombed little
primitive villages in Yemen-----with nitrogen mustard gas. NITROGEN MUSTARD GAS

 

[montelatici]

I don't give a crap where you or your relatives were born. Saudi and Gulf nation aircraft are bombing the crap out of Yemen and killing civilians. That is interference.

There are no "Baathists" in the fight, you maniac.

You are a nutcase.

 

[Sunni Man]

Irosie, your relatives are the despised juden Yemen who were kicked out of the country.

So your perspective of the current situation both twisted and misleading. .......

 

[irosie91]

I don't give a crap where you or your relatives were born. Saudi and Gulf nation aircraft are bombing the crap out of Yemen and killing civilians. That is interference.

There are no "Baathists" in the fight, you maniac.

You are a nutcase.

In the early 50s -------the BAATHIST who involved himself was
GAMAL ABDUL NASSER-------client of communist Russia----friend of
GRAND MUFTI AL HUSSEINI------He dropped nitrogen mustard gas
on innocent kids in Yemen---------Learn some history-------you imbecile.
Assad is something like a shadowy DOPPELGANGER of Nasser----
on the planet to wreck even more havoc than did GAMAL ABDUL

 

[irosie91]

Irosie, your relatives are the despised juden Yemen who were kicked out of the country.

So your perspective of the current situation both twisted and misleading. .......

actually they escaped. It was illegal under the filth of shariah and the stench of
chimmia for them to leave. As to the current situation in Yemen----my informants
are the CREAM OF YEMENI SOCIETY--------- persons from SANAA------and they can
read and write-------literate sunnis. --------a rarirty

 

[irosie91]

Too many guns in Yemen...

Yemen's abundant guns fuel its messy civil war
Oct 19, 2015: Celebratory tracer fire from a wedding lights up the night sky over Marib, a city that is heavily armed even by the standards of Yemen, where the ready availability of weapons helped start civil war and is now preventing anyone coming out on top.

Yemenis often say there are three guns for every person, a boast that has become an urgent concern in a country where the United Nations says the humanitarian situation is "critical". The precise number of weapons is impossible to verify, but the profusion of arms on display in Marib makes the three-to-one claim look not far off. Almost all of the men walking in the city centre, their cheeks full of the mild narcotic qat leaf, had an assault rifle slung across a shoulder; many of them also sported pistols in garish holsters or had hand grenades in jacket pockets. More than 5,400 people have been killed since March in a conflict perpetuated by shifting alliances based on region, religion, tribe and drawn into a Saudi-Iranian Cold War.

Easy access to weapons has enabled widely ranging groups to enter the fighting, including Islamist militants who have seized control of the port city of Mukalla, several hundred kilometres (miles) east of Marib in the Hadramawt region. United Nations experts cited the abundance of arms in Yemen as a regional worry in 2013, when al Qaeda linked militants already had a major base in the south, but the war has given such worries even greater urgency. Houthi militia, allied to Iran, and troops loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, were closing in on Marib a month ago, but were forced back by local fighters, some trained by Gulf countries, which assisted them with air strikes.

The Houthis and Saleh's forces have now been pushed into the hills 30 km away, but the periodic sound of distant explosions is constant evidence in Marib that the war remains only a short drive away. A slight 18-year old in a brown robe and turquoise headscarf, rifle dangling casually over his arm, said the first thing he did when his village of Arhab near the capital Sanaa was overrun by the Houthis was to go to a famous arms market. "I went to Jihana and bought weapons. Then I came to Marib. That was four months ago. Now, God willing, we will fight the Houthis back. Soon we will be in Sanaa," he said, identifying himself only by the nickname 'Abu Arhab".

Heavy weapons

Possession of weapons is a matter of Islamic piety in Yemen----
men do not appear in public without being DECORATED with
weapons. --------classically a large dagger decorated with silver
filigree---------in modern times------the fashion has become -----
a lovely automatic rifle on the shoulder--------and handgrenades
dangling from the waist band. BABY PORTRAITS include
weapons---------it is all very HAUTE COUTURE so cute

 

[irosie91]

Too many guns in Yemen...

