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Official source denies taking help from U.S.A in restructuring army
2012-03-20
[Yemen Post] Official sources denied media reports that a high-ranking military delegation headed for Washington with the aim of holding talks with US officials in Pentagon regarding arrangements to restructure the Yemeni army and security apparatus, Al-Kalij newspaper reported Saturday.

"Chief of Staff and a high-ranking military delegation are set to pay a visit to USA soon, but their visit aims to discuss with Pentagon a raft of issues with regard to the bilateral military cooperation," Al-Kalij quoted the sources as saying.

No time frame was set to the visit, according to the sources, which considered the army shakeup is an internal issue that not US nor any country else would be allowed to interfere in.

The sources also dismissed media reports that the Military Committee, tasked with restructuring the army and clear armed manifestation from the central cities, received proposal from the Washington embassy, describing them as baseless.

Worried about the security situation in Yemen, US embassy mooted a proposal intended to remove the current obstacles standing in the way of implementing army shakeup provision that was a major term of the Gulf-initiated accord, the reports said.

The US embassy allegedly suggested that ten key army commanders quit simultaneously.

The commanders suggested to resign at the same time are Ahmed the eldest son of former President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh
... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it...
, who is the commander of the elite Elite Republican Guards that accounts for more that 40 percent of the national army, and Ali Mohsen AL-Hmar, the army general who defected against his former ally and sided with the revolution, as well as 8 of their loyal commanders.

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