Saudi 'Hollywood stunts' claims slammed as 'laughable and pathetic'
The head of the Sanaa negotiation delegation responds to the claims of the Saudi coalition spokesperson Turki Al-Maliki over the fabricated clip scandal.
The head of the Sanaa negotiation delegation Mohamad Abdulsalam commented Tuesday on the Saudi coalition spokesperson Turki Al-Maliki's statements justifying the scandal of extracting movie scenes and claiming it showed missiles in the Yemeni port of Al-Hudaydah.
فيديو | #التحالف يعرض موقع تجميع وتركيب الصواريخ الباليستية الحوثية في ميناء #الحديدة #نشرة_النهار#الإخبارية pic.twitter.com/U0h4xnhrgM
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Abdulsalam described Al-Maliki's statements as "laughable and pathetic."
He added that these statements aim to cover up the recent resounding scandal, noting that Al-Maliki acknowledges this scandal and calls it a "margin of error."
The head of the Sanaa negotiation delegation expressed that this "margin of error" is repeatedly leaving civilian victims as a result of the Saudi coalition led by the US.
مثيرا للضحك وللشفقة في آن وتغطيةعلى فضيحته المدوية باختلاق مقاطع فيديو لمواقع صواريخ غير موجودة إلا في الأفلام يقر ناطق العدوان بذلك ويسميه هامش خطأ،وأي هامش خطأ ذلك الذي ضحاياه مدنيون ويتكرر كل مرة كنتيجةطبيعية لعدوان غاشم هو أكبر خطأ وأكبر خطيئةترتكب بدعم أمريكي ضد شعبنا العزيز
— محمد عبدالسلام (@abdusalamsalah) January 11, 2022
Earlier, Al-Maliki justified in press statements the fabricated scenes, alleging they were passed in a wrong way and claiming the scandal is part of the "marginal error" while dealing with sources.
The coalition had published a video in which it claimed it showed scenes from the site of assembling and installing ballistic missiles in the port of Al-Hudaydah. However, the scenes were cut from the American 2020 Severe Clear documentary.
Watch | The #Saudi coalition published scenes from a 2009 American documentary film about the #US invasion of #Afghanistan and claimed that it showed scenes from the site of assembling and installing ballistic missiles in the port of Al-Hudaydah.#Yemen #SaudiArabia pic.twitter.com/TdBX8C6UmL
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) January 9, 2022
It is noteworthy that the Saudi coalition's spokesperson Turki Al-Malki also showed reporters a fabricated clip claiming "Hezbollah's involvement in Yemen and the use of Sanaa airport to target Saudi Arabia."
Nevertheless, a senior Yemeni source told Al Mayadeen that the personnel in the video published by the Saudi coalition "is not Lebanese and does not include any Lebanese images."