Yemen issues extradiction request to Interpol for Yahya al-Houthi
For the record, Yahya al-Houthi is a member of Parliament representing the GPC, is not an adherent to his brother’s ideology and hasn’t been to Yemen since 2005 when he fled after repeated threats from “influential persons.” Actually Yahya has been continually advocating peaceful negotiations, mediation and reconcilliaiton in his published statements, as well as accusing the regime of unprovoked attacks and of imposing Salafi preachers on the local Zaidi population as well as prisoner torture and instigating and exploiting the conflict in order to manipulate the international community. But all of that is pretty well established. I always found this to be quite an interesting interview with Yahya al-Houthi.
I find it hard to believe Germany would hand Yahya al-Houthi over to Yemen to face a farcical politicized trial and sentence as occured with Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani and the death sentence imposed on Yahya al-Dailami, both of whom received an executive amnesty after international outcry over the highly irregular proceedures. There’s many others and quite a bit of a pattern here.
Almotamar.net – Hours after the Yemeni authorization of the government on Saturday on putting an end to the recent confrontations in Saada in the suitable way a senior official source said Yemen has handed the Interpol an official memorandum requesting the handing over of the escaped terrorist Yahya Badrudin al-Houthi presently living in German. The Yemeni government said al-Houthi is involved in Saada events and his killing of many citizens and officers and security men of Yemeni armed forces, according to 26september.net that broadcast the source’s announcement on Saturday.
Press sources had mentioned that a number of European countries took a decision in the past few days demanding the listing of The Faithful Youth organization in Yemen “Al-Houthi Followers” in the black list and considering it among world terrorist organizations and consequently demanding the arrest of its leaders, members and affiliates.
After accusing the Houthis of receiving funding from (in turn) Yemeni Jews, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Iran, the regime has apparently settled on Libya as the external villian.
On a related front, the Believing Youth are now calling themselves Mujahideen:
NY: The new leader of rebels in Saada, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, has announced that he and his followers had decided to change the so-called “Faithful Youth” into “Mujahidean Group”.
Abdul-Malik al-Houthi is now the successor of his brother Hussein Badraddin al-Houthi, the leader of “Faithful Youth” who started fighting against the government in 2004 and killed in September 2004.
“We have not any links to the Faithful Youth now. It was completely over in 2004,” a close source to al-Houthi told NewsYemen.
The source said that al-Houthis who are facing the armed forces in Saada “are Mujahidean who raise the slogan “God is the Greatest, death to America and Israel, Victory for Islam.”
“We would like to preserve blood and soldiers are our brothers, but we are not scared. We are Mujahidean against any party seeks to harm us”, said the source.
Asked about the agent of armed forces who could kill one of al-Houthi important leaders, the source said he would not be released. “He is killer and will be fairly tried’, it said.
Al-Houthi “Mujahidean Group” claimed it could attack the Security Department in Al-Safra’a district of Saada early on Friday killing armed forces there. The Group claimed that only one of its members killed.
“We have killed all allies of jaws, servants of the wrongful authority who were existed in that site and we lost only one martyr”, said the Group in a press release, copy of it sent to NewsYemen.
The government forces are attacking al-Houthis in different places north of Saada.
While the Group admitted the army tanks in Al Salim district have heavily attacked it, it said its could respond to such attacks.
Phone lines to Saada have been disconnected. Its going to get bad.
Update: there’s even a link:
Yemen Authorities cut off communications links to the remote province, Saadah which borders Saudi Arabia and is the scene of a military conflict between government forces and armed followers of Shia rebel leader Abdul-Malik Al Houthi.
The Ministry of Telcom and Information Technology declined to comment on the reasons behind blockage which started in all Saada districts except the main town
Local sources affirmed to Alsahwa that areas witnessed relative calmness in the two past days, but they didn’t deny possibilities of renewing clashes in the upcoming hours . On the other hand , a report issued by the mediation committee caused government resentment .
According to state-run paper website, 26 September, parliamentarians demanded in the session held yesterday to take crackdowns against all people who claim that they are mediation committee.
Meanwhile, Yemen demanded the International Interpol to hand over Yahya Alhouthi , brother of the rebellion leader in Saada ,Abdul-Malik Alhouthi , residing in Germany due to his involvement in Saada events .
