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| Tribes Threaten Serious Action against Shabwa Government over Dispute with Korean Company |
| 2010-10-28 |
| [Yemen Post] The Jardan tribes in Shabwa province threatened on Wednesday to take serious action against the local government amid allegations they had been cheated by a bigwig over their dispute with the South Korean state oil company Knoc. The official gave us the governor's promise to resolve our dispute with the company over our demand to have posts in it, saying the company's operations would be halted if we eliminated checkpoints and withdrew armed rustics, a sheikh said. But the local government did not adhere to the truce terms and let the company continue its operations as if we did not reach a truce, he added, threatening the tribes will strongly respond to the conspiracy and abuse of the governor's word by those who have used to draw the region into conflict. Tow days ago, the tribes fought the security forces which wanted to secure the company from armed rustics demanding jobs in it. They are demanding to allocate posts in the company for them as it happens with other foreign companies in other Yemeni areas. |
| Posted by:Fred |