Yemeni consensus on designating the Houthis a terrorist group

English - Monday 07 February 2022 الساعة 06:45 pm
Aden, NewsYemen:

 Yemenis of all stripes have become more certain that the Houthi militia is no less dangerous than other terrorist organizations such as Al-Qaeda and ISIS, but that its criminal practices have transcended these two organizations and turned the lives of millions into hell.

 The war waged by these Houthi militias reveals terrifying numbers and statistics of victims who were devoured by the nozzles of their cannons and snipers, as well as the mines and explosives they planted in most areas of the country in the north and south, in addition to the thousands of children they have thrown into their battles, and they return only pictures hanging on the walls of their homes, passing through the bombing of opponents’ homes.  It has caused the world's worst humanitarian crisis, according to United Nations reports.

Yemenis unanimously agree that the scene of the Houthi militia’s execution of the nine sons of Tihama in September of last year on false accusations of maliciousness is similar in ugliness to the scenes of the mass execution broadcast by the Islamic State (ISIS) to its victims in Iraq, Syria and others, and this scene alone was enough to stir the feelings of the international community to put it at the top of the list of terrorist organizations.

 The terrorist practices of the Houthi militia began to escalate day after day, and they were not satisfied with deepening the tragedies of the Yemenis by targeting civilian neighborhoods with Iranian weapons and kidnapping thousands and cramming them in its secret prisons under the guillotines and hideous methods of torture to extend these practices to the threat to regional and international peace and security.  Which was revealed by the crimes of maritime piracy of commercial ships and targeting of civilian objects in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.

Yemenis, with their various national components, repeatedly appealed to the international community on social media and media sites to classify the Houthi militia as a terrorist group and to include it in the lists of groups criminalized by private and public law, such as Nazism, racism, ISIS and Al-Qaeda, and to refer their leaders to the courts to bring justice to the victims.

Political analysts confirm that the Houthi militias have proven throughout the past stage that they do not deserve any opportunity given to them under any pretext. The effects that the Houthi terrorist occupation will have on the Yemeni scene have serious consequences for the future of Yemen, and what is more dangerous is the fact that these militias carry out terrorist attacks in several geographical directions, according to the requirements of those who motivate them, whether inside or outside Yemen.

Analysts said that all indications confirm beyond any doubt that these militias are no longer acceptable inside Yemen, and the convictions of Yemenis who realized that they are just a gang of terrorists who want to impose their presence on the people by force of arms and looting of their property were entrenched.  Rather, this extended to these militias looting all the support provided to Yemen through international organizations, seizing it and employing it for the benefit of its terrorist project.

With this popular consensus in Yemen to classify the Houthi group as a terrorist group, there should be no absolute reliance on the fluctuating positions of the international community according to the talk of politicians. The Yemeni components, especially in the north of Yemen, must do what is necessary to confront the terrorist militias with all force and cleanse their areas of their imminent danger, like the southern forces that succeeded in securing all  Southern governorates from the threats of terrorist groups.

All data and events confirm that the battle with the Houthi group is no longer only southern or Yemeni, as it is in the process of transforming to become the issue of every Arab or foreign citizen who has great fears that the practices of terrorist militias will continue to target regional and international security and stability.