Yemen's abundant guns fuel its messy civil war
Oct 19, 2015: Celebratory tracer fire from a wedding lights up the night sky over Marib, a city that is heavily armed even by the standards of Yemen, where the ready availability of weapons helped start civil war and is now preventing anyone coming out on top.

Yemenis often say there are three guns for every person, a boast that has become an urgent concern in a country where the United Nations says the humanitarian situation is "critical". The precise number of weapons is impossible to verify, but the profusion of arms on display in Marib makes the three-to-one claim look not far off. Almost all of the men walking in the city centre, their cheeks full of the mild narcotic qat leaf, had an assault rifle slung across a shoulder; many of them also sported pistols in garish holsters or had hand grenades in jacket pockets. More than 5,400 people have been killed since March in a conflict perpetuated by shifting alliances based on region, religion, tribe and drawn into a Saudi-Iranian Cold War.

Easy access to weapons has enabled widely ranging groups to enter the fighting, including Islamist militants who have seized control of the port city of Mukalla, several hundred kilometres (miles) east of Marib in the Hadramawt region. United Nations experts cited the abundance of arms in Yemen as a regional worry in 2013, when al Qaeda linked militants already had a major base in the south, but the war has given such worries even greater urgency. Houthi militia, allied to Iran, and troops loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, were closing in on Marib a month ago, but were forced back by local fighters, some trained by Gulf countries, which assisted them with air strikes.

The Houthis and Saleh's forces have now been pushed into the hills 30 km away, but the periodic sound of distant explosions is constant evidence in Marib that the war remains only a short drive away. A slight 18-year old in a brown robe and turquoise headscarf, rifle dangling casually over his arm, said the first thing he did when his village of Arhab near the capital Sanaa was overrun by the Houthis was to go to a famous arms market. "I went to Jihana and bought weapons. Then I came to Marib. That was four months ago. Now, God willing, we will fight the Houthis back. Soon we will be in Sanaa," he said, identifying himself only by the nickname 'Abu Arhab".

Heavy weapons

Possession of weapons is a matter of Islamic piety in Yemen----
men do not appear in public without being DECORATED with
weapons. --------classically a large dagger decorated with silver
filigree---------in modern times------the fashion has become -----
a lovely automatic rifle on the shoulder--------and handgrenades
dangling from the waist band. BABY PORTRAITS include
weapons---------it is all very HAUTE COUTURE so cute

It seems that monte and sunni-the kid HAVE DROPPED OUT OF THE
CONVERSATION---------I thought that Monte would be interested -----as a
Baathist --------in the ARABIAN WEAPON ""CULTURE"" of YEMEN--------it is fascinating.
Reference to weapons as ARABIAN CULTURE is apt. Several years ago
I attended-----with hubby------an exposition of ISLAMIC ART ------fascinating-----
the art displayed was MORE THAN 60 % ------highly decorated daggers and
scimitars-------with the rare pictoral art being a jerk sitting on a horse-----
the jerk appearing to be a generic arab------something like the DENMARK
portrait of muhummad-------waving a scimitar.

An interesting factoid-----for Monte------TAIZ was once the center of "WEAPON DECORATION"
------da jooooooos did it. which is how they survived the stench of shariah. Da arab
moooslims love their daggers-----and want them really FANCY

 

[montelatici]

You are not well. Seek help.

 

[Sally]

I don't give a crap where you or your relatives were born. Saudi and Gulf nation aircraft are bombing the crap out of Yemen and killing civilians. That is interference.

There are no "Baathists" in the fight, you maniac.

You are a nutcase.

Hmm, Haniyah must be talking about herself. Perhaps she should have told her Houti friends that they should never have listened to those in Iran whispering in their ears to take over Yemen for the Shia.

Now perhaps Haniyah can at least make a comment about those unfortunate children caught in the conflict. Regardless of the Sunnis and Shia at each other's throat as per usual, it is children who are suffering terribly there.

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