US air raids kill 63 civilians in SE Yemen
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Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:55:55 GMT
Yemen's Houthi fighters say scores of civilians, including
many children, have been killed in US air-raids in the
southeast of the war-stricken Arab country.
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The Shia fighters on Friday reported the deaths of 63
people, including some 28 children, in the southeastern
province of Abyan.
Almost 90 people were also injured in the attacks by US
warplanes in the village of Bakazam, they added.
Yemen's southern provinces have recently been the scene of
US airstrikes which Washington claims to be aimed at
uprooting an al-Qaeda cell operative in the Persian Gulf
state.
But the residents of the area dismiss the claims that al-
Qaeda members are being targeted in the US attacks, while a
Yemeni lawmaker has also called for an investigation into
the raids.
The US operation in southern Yemen comes on top of a joint
Saudi-Yemeni military campaign in the country's war-weary
north where Sana'a and Riyadh forces are engaged in a fierce
fighting against the Houthi fighters.
The Houthis, who accuse the Sunni-dominated Sana'a
government of discrimination and repression against Yemen's
Shia minority, were the target of the army's off and on
attacks before the central government launched an all-out
fighting against them in early August.
Saudi Arabia joined the operation later following alleged
clashes between its border guards and the Houthis, carrying
out regular airstrikes and ground incursions against the
fighters.
On Friday, the Houthis said over 160 missiles hit regions
along the border with the neighboring kingdom, which they
accuse of pounding civilians in villages within the Yemeni
territory.
The Saudis have conducted more than 70 air raids in less
than 24 hours.
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Fresh Saudi blitz kills 13 civilians in Yemen
Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:17:16 GMT
At least 13 civilians have lost their lives in a series of
air strikes by Saudi military air planes along the border
between Yemen and the oil-rich kingdom, Houthi fighters say.
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The Saudi Air Force continued to bomb along the Yemeni-Saudi
border, including the Jebel al-Dukhan, Jebel al-Rumayh,
Jebel al-Madoud, al-Jabiri as well as other border towns.
More than 70 air strikes were conducted by Saudi warplanes
over the past 24 hours. The beleaguered regions were struck
by around 165 air-to-surface missiles. Some thirteen
civilians were killed and scores of others sustained wounds
in the air raids, according to the Houthis.
The conflict in northern Yemen began in 2004 between Sana'a
and Houthi fighters but it intensified in August 2009 when
the Yemeni army launched 'Operation Scorched Earth' in an
attempt to crush the fighters in the northern province of
Sa'ada.
The Houthis accuse the Yemeni government of violation of
their civil rights, political, economic and religious
marginalization as well as large-scale corruption.
The Saudi and US air forces have further complicated the
conflict by launching their own operations against Shia
resistance fighters.
Houthi fighters say that Riyadh and Washington pound their
positions and that Saudi forces strike Yemeni villages and
indiscriminately target civilians. According to the
fighters, Saudis use toxic materials, including white
phosphorus bombs, against civilians in northern Yemen.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that since
2004, up to 175,000 people have been forced to leave their
homes in Sa'ada and take refuge at overcrowded camps set up
by the United Nations.
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