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Saudi fighter jets bomb Houthis in Yemen
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:17:46 GMT
The spokesman for Houthi fighters in Yemen said on Thursday that Saudi fighter jets have bombed the group's stances in a border area in the country.

Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdel-Salam said the Saudi offensive early Thursday hit at least four areas inside Yemeni territory.

Saudi government officials confirmed the report saying the attack has killed 40 fighters.

The Houthis said on their website late on Wednesday that Saudi planes had struck four locations using phosphorus bombs.

Houthis fighters accuse Saudi Arabia of providing financial and logistical support to the Yemeni army and air force to wage the war against the Shiites, and have warned that the protracted war takes it toll heavily on civilians.

The Yemeni government launched Operation 'Scorched Earth' on August 11 to uproot the Houthi fighters whom Sana'a accuses of seeking a return to a Zaidi imamate rule, overthrown in a 1962 coup.

The northern combatants however say that they suffer religious discrimination by Sunni fundamentalists who hold sway because of President Ali Abdullah Saleh's cordial relations with a staunchly Wahabi-dominated Saudi Arabia.

Saada and neighboring Amran provinces are encircled by fighters and frequently pounded by military fighter jets and helicopter gunships. The conflict zones in northern Yemen remain cut from the rest of the country, and are currently grappling with a pressing shortage of food and other basic supplies.

The United Nations puts the figure of displaced people at around 150,000 civilians.
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