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Yemen rebels call truce after wave of attacks on Saudi Arabia

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Sanction Saudi Arabia, cancel them, no Saudis in any sports. 

Stop buying Saudi oil!

”sanctions don’t work” ?

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The Saudi regime invaded the sovereign nation of Yemen and is indiscriminately bombing it's people.

Bronco, you have it all backwards. Find out who the Zaydis are. They are an ethno-religious sect from northern Yemen who adhere to a Shiite based version of Islam that shares major dogma with the Salafists. They have been fighting whomever ruled Yemen since around 425 AD. The current war is a civil war between the Zaydis and the UN backed central government of Yemen. Yemen was two nations for much of the 20th Century, with the north under a monarch and South Yemen ruled loosely by the British. The British were run out in the late 1960s and South Yemen became a communist state. In the north the Zaysis were at war with the monarchy. When they finally defeated the monarchy they declared themselves an Arab Republic. Within a couple of years of formation the Zaydis attacked South Yemen. That war took many years to settle. The dissolution of the USSR allowed the UN to mediate the conflict and the result was a unified Yemen under a UN sponsored government. That government lasted through the Arab Spring, a time in which the Zaydis once again took up arms against the government of Yemen. Their leader at the time was a guy named al Houthi, so the west started calling the Zaydis "Houthis". A new government came out of the Arab Spring but the Zaydis did not approve of it and went to war against it. Tribes and leaders of both the UN backed national government and of the rebel groups changed frequently but eventually the Zaydis attacked the capital of Yemen and routed the national army. The civil war was on in earnest!

The Saudis became involved when it became apparent Iran was funding their war and supply the Zaydis with arms. The Saudis and their allies fear Iran is trying to turn the Zaydis into something like Hezbollah. The Saudis and the US support the UN supported legal government of Yemen. It is the Zaydis / Houthis who are trying to destroy the sovereign government of Yemen.

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Bad news.

Critical support to the Houthi.

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I stand with the people of Yemen.

Stop the Saudi genocide against Yemen

LOL, the Saudis supports the Yemeni government and its coordination with the Yemeni government is aimed at Houthis 'rebels'.

Yemen is a very poor country, its young are easily bought, Iran is the evil puppeteer here in destabilizing a country already in sufferings.

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The Saudi regime invaded the sovereign nation of Yemen and is indiscriminately bombing it's people.

Sanction Saudi Arabia, cancel them, no Saudis in any sports. 

Stop buying Saudi oil!

The Russian regime invaded the sovereign nation of Ukraine and is indiscriminately bombing it's people.

Sanction Russia, cancel them, no Russians in any sports. 

Stop buying Russian oil!

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The Saudi regime invaded the sovereign nation of Yemen and is indiscriminately bombing it's people.

Sanction Saudi Arabia, cancel them, no Saudis in any sports.

Stop buying Saudi oil!

The story says this was started by Iran backed Huthi rebels taking the city of Sanaa.

Followed by a 9 nation coalition led by the Saudis, who were backing up the legitimate government.

Didnt Russia back up the Syrian government when rebels took Aleppo? So how is Russia going into Syria any different to the Saudi's going into Yemen? And you back Russia. So why be hypocritical?

If you stand with Yemen then you must stand with their government, as the Saudi's do. If your all for the rebels then by did Russia crush the rebels in Syria?

It seems that your for the Yemen Rebels but against the Syrian rebels and simply pick your side by who is on Russia's side. Not a popular stance at this point.

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