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| Mourners denounce terrorism at party deputy's funeral |
| 2003-01-01 |
| Hundreds of thousands of people attended the funeral of Jarallah Omar, the deputy leader of the Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP) assassinated by a suspected Islamic extremist. Mourners denounced terrorism, extremism and violence as the cortege snaked more than two kilometres from Ishaq mosque in central Sanaa to the Martyrs Cemetery. In Yemen? This happened in Yemen? Are you sure? Among those attending were the leaders of all the political parties including the People's General Congress, the YSP and the Islamist Al-Islah group. Muslim fundamentalist Ali Jarallah, an Al-Islah member, shot Mr Omar during a conference organised by Al-Islah on Saturday. Mr Omar, 60, was hit twice in the chest and died on his way to hospital after giving a speech rejecting "the culture of violence" in the Arabian peninsula republic. In Yemen, I thought they regarded that as adequate reason to kill somebody... "There is no God but Allah, assassins are the enemies of Allah," chanted the crowd, waving portraits of the victim and banners reading "We are all Jarallah Omar", "No to terrorism, extremism and violence," and "We want a Yemen without violence". And nobody shot up the funeral procession? This piece is nearly as unusual as the Indonesian Muslims backing away from wanting an Islamic state. Is this the beginning of a trend? I guess it's still way too early to hope — but I find myself doing so, which means we'll have a setback coming up soon... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #3 When are these folks gonna tell CAIR which side that Allah is on? |
| Posted by: Tom Roberts 2003-01-01 19:24:27 |
| #2 still wonder what they have done with the NK Scuds |
| Posted by: john 2003-01-01 19:14:05 |
| #1 Keep it up, Yemen, and you'll definitely impress the hell out of us. Are they on the Most Favored Nation list? |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-01-01 17:41:15 |