A new report says mercenaries and military advisers from the infamous US security firm, formerly known as Blackwater, are replacing UAE troops in the Saudi war in Yemen.
'Blackwater troopers replacing Emirati forces in Yemen'
Thu Dec 10, 2015 10:15AM
A tank operated by Saudi-led forces fires at a position of Yemeni fighters in the Labanat area, between Yemen's northern provinces of al-Jawf and Marib on December 5, 2015. (Reuters photo)
A new report says mercenaries and military advisers from the infamous US security firm, formerly known as Blackwater, are replacing UAE troops in the Saudi war in Yemen.
The Beirut-based al-Akhbar newspaper said on Thursday UAE forces are being gradually replaced by recruits from the US-based private military contractor, which now goes by the name, Acamedi.
The move came after the UAE evacuated some of its military sites in Yemen following its failures in several operations, the Lebanese daily added.
According to al-Akhbar, UAE’s move to involve the private military contractor in the Yemen conflict has raised objections among some members of the Saudi-led coalition.
On Wednesday, Yemen’s Arabic-language al-Masirah news website said the commander-in-chief of Blackwater mercenaries in the country was killed in the al-Omari district of Ta'izz Province.
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Author and journalist, Jeremy Scahill, talks about the private contractor mercenary company, Blackwater, on the Portland stop of his book tour for the launch of the paperback edition of his book, BLACKWATER: THE RISE OF THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL MERCENARY ARMY.
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- As Vice President Joe Biden warns it will take a "hell of a long
fight" for the United States to stop militants from the Islamic State in
Iraq and Syria, we speak to Jeremy Scahill, author of the book, "Dirty
Wars: The World is a Battlefield." We talk about how the U.S. invasion
of Iraq in 2003 that helped create the threat now posed by the Islamic
State. We also discuss the role of Baathist forces in ISIS, Obama’s
targeting of journalists, and the trial of four former Blackwater
operatives involved in the 2007 massacre at Baghdad’s Nisoor Square.
The
commander-in-chief of Blackwater mercenaries in Yemen, a Mexican
national was killed in clashes with Houthi Ansarullah fighters and
allied forces in the Ta'izz Province on Wednesday. According to the
reports, the recent fatality has brought to 15 the number of foreign
forces with the Blackwater killed in clashes in Yemen since Tuesday. The
mercenaries are part of the UAE forces that help Saudi Arabia in its
intervention in Yemen.
Yemeni security officials say governor of
the embattled southern province of Aden has been assassinated after his
convoy came under a rocket-propelled grenade attack. The incident took
place when Jaafar Mohammed Saad was travelling with his entourage in the
Tawahi district of the port city on Sunday. They said several members
of his convoy also died in the act of terror.
Some 1,500
Moroccan soldiers will be dispatched to Yemen to participate in the
Saudi aggression against the Arab country. According to the reports, the
troopers will assist Saudi soldiers in ground operations against Yemen.
We remember, in October, about 6,000 Sudanese forces entered Yemens
southern port city of Aden to join Saudi soldiers. Emirati, Bahraini and
Qatari soldiers are also participating in the Saudi operations.
Warring
factions in Yemen are preparing to observe a week-long truce from
December 15 while UN-mediated peace talks take place in Switzerland. A
source in the cabinet of Saudi-backed President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi
said the truce would last seven days, as specified in a letter sent by
Hadi to the UN Security Council. Earlier attempts at ceasefires in the
conflict fell apart after the two sides accused each other of
violations.
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