Yemen car bombs kill 31, including 20 children on a bus passing by.

[Special Ed]

SANAA // At least 31 people, including 20 children, were killed in two car bomb explosions in central Yemens Radaa city on Tuesday.

The first bomb exploded near a checkpoint manned by Shiite Houthi rebels while a school bus was passing, while the second car bomb exploded near the house of an official in the area, who is rumoured to be a Houthi supporter.

Radaa is a bastion of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which views Shiites as heretics, and Houthis as pawns of Iran.

A raucous session of the Yemeni parliament came to an abrupt end on Tuesday after loyalists of the ousted president derailed a vote of confidence on the new governments programme.

Disputes broke out about internal party affairs, forcing the speaker of the house to call off the session.

The government had called for an emergency sitting to discuss the countrys security situation.

The same day, Houthi gunmen who seized control of Sanaa in September surrounded the Yemeni ministry of defence and packed the citys nearby streets, preventing the minister from accessing his office. A day earlier, the minister had removed rebels from around the ministry for blocking his chief of staff from entering.

Yemen has been gripped by a power struggle between President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and the empowered Shiite rebels who allied with his predecessor, ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

The Houthis seized the capital in September, pressing Mr Hadi to form a new government that would give them more say in the countrys political affairs. Since then, wrangling over the make-up of the new government, as well as the Houthis military expansion around the capital and other strategic provinces, have driven the country deeper into turmoil.

Mr Saleh and his loyalists, who form the majority in parliament, accuse Mr Hadi of backing UN sanctions against the former president and two top rebels, and had called on the government to explicitly denounce them. They have dismissed Mr Hadi from the party leadership in retaliation.

Last month, the UN Security Council approved a freeze of all assets and a global travel ban on Mr Saleh, the Houthis military commander, Abd Al Khaliq Al Huthi, and his second-in-command, Abdullah Yahya Al Hakim.

The Yemeni government, headed by Khaled Bahah, said it would respect the sanctions.

On Tuesday, Amnesty International called on Yemens authorities to investigate the killing of a prominent southern activist after his group accused the police of targeting him during a peaceful protest.

Khalid Al Junaidi, 42, was shot dead in his car on Monday while documenting the response to calls for civil disobedience in the southern city of Aden. Protesters are demanding that the south separate from the north.

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Doesn't seem like any end in sight for Islamic violence happening around the globe.

I'm not taking part in any debates on the subject here.

RIP to the innocent victims in all cases.

[2SKATES1STICK]

today is cray

[HowYaDrouin]

what the hell is going on...

[Mr. Ambien]

The religion of peace reacting to peaceful protests.

[drummer4now]

The religion of peace reacting to peaceful protests.

You need to be hired by Jihad watch or something..

Also Germany of all countries is promoting human rights? Give me a break.

[Bombastik der Teutone]

what the hell are wrong with those muthaf...ers ???? :(

[Dazzle]

The religion of peace reacting to peaceful protests.

Are you going to harp that shit in every terrorism related thread involving extremist "Muslims". Muslims don't consider them "Muslims", even if the latter believes in the same 'deity' as the former.

[Tortorella's Rant]

Are you going to harp that crap in every terrorism related thread involving extremist "Muslims". Muslims don't consider them "Muslims", even if the latter believes in the same 'deity' as the former.

No true Scotsman

[Dazzle]

You need to be hired by Jihad watch or something..

Also Germany of all countries is promoting human rights? Give me a break.

Germany is one of the most progressively "liberal" (liberal, as in, freedom-loving, equality, etc) countries in the world. Not sure what you're smoking.

[drummer4now]

No true Scotsman

You know about that... I am impressed.

Germany is one of the most progressively "liberal" (liberal, as in, freedom-loving, equality, etc) countries in the world. Not sure what you're smoking.

I was referring to their previous track record... It would be like a ME country in the future advocating for human rights while committed mass casualties in the past.

[Dazzle]

You know about that... I am impressed.

I was referring to their previous track record... It would be like a ME country in the future advocating for human rights while committed mass casualties in the past.

Lol, are you serious?

Germany still has Nazis, yes, but they are heavily shunned by the population. Racism and sexism is not tolerated at all. The climate has changed entirely from what you think you know from history. You're really out to lunch on this one, bud.

Even Canada has committed "human rights violations" in recent memory - Japanese internment camps.

What? So, because we're Canadians, we can pretend it didn't happen?

Almost every country has had human rights violations, in one shape or form, it doesn't necessarily make them hypocrites. I can't argue about the ME country trying to promote it.

It's just that for Germany... you have no idea what you're talking about. Lol.

[drummer4now]

Lol, are you serious?

Germany still has Nazis, yes, but they are heavily shunned by the population. Racism and sexism is not tolerated at all. The climate has changed entirely from what you think you know from history. You're really out to lunch on this one, bud.

Even Canada has committed "human rights violations" in recent memory - Japanese internment camps.

What? So, because we're Canadians, we can pretend it didn't happen?

Almost every country has had human rights violations, in one shape or form, it doesn't necessarily make them hypocrites. I can't argue about the ME country trying to promote it.

It's just that for Germany... you have no idea what you're talking about. Lol.

fair enough..

IMO its just hypocritical considering what happened before hasn't been a long time.

If you're German or of German descent sorry to offend you..

i just don't like the recent anti-islam protests as that's zero tolerance in my mind.

[Mr. Ambien]

You know about that... I am impressed.

