Houthis and the Grow Wish

“The Leader is a man of about 40, with a smooth, youthful face and a thin beard and mustache. In televised speeches, he wears a blazer with a shawl over his shoulders, his dark eyes menacing and humorless. Apart from that, so little is known about him that he might as well be a phantom. He has no birth certificate or passport and is said to have spent his formative years living in caves. No foreign diplomat has ever met him in person. He presides over a starving, brutalized people in northern Yemen and has sent an armada of child soldiers to their deaths. In January, one of his courts condemned nine men to be executed for homosexual behavior—seven by stoning, two by crucifixion. Yet Abdulmalik al-Houthi may now be the most popular public figure in the Middle East.” The Houthis are still causing problems. Their leader has been elevated. Their enemies are afraid to speak out. Robert F. Worth in The Atlantic: The Houthis Are Very, Very Pleased. That not enough to get your attention? Try this: Houthis could literally be cutting off the internet.