tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post8146184638765244280..comments2024-01-26T21:38:25.924-08:00Comments on Duane's PoeTree: Rizwan Saleem writesDuanesPoeTreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-56547377794164966032019-03-22T14:24:23.933-07:002019-03-22T14:24:23.933-07:00Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi organized Ansar Allah ...Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi organized Ansar Allah ("Supporters of God") in northern Yemen in the 1990s; the "Houthi" (al-Ḥūthiyyūn) were mostly members of the Zaidi (az-zaydiyya) sect, the major Shia group in the country, and the oldest Shia branch. The sect ruled Yemen for a millennium until 1962, when the military seized control. The az-zaydiyya emerged in reverence of a failed 8th-century uprising against the Ummayad kalifah led by Zaid ibn 'Ali, the great grandson of 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, the 4th kalifah (the 1st male to accept the teachings of his cousin/father-in-law Muhammad, he was assassinated in 661.) Zaid's rebellion set a precedent for revolution against corrupt rulers. Hussein accused the Yemeni government of financial corruption and was killed resisting arrest in 2004. His brother Abdul-Malik al-Houthi continued the revolt and seized the capital in late 2014. In March 2015 Saudi Arabia and its Sunni allies, including the United Arab Emirates, attacked neighboring Yemen, claiming the Houthi were supported by Iran, the leading Shia state. On 9 August 2018 coalition forces, using an American-made laser-guided 500-pound (227-kg) MK 82, bombed a school bus in a crowded market in Dahyan, close to the Saudi border. It killed 51 (including 40 children) and injured 79 (including 56 kids). To celebrate their graduation from summer school, the boys, aged 6 to 11, were on a field trip to a graveyard for martyrs. The official Saudi Arabian press agency called the strike a "legitimate military action" which targeted those who were responsible for a rebel missile attack on the Saudi city of Jizan.DuanesPoeTreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.com