I was referring to their previous track record... It would be like a ME country in the future advocating for human rights while committed mass casualties in the past.

At least you're in good company talking about something that happened 70 years ago.

Liberals in the US are still busy whining about the KKK and slavery in the Ferguson thread.

[Gurn]

SANAA // At least 31 people, including 20 children, were killed in two car bomb explosions in central Yemens Radaa city on Tuesday.

The first bomb exploded near a checkpoint manned by Shiite Houthi rebels while a school bus was passing, while the second car bomb exploded near the house of an official in the area, who is rumoured to be a Houthi supporter.

Radaa is a bastion of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which views Shiites as heretics, and Houthis as pawns of Iran.

A raucous session of the Yemeni parliament came to an abrupt end on Tuesday after loyalists of the ousted president derailed a vote of confidence on the new governments programme.

Disputes broke out about internal party affairs, forcing the speaker of the house to call off the session.

The government had called for an emergency sitting to discuss the countrys security situation.

The same day, Houthi gunmen who seized control of Sanaa in September surrounded the Yemeni ministry of defence and packed the citys nearby streets, preventing the minister from accessing his office. A day earlier, the minister had removed rebels from around the ministry for blocking his chief of staff from entering.

Yemen has been gripped by a power struggle between President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi and the empowered Shiite rebels who allied with his predecessor, ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

The Houthis seized the capital in September, pressing Mr Hadi to form a new government that would give them more say in the countrys political affairs. Since then, wrangling over the make-up of the new government, as well as the Houthis military expansion around the capital and other strategic provinces, have driven the country deeper into turmoil.

Mr Saleh and his loyalists, who form the majority in parliament, accuse Mr Hadi of backing UN sanctions against the former president and two top rebels, and had called on the government to explicitly denounce them. They have dismissed Mr Hadi from the party leadership in retaliation.

Last month, the UN Security Council approved a freeze of all assets and a global travel ban on Mr Saleh, the Houthis military commander, Abd Al Khaliq Al Huthi, and his second-in-command, Abdullah Yahya Al Hakim.

The Yemeni government, headed by Khaled Bahah, said it would respect the sanctions.

On Tuesday, Amnesty International called on Yemens authorities to investigate the killing of a prominent southern activist after his group accused the police of targeting him during a peaceful protest.

Khalid Al Junaidi, 42, was shot dead in his car on Monday while documenting the response to calls for civil disobedience in the southern city of Aden. Protesters are demanding that the south separate from the north.

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Doesn't seem like any end in sight for Islamic violence happening around the globe.

I'm not taking part in any debates on the subject here.

RIP to the innocent victims in all cases.

So where in this story does somebody, allegedly a Muslim/Islamic group claim responsibility?

[Dazzle]

fair enough..

IMO its just hypocritical considering what happened before hasn't been a long time.

If you're German or of German descent sorry to offend you..

i just don't like the recent anti-islam protests as that's zero tolerance in my mind.

Oh no, sorry to confuse you. I'm not German at all. I just know that Germans are always reminded by foreigners of the Nazi-era, which Germans are indeed ashamed of - but they're sick of being constantly reminded. They've made huge progresses to move past that. They love their history but they never forget about that time period; they just hate being lectured on something they already understand. They differ from China drastically.

And I'm completely in agreement with you over Anti-islam. Real muslims are unfairly getting a really bad name/rap as a result of these extremists. But as we said, Middle East countries have A LONG WAY TO GO before they can go around lecturing people about human rights.

[Mr. Ambien]

Oh no, sorry to confuse you. I'm not German at all. I just know that Germans are always reminded by foreigners of the Nazi-era, which Germans are indeed ashamed of - but they're sick of being constantly reminded. They've made huge progresses to move past that. They love their history but they never forget about that time period; they just hate being lectured on something they already understand. They differ from China drastically.

And I'm completely in agreement with you over Anti-islam. Real muslims are unfairly getting a really bad name/rap as a result of these extremists. But as we said, Middle East countries have A LONG WAY TO GO before they can go around lecturing people about human rights.

They're also getting a bad rap because they're (along with exaggerately sympathetic liberals) escaping the crapholes they came from to the west and trying to change the west into the crapholes they came from.

[Dazzle]

So where in this story does somebody, allegedly a Muslim/Islamic group claim responsibility?

No, you're right. Since nobody is immediately claiming responsibility, it is not terrorism. /greatlogic.

[Dazzle]

They're also getting a bad rap because they're (along with exaggerately sympathetic liberals) escaping the crapholes they came from to the west and trying to change the west into the crapholes they came from.

I get what you're saying, but what is your intel on this one?

If they want to change the west as badly as you say they're doing, why aren't there more Muslim revolutionists in the west?

Furthermore, with the attacks and calls for change made by a "Muslim" group, why isn't there a smaller rally of some sort?

Reality: They are making a community of their own all over the world, but are living harmoniously with others, just like old times with Christians/Muslims.

[Gurn]

No, you're right. Since nobody is immediately claiming responsibility, it is not terrorism. /greatlogic.

Did you see me claim it was not terrorism? Logic/comprehension Fail.

[taxi]

fair enough..

IMO its just hypocritical considering what happened before hasn't been a long time.

If you're German or of German descent sorry to offend you..

i just don't like the recent anti-islam protests as that's zero tolerance in my mind.

So kind of like how Canadians were placing aboriginals in residential schools in the 1990s? And we continue to develop on land they claim.