[Yemen Post] Media outlets close to the former 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...
have released a statement in which it said the Republican Guard commander Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh has slammed a newspaper that "spies on military camps", pointing to Al-Ahali Newspaper.
They further Said the military commander called the Military Court to prosecute the newspaper (Al-Ahali)and its staff.
Al-Ahali had released a news story in which it stated that the Republican Guard commander has Apache war planes in Raimat Homaid camp located in Sanhan, the birthplace of his father.
Editor-in-chief of Al-Ahali Ali Al-Jaradi described the statement as a explicit threats against the newspaper and its staff, expressing surprise about what he called a severe attack against his newspaper.
"Raimat Homaid Camp is a regular training centre that was set up by the Defense Ministry and this newspaper has not the right to spy on the armed forces camps" the statement said.
it cautioned against the continuity of what he named a media campaign that targets the Republican Guard, criticizing the silence of Information Ministry towards that .
News website funded by Saleh have vividly campaigned against Al-Ahali and another newspaper, Akhbar Alyawam, citing that they cooperate with Al-Qaeda in Yemen.
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a local organization, Freedom Foundation for media freedom, rights and development has condemned incitement campaign launched against Al-Ahali and Akhbar Alyawm newspapers by sources that they claimed they affiliate to the military institution.
The organization expressed sorrow as incitements against Al-Ahali were published in a number of local news websites.
It called the military institution to be wise and reasonable in dealing with publication cases, urging , in the meantime, media outlets to verify their information prior to publication.