OH BOY, HERE WE GO - YEMEN UNDER ATTACK BY SAUDIS

You know, if this whole Mp thing pans out and Russia ends up in Sweden, they need to bomb the whole Nobel Center to rubble for ever giving our muzzie chump prez a "PEACE PRIZE"!!



Truly, that A/C chump has caused war to be poured out upon all nations.  He has just simply made a complete and total mess of things with the "Arab Spring" and so many other bright ideas.......  Sheesh!!

Here is the latest:

Yemen's embattled president fled his palace home in the southern port city of Aden for an undisclosed location Wednesday as Shiite rebels closed in on the country's third-largest city and launched airstrikes targeting the presidential forces guarding the palace's compound.

The advance of the rebels, empowered by the backing of the ousted Yemeni autocrat Ali Abdullah Saleh and his loyalists, threatens to plunge the Arab world's poorest country into a civil war that could draw in its Gulf neighbors. Already, Hadi has asked the United Nations to authorize a foreign military intervention in Yemen.

The takeover of Aden, the country's economic hub, would mark the collapse of what is left of Hadi's grip on power. It would also open a new chapter in the Houthi-Saleh alliance and possibly pave the way for more infighting.

[link to news.yahoo.com]




MAIN FACTIONS IN CONFLICT:

The Houthis, or Ansarullah

The group began as a movement of young men called the Believing Youth, set up in 1992. This was a revivalist movement for the Zaydi form of Shia Islam. The Houthis are named after Hussein Badr al-Deen al-Houthi, who led the first uprising. The group is allied to Iran, though opinions differ as to the degree of control Tehran exerts over it. It denies claims that Iran has provided military training and says it has no sectarian agenda, describing its takeover of much of the country as a revolution for all Yemenis.

President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi

Elected as an interim president in 2012 to lead a transition towards democracy, President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi was besieged in his residence by the Houthis after they seized Sanaa. The former army general resigned in January and was put under house arrest. Hadi escaped last month to Aden, repudiated his resignation and formed a government there. He called on the army to join him.

The president has called on the UN Security Council to back military action by “willing countries” to combat the Houthi advance, and has also asked the Arab League and the Gulf Cooperation Council for help.

Ali Abdullah Saleh

The ruler of north Yemen from 1978 and of the unified state from 1990 was forced to concede power in 2011 after mass protests, although he remained ceremonial president until 2012. Western countries accuse him of using his wide influence in an attempt to win back power.

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula

AQAP has been the most active wing of the Islamist militant movement for years, plotting attacks on international airliners and launching raids into Saudi Arabia. It has carried out a deadly raid against Yemen’s security forces and claimed responsibility for the attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris that killed 12 last January.