Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi
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Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi (also Hussein Badr Eddin al-Houthi) was a Zaidi religious leader. He was an instrumental figure in the Sa'dah conflict against the Yemeni government in 2004. Al-Houthi was accused of trying to set himself up as Imam, of setting up unlicensed religious centers, creating an armed group called Shabab al-Muomineen or Believing Youth, and of staging violent anti-American protests.[1]
Sheik al-Houthi, who was a one-time political aspirant in Yemen, had wide religious and tribal backing in Yemen, centered mostly in Yemen's northern mountains. Al-Houthi's followers felt Yemen's government was too closely allied with the United States and lead protests against the United States and Israel at mosques. [2]
In June of 2004, the Yemeni government offered a bounty of $55,000.00 for al-Houthi's capture and launched an operation aimed at ending his rebellion. After months of battles between Yemeni security forces and the Believing Youth, the Yemeni Interior and Defense Ministries released a statement in which it declared that Sheikh al-Houthi had been killed with a number of his aides. [3]
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- ^ {{cite news | title = Yemen continues anti-cleric drive | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3547906.stm | work = BBC News | date = [[2004-08-09 | accessdate = 2008-02-05}}
- ^ "al-Shabab al-Mum’en / Shabab al-Moumineen (Believing Youth)", glocalsecurity.org. Retrieved on 2008-02-05.
- ^ "Yemeni forces kill rebel cleric", BBC News, 2004-10-09. Retrieved on 2008-02-05.
