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| Yemen demonstrators demand break with US |
| 2002-04-27 |
| Yemeni police dispersed about 2,000 anti-American demonstrators who called on their government Friday to break diplomatic ties with the United States. The protesters gathered following noon prayers in the capital, San'a, and began to march on the U.S. Embassy, but police blocked their path. Noon prayers, was it? Golly, I'm sure it wasn't in response to something the mullah said. Musta been spontaneous. The Yemeni protesters carried signs that read "We ask for the expulsion of American military experts doing anti-terrorism work." "Not that any of us are terrorists, mind you"... Organizers distributed a statement in the name of "Supporters of Palestine" that condemned Yemen's cooperation with the United States in security matters and the U.S. training of Yemeni military and anti-terrorism units. That fits. "Supporters of Palestine" demand that American cooperation with the Yemenis against al-Qaeda and similar organizations be stopped and the Americans get the boot. Does that have anything to do with Palestine? Is there perhaps some sort of link between the two? Duh, lemme think... The statement asked for the U.S. Embassy to be closed, its ambassador to be expelled and for the recall of Yemen's ambassador to the United States. Actually, I'd kinda like to see the same things... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |