Chapter
9:
Case
studies
in
Ta’izz
rejected,
with
both
parties
shooting
at
the
committee
who
tried
to
implement
the
recommendation
(more
detail
in
the
above
reference).
The
proposed
solutions
of
the
committee
were:
1)
To
restore
the
Quradah
system
as
it
was
without
any
extra
sources
from
other
springs
which
were
not
initially
diverted
to
the
Quradah
tank
(not
accepted
by
Qurdah
as
they
claim
their
ownership
of
other
springs
in
the
area);
2)
to
divert
the
spring
called
Anazeha
in
the
upstream
of
the
wadi
to
supply
Merzah
village
(this
was
refused
by
Quradah
as
this
spring
is
theirs
and
Merzah
has
its
own
springs
in
the
downstream
area
of
the
wadi);
3)
that
Quradah
requested
an
official
document
to
state
their
ownership
of
the
spring
(Anazeha)
and
that
it
will
only
lend
water
sources
to
Merzah
without
if
Merzah
did
not
ownership
of
Merzah
of
that
spring.
In
1998,
a
unit
from
the
army
located
in
the
area
was
requested
to
intervene
to
stop
the
fighting,
to
restore
the
peace
in
the
area
and
to
assist
in
the
implementation
of
the
solution
suggested
by
the
committee
that
the
governor
of
Ta’izz
had
previously
created.
However,
a
convoy
from
the
army
and
security
force
accompanying
the
implementation
committee
was
subjected
to
gunfire
from
the
Quradah
side,
as
they
felt
that
the
commander
of
the
army
unit
was
taking
sides
with
Merzah.
This
resulted
in
fights
between
Quradah
and
the
army,
killing
thre P