Evidences on foreign interference in Saada gathered: FM says

SANA'A, Aug. 27 (Saba)
- Evidences on foreign interference in Saada rebellion are being collected by the
governmental
concerned bodies, Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi said on Thursday.

In an interview with the military-run 26 September Al-Qirbi said the government
would take the requisite procedures, after confirming the foreign interference.
Security sources said that the armed and security forces have found out six weapon
stores belonging to al-Houthi's loyalists containing short-range missiles, shells
and
light machine guns some of them are made in Iran, according to the GPC-run
almotamar.net.
Moreover, Some of al-Houthi's supporters, who are being appeared in court
currently, have confessed using Iranian weapons, while others admitted imitating
movies on the
Iranian revolution during their confrontations with the government's troops in Bani
Hushaish.
Al-Qirbi said in the interview that the military option was imposed by the
saboteurs, pinning his hopes to be ended quickly.
He accused the rebels of deterring first the implementation of Doha agreement,
asserting that there no need foe any mediation, if al-Houthis accepted the six
points.
In his address to the nation on the Holy Month of Ramadan, President Ali Abdullah
Saleh has suggested six points to be stuck by the rebels to establish peace in the
region.
Saleh affirmed the government's keenness on preventing further bloodshed and to
achieve unconditional peace.
The points are: 1- Full withdrawal from all Saada districts and eliminating all
checkpoints from all roads.
2 - Coming down from mountain peaks and ending banditry and sabotaging.
3 - Giving back all military and public equipment seized during battles with the
troops.
4 - Establishing the fate of six foreigners, a German family comprising of parents
and three children and a Briton, who all available information suggest were
kidnapped
by the rebels in June.
5 - Handing over kidnapped Saada locals.
6 - Stopping interference in the local government's responsibilities.
Talking on a real problem of displaced people, the Foreign Minister said that the
rebellion caused about 130,000 replaced people from Saada governorate fled form the
war.
They need necessary services and food.
He highlighted the government's efforts to provide the displaced people with the
necessary needs to alleviate their suffering. He said that the government has
formed ministerial
and field committees and offered all facilitations to the voluntary and UN
organizations working there.
Relief organizations complained on Wednesday the al-Houthi rebels were hindering
their job, blocking them from reaching out the war-affected people the Saada
districts.
Amid insecurity in the areas, relief organizations have become very cautious to
avoid their staffs being hurt or their equipment being destroyed, some
representatives have
said.
The inhuman acts by the al-Houthi followers come as the army has recently expanded
an offensive against them and which was prompted by continued violence and
lawbreaking
by the rebels.
The relief organizations face difficulties while trying to get the displaced
because most of the people are not at camps. Many families moved to their relatives
in other
nearby areas.
Since the fighting erupted in 2004, thousands of people, soldiers and insurgents
have been killed in Saada, which lies close to border with Saudi Arabia, after the
rebel
group was founded by Shiite rebel leader Hussein al-Houthi.
The Houthi rebels have been launching sporadic wars against the troops since then.
Hussein, the eldest brother of the current group leader Abdul-Malik, was killed by
the army in September 2004.
The Yemeni government accuses the al-Houthi group of trying to reinstall the rule
of imams, which was toppled by a republican revolution in northern Yemen in 1962.
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