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| Saleh family hold meetings with Iran Ambassador | |
| 2012-04-25 | |
| [Yemen Post] Family of the 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... has met the Iranian Ambassador to Sana'a amid orientation of the family to develop cooperation at various levels, media sources said. The sources told Nashwan News that several meetings have been held between one of Saleh's family and the Iranian ambassador, pointing out that Saleh's family seeks to convince the Iranians to contact Russia and China to support its attitudes in the UN Security Council.
...the second and possibly the last president of Yemen, successor to former President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh... two weeks ago. They said the Iranian family started to improve its relations with Saleh's family, indicating that Iran coordinates between the family and leaders of the Southern Movement in exile and expand the activities of the Houthis to hamper the interim government efforts in return for having weapons and funds.Media sources have stated that Iran increased its recent activities in Yemen through supporting the rebellious movements and fundamental political individual and forcesThe sources had said that President Barack Obama Why can't I just eat my waffle?... 's top counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan, offered the Yemeni authorities to create a specialized intelligence unit to follow up Iranian activities in Yemen.The sources said the United States is concerned about the lack to infrastructure of Yemen's coastguards, pointing out that the Yemeni coasts are subject to constant smuggling of weapons and fighters.The New York Times ...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... Newspaper has recently said Iran increased its political outreach and arms shipments to rebels and other political figures in Yemen as part of what American military and intelligence officials say a widening Iranian effort to extend its influence across the greater Middle East. | |
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