Shia Houthis are targeting Saudi Arabian soft underbelly(Yemen border) and winning.
How the social custom of chewing Khat(Qat = getting high) has destroyed Yemen Army. Yemen soldiers are always on a high due to the alkaloid they chew daily.
Khat or Catha edulis (khat, qat, or "edible kat") is a flowering plant native to the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula contains a monoamine alkaloid called cathinone, an amphetamine-like stimulant, which is said to cause excitement, loss of appetite and euphoria.After filling their mouths with fresh leaves, or stalks, users then chew intermittently to release the active components of the plant. Casual users claim qat lifts their spirits and sharpens their thinking; detractors argue qat users are a menace to society, passing their days careening between hysteria and lethargy.
Watch their cheeks
And this is not a adult problem.
http://www.yementimes.com/en/1579/culture/956/Students-chew-qat-to-improve-exam-performances.htm
Students chew qat to improve exam performance
Seems the ban on the consumption of qat for police forces during their working hours did not work - March 2014 report
http://muftah.org/yemen-ministry-bans-qat-police-working-hours/#.VEsorfmUcg0
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Houthis storm Interior Ministry, set up Iranian cultural centers in Hajjah
Houthi fighters continued to advance across Yemen on Wednesday and Thursday, storming a government building in the capital Sana’a amid fears of sectarian violence and a breakdown of the fragile truce between President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi’s government and the Shi’ite militia.
Houthi militants stormed Yemen’s Interior Ministry in Sana’a on Wednesday, expelling staff working in the office of the deputy minister for financial affairs, a source in the Ministry told Asharq Al-Awsat.The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said: “The Houthis forcibly ejected two employees who were dismissed over allegations of corruption and selling information during the time when Abdul Qader Qahtan was interior minister.”
The source added that Interior Minister Abdo Hussein Al-Tarb has not attended the Ministry since Yemen’s Houthis took over the capital of Sana’a in September, rejecting a call from President Hadi to remain as interior minister in any new government.Wednesday’s developments come amid confusion over the extent to which Sana’a is cooperating with the Houthis, who are continuing to advance in a number of other Yemeni provinces while meeting little or no resistance from government forces.Meanwhile, well-informed Yemeni sources told that Iranian culture centers are being established in Yemeni provinces under Houthi control, including Hajjah province which borders Saudi Arabia, with the objective of spreading Shi’ism.
The move comes after Sudan ordered the closure of Iranian cultural centers across the country, claiming the centers had sought to make “Shi’ite sectarian gains that are alien to Sudanese society,” according to Interior Minister Ali Karti. Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir confirmed that the centers had been seeking to proselytize in Sudan. There are fears the Iranian cultural centers in Yemen could seek to carry out a similar function.
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