Big News Network.com
Tuesday 24th August, 2004
Yemen Monday declared victory in a three-month military campaign against a rebellion led by radical cleric and former legislator Hussein al-Houthy.
The army and security forces in cooperation with the citizens achieved great and important victories in the past 24 hours and succeeded to root out al-Houthy and what remains of his followers from their last hideouts, Deputy Army Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Ali Salaheddine said.
He said government forces recovered the bodies of al-Houthy's followers killed in the last round of fighting and seized arms and ammunition.
Among the dead, he said, are al-Houthy's righthand military man and second-in-command, Abdullah Ali Maslah Sanad, and two other senior aides, identified as Abdullah Nasser al-Sahar and Daifallah.
Salaheddine said the army was still chasing al-Houthy and a handful of his followers hiding in the rugged mountains in Saada near the Yemeni-Saudi border.