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Article: Saudi jets attack Shi'ite rebel positions inside Yemen
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 6, 2009
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CAIRO - Saudi Arabian warplanes attacked Shi'ite rebel
strongholds in northern Yemen yesterday in a surge of fighting along
the border following the death of a Saudi security official at the
hands of insurgents, according to news reports.
Saudi fighter jets targeted up to six rebel positions inside
Yemen and along the mountainous border. Saudi troops were reportedly
heading toward the region to secure villages and prevent further
cross-border incursions from Houthi rebel forces that have been
battling the Yemen government sporadically since 2004.
As of late Wednesday afternoon, Saudi air strikes "began on their
[rebel] positions in northern Yemen," an adviser to the Saudi
government who ...