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'Saudi fighter jets using phosphorous bombs'
Press
TV
Monday, Nov 9th, 2009
Houthi fighters in Yemen say Saudi fighter jets
are using phosphorous bombs to back a deadly Yemeni government
offensive against them.
"Saudi combat fighter jets launched intense raids against
border areas inside Yemeni territory on Sunday night,"
the fighters' spokesman Mohammad Abdessalam told AFP by telephone.
"The Saudi military used phosphorus bombs during those
night raids, burning mountainous regions," he said adding
that "The Saudi air raids resumed this morning (Monday).
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Abdessalam said that the raids targeted Malaheez, seven kilometers
(3.8 miles) inside Yemen, as well as the border villages of
Hassameh and Shida and several villages around Jebel (mountain)
al-Dukhan straddling the border.
The Saudi air force launched its deadly offensive against Houthis
seven days ago, accusing the resistance Shia fighters of killing
two Saudi soldiers on the border.
While Riyadh claims that its offensive targeted Houthi positions
on 'Saudi territory', the fighters say Yemeni villages are the
main target of heavy bombings.
The developments comes as Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh
has declared that attacks against the Houthi fighters will be
intensified.
The conflict between Houthi fighters and the Yemeni government
began in 2004, but intensified last August when government forces
stepped up the pressure against the fighters.
Houthi fighters say they have been defending their people against
the Yemeni government that has marginalized them economically
and politically.
"When the people find they can vote themselves
money, that will herald the end of the republic."
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