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JERUSALEM, Israel — One of the strangest aspects of the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian terror group Hamas is the involvement of the Houthi rebels of distant Yemen, a poor country where the majority of the population is addicted to drugs. In the past several weeks, the Houthi rebels, backed by Iran, have launched missiles at Israel from nearly 2,000 miles away, and have begun seizing vaguely Israeli-connected shipping near the crucially important Red Sea strait of the Bab-el-Mandeb. Notably, President Joe Biden de-listed the Houthis as a terror organization shortly after taking office, ostensibly to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to Yemen. Democrats also pushed for the U.S. to stop ing Saudi Arabia’s role in the civil war in Yemen on the government side against the Iranian-backed rebels, despite the fact that the Houthis are a threat to a U.S. naval base across the strait in the African nation of Djibouti. The Houthis continued attacking Saudi Arabia after being de-listed. There is no national interest in Yemen in attacking Israel. The country has problem of its own, including a widespread addiction to a drug known as qat or khat, which makes the country essentially unproductive. The New York Times noted in 1999: More than cigarettes, more than the illicit whisky found in many middle-class households, more than the mouthwatering kebabs and roasted Red Sea fish that are the favored fare in the bazaars, what holds this devout Muslim nation of 16 million people in thrall is the mildly narcotic effect that comes from chewing the tender green leaves known as khat (pronounced GAHT). Surveys show that more Yemenis than ever — at least 80 percent of men, about 60 percent of women and increasing numbers of children under 10 — settle down on most afternoons to a habit that ancient scripts recorded among merchants and religious mystics as early as the 10th century A.D. Plucking the choicest leaves off a bundle of khat branches, aficionados chew relentlessly into the evening, until the keenest of them have tennis-ball-sized gobs of leaves in their cheeks, and the appearance of glassy-eyed Popeyes. In a country where many people live off incomes of $100 a month or less, some of the poorest families cheerfully it to spending 50 percent of their earnings on khat. The Government acknowledges that 40 percent of the country’s irrigated farming land is given over to growing khat shrubs and trees. Israel has not yet responded directly to the Houthi missile attacks, which have been intercepted by Patriot and Arrow 3 batteries near the Red Sea port city of Eilat. However, the recent Houthi seizure of international shipping could soon provoke a reaction. https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2023/11/20/yemen-a-poor-drug-addicted-country-finds-time-attack-israel/
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accordadoga29:You should be more concerned about your people that now eat their poos because of emilokan inflictions. 2 Likes |
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A friend of mine just placed an order for an Android replica of an iphone 15 pro max. Phone techs in the house, please I want to know if it's a good buy in of its reliability and durability. Are such phones worth the money? |
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The truth is: This Bila Ahmed Tinubu did not attend CSU. Know this and know peace. |
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For commiting what offence exactly? Inequality of the highest order. This country is doomed. 3 Likes |
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donbrowser:What is here to imagine? They said they don't believe it. I don't believe it too. What are you going to do about it? Na your believe? Abeg chill. 2 Likes |
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The trust of Nigerians on the judiciary is on test here. Can they be bold enough to hit the nail on the head? ... Only time will tell. 1 Like |
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Thesame Zenith bank that operates the most unfriendly post in Nigeria? "End shall never wonder' |
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It's just one month into the istration and they are already complaining? It's obvious tribalism and religious bigotry aren't taking us anywhere. However, we must learn to be responsible for every of our actions. 1 Like 1 Share |
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Georgry:That should be directed to the mandate thief, not our own dear president in waiting. |
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Good talk
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Mekoyaw:Go take water with a keg from the beach. Use the water to it (your face) morning and night. Ensure you go get the water by yourself to be sure. Watch what will happen to it in few days. |
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s, please move this thread to the front page.
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Repose ka du laba zizo.
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That's enough to make him resign from the party.
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The biggest name in Nigeria politics today is PETER Okikiola Ilufemiloye, the son of OBI. You think I'm lying, go ask Tinubu. 7 Likes |
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Nigerians gave out their all to get a more deserving country like the one the socalled president elect just ran to.... Please tell our president-in-waiting to stop apologizing to anyone for being "wotowotolized". Those pastors that kept quiet in the face of the daylight robbery Mr Yakubu displayed on Nigerians, should as well continue to keep quite while the court makes her decision. 35 Likes 6 Shares |
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zangaozanga:Is Peter Obi your president elect? Is he indebted to you? Common face frot, Mandate thief. |
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On PETER Obi's mandate we stand, come what may.
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There's virtually no negative news about Peter Obi that Nigerians will believe again. APC is a party that was formed on lies and have been flourishing on lies. |
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blamingthedevil:Is this supposed to be a sachasm? Let me not say what I'm seeing. |
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9jatriot:No need for all these episodes. You are right. But are you going to do about it? |
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PoloG:The igbos you love to hate are the one to give you a perfect answer and guide on this topic. Unfortunately, you fon shit for church |
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Real Omoluabis are people to be respected any day. Irrespective of the pressure by some urchins among them, they still did the needful. Nigeria shall be great again for all of us. 3 Likes 1 Share |
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Long expected
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DWickedLandLord:I was actually referring to Mr Reno Omokri, bro 1 Like |
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thebosstrevor1:What could be emptier than the mind where all these wrong spellings come from? Be calming down o 2 Likes |
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