Dogs Of War .. Yemen's Blackwater Cemetery

By: Faris Saeed and Hadi Shami

Saudi Arabia is trying to cover the blows it had received, in Taiz, Marib and Jawf front war, and its attempts failed during the last three days, to make any advance, in conjunction with the approach of the negotiations to be held in Geneva on 15 December under the auspices of UN

A day after the evaporation is promoted by the media financed by the countries of coalition, that they take control of Al-Lebanat in the desert between Jawf and Marib. Saudi went, Thursday, December 10, to make a media victory on the sea, this time through the International media and TV stations, they claimed that the coalition forces and pro-Hadi fighters have the control of the Yemeni island of Hanish, located in the Red Sea (west)
But high-Yemeni sources denied for "Khabar Agency News", that they had control of it

The media victory that Saudi made came after the last three days of battles that killed dozens of mercenaries and coalition forces led by Saudi Arabia in the fronts of Marib, Jawf, and Taiz

In Taiz, About 15 Blackwater mercenaries have been killed this week

A retired British army officer named as Arthur Kingston and an Australian commander named as Phillip Streetman were among a group of foreign mercenaries killed by Yemeni forces during heavy fighting in Taiz

The two men were killed alongside six Colombian mercenaries who were being paid by the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia

A Mexican mercenary commander and an Argentine soldier of fortune working for a U.S. military firm Blackwater in Yemen also died in fierce combats in the southeastern Yemeni city Taiz

The Mexican mercenary has been identified as Macias Bacneba, who was killed Wednesday in clashes between Yemeni and foreign forces, security sources said

The death of Bacneba occurred as Yemeni army units attempted to halt the advance on Taiz of the coalition led by Saudi Arabia, who began attacking Yemen in March and has since killed or injured over 7,500 people in the Arab country, most of whom were civilians, according to U.N. figures.

The Mexican and Argentine mercenaries are part of a huge Blackwater strong force of Latin American soldiers, which has been training in United Arab Emirates to fight for Saudi Arabia in Yemen

The United Arab Emirates has secretly dispatched hundreds of Colombian mercenaries to Yemen to fight in that country’s raging conflict, adding a volatile new element in a complex proxy war that has drawn in the United States and Iran,” the New York Times said

Blackwater Worldwide, known as Academi, is one the best known private security firms in the world and is responsible for killing many civilians in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Yemen, according to AFP.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is investigating claims of a British casualty. Although there is no British Embassy in Yemen making verification incredibly difficult, Daily Mail reports

The Australian Defence Force is investigating reports that an Australian commander has been killed in southern Yemen, according to 9news

An ADF spokeswoman could not confirm the deaths but said the report was being investigated, 9news cited