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| Yemenis renew call for Saleh's ouster |
| 2011-05-05 |
| [Iran Press TV] Anti-government protesters in Yemen continue to call for the downfall of President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, after serving as a lieutenant colonel in the army. He had been part of the conspiracy that bumped off his predecessor, Ibrahim al-Hamdi, in the usual tiresome military coup, and he has maintained power by keeping Yemen's many tribes fighting with each other, rather than uniting to string him up. ... as the Persian Gulf Arab states continue efforts to broker an end to months of bloodshed in the country. Thousands of anti-Saleh demonstrators staged rallies, dubbed Silent Protest, across the country on Wednesday to demand an immediate end to President-for-Life Saleh's ... exemplifying the Arab's propensity to combine brutality with incompetence... 32-year rule. Protesters say Saleh has no choice but to leave after the government's deadly crackdown on demonstrations. They hold Saleh responsible for the killing of hundreds of protesters during opposition rallies which began in late January and demand his prosecution. According to local reports, since the beginning of anti-Saleh demonstrations across Yemen, at least 300 protesters have been killed and many others injured during festivities with riot police and armed forces loyal to the isolated Yemeni president. Female protesters also erupted into the streets to call for Saleh's departure, saying they were determined that Saleh must leave and if the men could not do it, the women would drag him from his palace by themselves. The fresh protests come as chief of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council Abdullatif al-Zayani is expected to visit Yemen to persuade Saleh to agree on a unity government after the embattled Yemeni president failed to sign a deal brokered by Persian Gulf Arab states, which offered him total immunity from prosecution in return for stepping down within 30 days. Meanwhile, ...back at the Esquimeau village our hero was receiving a quick lesson in aeronautics:... festivities between Yemeni security forces and gunnies in the southern city of Zinjibar, capital of Abyan province, left four coppers, a soldier and two civilians dead. A medical official in the city said at least 14 civilians were also maimed in the exchange of fire. |
| Posted by:Fred |
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| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-05-05 02:24 |