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| Pro-Saleh Militias Attack Power Lines in Marib - Local Sources |
| 2011-04-14 |
| [Yemen Post] Local sources in Marib province said on Tuesday that pro-government militias had attacked the power lines that transmit power to the capital Sana'a to mislead the people and frame the protesters who have been calling for an immediate resignation of President-for-Life Saleh. ... exemplifying the Arab's propensity to combine brutality with incompetence... The Alsahwa website quoted the sources as saying that the government is using the official media outlets to fabricate that the revolutionists were behind the attacks against the power lines in Marib and other problems including road closures leading to an acute gas shortage. The sources within the popular committees in charge of protecting the people and the public and private properties also said the pro-government militias carrying RPGs had been seen near the power lines on Sana'a-Marib road after they failed to carry out attacks on Monday. The supporters of the antigovernment uprising in Marib warned of criminal acts against the country, accusing the official media of conspiring to accuse the antigovernment protesters of targeting the country and committing sabotage acts, while the fact is that the government is responsible for that. Many stores in the capital Sana'a have been closed down amid the gas shortage that also sent the price of a gas cylinder three times higher, as drivers of gas trucks were quoted as saying that the national security had prevented them from transporting gas to the capital. "The national security forces have been holding us for days outside the capital to prevent the supply of gas. No trucks can pass except after permission from the forces, which only allow a few to transport gas," they were quoted as saying. |
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