It's a pity the Palestinian resistance don't have drones like the Ukrainians have been using, apparently successfully, against Russian tanks.
Comradely, John On Sat, 20 Jul 2024, 17:03 RKOB via groups.io, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Hari! > > I will reply briefly since this information is publicly available. > > 1. The Houthis are a petty-bourgeois nationalist and > Islamist movement (Shia, albeit the Zaydī current in contrast to the > Twelver which is dominant in Iran and among Shia in general). They emerged > in the 1990s. They supported the Revolution in 2011 and skilfully utilised > another popular uprising in 2014 which brought them to power. Since then, > they control most of the populated areas. From this strength they get their > financial resources. > > 2. They also made a pragmatic alliance with Saleh in 2014 > (which later broke up) but this gave them access to much of the army’s > military arsenal (incl. many missiles). > > 3. They defended successfully the country against the > invasion of Saudi Arabia and UAE in 2015. > > 4. They have an alliance with Iran from where they also > receive modern weapons. > > 5. However, it would be silly to believe that they are > simply a proxy of Iran. The Palestine cause is extremely popular in Yemen > and has helped the Houthis to massively increase their popularity. There > are pro-Palestine mobilisations in all parts of the country, including > those under control of their opponents. It also helped to rebuild links > with sectors of their former enemies (e.g. Al-Islah) > > Best wishes, > > Michael > > > Am 19.07.2024 um 18:28 schrieb hari kumar: > > Hello Michael: > I have not made time to look into this thus far. > Who funds and arms the Houthis? > How are they to be characterised (from a class perspective obviously). > Thanks for considering, > H > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#31227): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/31227 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/107432392/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
