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| Gen. Tarek Mohammed Saleh denies involvement in Friday Massacre |
| 2013-04-16 |
| [Yemen Post] Gen. Tarek Mohammed Saleh, 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... 's nephew and former Commander in Chief of the Presidential Guards denied recent allegations made by the press he had any involvement in Friday Massacre. Back in March 2011, at the very heart of the Yemeni revolution the security forces opened fire onto protesters, killing in one single day over 40 unarmed civilians. Hundreds more were sent to hospital, injured. Rights activists and Youth groups have been campaigning ever since to see the culprits brought to justice. It is widely believed that those closest to former President-for-Life Saleh ... exemplifying the Arab's propensity to combine brutality with incompetence... , ordered the state security apparatus to ruthlessly kill off the revolution. Both Gen. Yehia Mohammed Saleh and Gen. Tarek Mohammed Saleh, respectively the former Head of Yemen Central Security Forces and Presidential Guards were singled out by revolutionaries and accused of war crimes. Last week both Emirati-based and Yemeni-based newspapers alleged officers had during an official inquiry admitted having received their order directly from Gen. Tarek Saleh. The general is now categorically rejecting the allegations. Although the transition government promised justice would be served and all deaths avenged, activists fear President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi's latest decisions to appoint former President Saleh's closed family members to diplomatic posts abroad will prevent the judiciary from doing its work. And indeed, it would be legally impossible for any judge to indict any former officials,no matter the amount of proof brought forward if they are covered by diplomatic immunity. |
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