Guest Thinkers — December 21, 2010

The Vegas Line

Al-Sahwa is reporting that a mediation team headed up Shaykh Faris Mina’a is currently in the western district of Ghamr attempting to negotiate a settlement. The team is at Shaykh Ali Dhafir’s house and is using the phone there to contact al-Huthi leaders in an attempt to defuse the situation that led to the deaths of three soldiers and seven al-Huthi supporters.

The odds for success do not look good.

The article also has a great map of the Sa’dah governorate.

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