Hawthi connection with Al-Qa`idah?

Saudi media are now quite confused. They want to tell the Arab world that the Hawthi movement is connected to Iran, but they also want to tell the US, that it is connected to Al-Qa`idah. Today, I was watching the news of Al-Arabiyya TV (the propaganda outlet of King Fahd's brother-in-law, and I am told that King Fahd's youngest son, `Azuz (the man who was obsessed for years with Yasmeen Bleeth of Baywatch, and showered her with jewelry) is now exercising tremendous influence over the Saudi media outlets of his uncle), and they are reporting the Saudi military intervention in Yemen as if it was some heroic act. So the Saudi correspondent saw what I pointed out yesterday: that the Saudi military is arresting little kids. He said that most of the "Hawthi fighters" that he saw, were less than 17 years of age. He then added that this was a clear evidence that Hawthi rebels are connected to the Al-Qa`idah because the latter organization also recruit young fighters. The anchor, Rima Maktabi (her father was a Lebanese Phalanges and died in the civil war. I once asked Hariri MP, `Uqab Saqr when we appeared together on a program on Al-Jazeera about her. "Hmarah," (donkey) he told me.) had a look of disbelief and asked him if there was an official Saudi statement to the effect that Al-Qa`idah was connected to the Hawthis (who belong to an offshoot in Shi`ite Islam--do you remember the contributions of Michael Husayn Young about offshoots?). The correspondent said that there was no Saudi statement but that they both have very young fighters. Kid you not. The footage included Gen. Khalid Bin Sultan while he was saluting the troops. Syrian soldiers look mal-nutritioned, while Lebanese and Saudi soldiers look overstuffed with Shish Tawuq.