Yemen's Shiite Rebels Say Bomb Blast Wounds 22 in Anti-U.S. Protest
2012-03-02
Xinhua
A total of 22 Yemeni demonstrators were wounded Friday when a bomb blast hit an anti-U.S. protest staged by Shiite rebels in the group-held northern Saada province, the rebels said in a statement.
"The demonstrators were injured in a bomb blast that targeted the protest rally against the U.S. intervene in the Yemeni internal affairs of restructuring the army," said the statement posted on the rebel group's website, referring to the U.S.-backed power transfer deal brokered by neighboring Gulf countries.
The Shiite rebels led by Saada-based Abdulmalik al-Houthi opposed the political-settlement deal that swore in the country's consensus President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and ended almost a year of protests against former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
"The United States is standing behind the attack," the statement said, without elaborating further details.
The Houthi-led rebels have been engaging in severe sectarian conflicts for several months with Sunni fundamentalists in Saada and neighboring provinces of Hajja and al-Jouf that left hundreds of people killed and forced thousands of residents to flee their villages.
On Aug. 26, 2010, the Yemeni government and the Shiite group signed an agreement in Qatar to cement a fragile cease-fire to end an on-and-off war since 2004, but the rebels' clashes with local tribesmen are still rocking the region.
Source http://english.cri.cn/6966/2012/03/02/1461s684437.htm
Xinhua
A total of 22 Yemeni demonstrators were wounded Friday when a bomb blast hit an anti-U.S. protest staged by Shiite rebels in the group-held northern Saada province, the rebels said in a statement.
"The demonstrators were injured in a bomb blast that targeted the protest rally against the U.S. intervene in the Yemeni internal affairs of restructuring the army," said the statement posted on the rebel group's website, referring to the U.S.-backed power transfer deal brokered by neighboring Gulf countries.
The Shiite rebels led by Saada-based Abdulmalik al-Houthi opposed the political-settlement deal that swore in the country's consensus President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and ended almost a year of protests against former President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
"The United States is standing behind the attack," the statement said, without elaborating further details.
The Houthi-led rebels have been engaging in severe sectarian conflicts for several months with Sunni fundamentalists in Saada and neighboring provinces of Hajja and al-Jouf that left hundreds of people killed and forced thousands of residents to flee their villages.
On Aug. 26, 2010, the Yemeni government and the Shiite group signed an agreement in Qatar to cement a fragile cease-fire to end an on-and-off war since 2004, but the rebels' clashes with local tribesmen are still rocking the region.
Source http://english.cri.cn/6966/2012/03/02/1461s684437.htm
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