http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Despite its socialist tendencies, the south is backed by Saudi Arabia, as it thinks a divided Yemen is less of a threat to it. [CounterPunch, 5/20/2002; Wall Street Journal, 12/20/2002; Terrorism Monitor, 4/8/2004] Veteran Middle Eastern journalist Brian Whittaker will comment, ???The Saudis invested hugely in the war on behalf of the South, and the outcome is a defeat for them as much as anyone.?
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