Comments on: Houthis Claim to Seize Saudi Territory, Updated

By: Jane Novak

Jane Novak — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:37:25 +0000

The Houthis have no political vision.

By: Ahmed

Ahmed — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:55:36 +0000

Houthis are quite different from twelver shias found in Iran in their beliefs and practices. Just because of the term “shias”, Iran gets implicated unnecessarily. Iran has never played any part in internal Yemeni politics even prior to 1962 when North Yemen was ruled by a Houthi (Zaydi) Shia cleric. In fact, initially the Saudi intelligence supported the Houthi uprising against President Ali Abdallah Al-Saleh because of him being a Zaydi Shia and his suppression of Sunni uprising against him in Southern Yemen. Saudi Arabia has a history of interference in the internal affairs of various states on the Arabian peninsula and Yemen is no exception. The Saudi provinces of Najran and Asir were traditionally part of Yemen. In future the Northern Yemeni provinces of Saada, Amran, Hajjah and Jizan can re-unite with Asir and Najran to form a Houthi dominated Yemeni state, as should always have been the case and shift the balance of power in the Arabian peninsula away from Saudi Arabia.

By: hassan

hassan — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:19:32 +0000

well maybe if u wahabis would get the heck out of shia land and stop trying to kill us, this would not be a problem. what a joke? the panzies of saudia arabia have never even fired a bullet at israel, and yet here they are launching an attack on the women and children of these rebles. screw the saudis, the dogs of the americans

By: massari

massari — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:04:27 +0000

those houthis damn them belong to iran