[Yemen Post] There are arrangements to appoint Yemeni outgoing 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 elder son, Ahmed as the commander of multi-national Counterterrorism Unit in the Middle East, which is led by USA, Saudi Al-Watan Newspaper reported citing what it has called close sources from Ahmed.
Ahmed, 40, the commander of the elite Elite Republican Guards, the best trained and equipped military troops in Yemen, has expressed his willingness to Vice President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi to quit his vital position once the Military Committee, which is tasked with restructuring the army units, asks him to, said the unidentified sources.
The appointment coincided with the Military Committee's plan to restructure the Yemeni army and make led by united leadership in line with the GCC brokered deal signed on November23.
Saleh's relatives still in control of key military institutions, including Elite Republican Guards, Special Forces, Counterterrorism Unit and National Security.
Saleh has left Yemen for USA for further medical treatment for wounds and injuries sustained in a blast at the Presidential Palace early in June.
Saleh signed a deal with the opposition in the Saudi capital of Riyadh under which he transferred all his executive powers to Hadi, the sole candidate for the upcoming Presidential elections set to be held on February 21.
Massive popular protests demanding an end to the long autocratic rule of Saleh, combined with anarchy in the south and insurgency in the far north has shaken Yemen to the bone, leaving thousands killed, pushing the economy to the brink of collapse, triggering humanitarian crisis and stoking fears among friends and neighbors of another failed state in the region.