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| Dialogue Committee to Table Status of Armed Groups in Yemen |
| 2012-09-30 |
| [Yemen Post] Yemen's technical committee on preparation for a comprehensive national dialogue conference has decided to put the issue of the armed forces on its agenda, independent media reported on Saturday. All armed forces, which have weapons and act beyond the constitution and law, will be one of the key topics to be discussed by the committee in the next meetings, the publications reported. Experts argue Yemen has the two most dangerous gangs in the region: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, AQAP, and the Shiite Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is "God is Great, Death to America™", Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews" ... Group. AQAP has stepped up its suicide kaboom in some parts of the country after the army drove its cut-throats out of their strongholds in Abyan ...a governorate of Yemen. The region was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group until it dropped the name and joined al-Qaeda. Its capital is Zinjibar. In March 2011, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula declared the governate an Islamic Emirateafter seizing control of the region. The New York Times fastidiously reported that those in control, while Islamic hard boyz, are not in fact al-Qaeda, but something else that looks, tastes, smells, and acts the same. Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region when President-for-Life Saleh was tossed and the carnage continues... and Shabwa earlier this year. And the Houthi Group, which fought the Yemeni army six times under the former regime, has been in sporadic festivities with tribes in the far north since the very early of this year. The two groups remain among factors affecting the democratic transition under the power-transfer deal which was brokered by the GCC countries and backed by the West after the 2011 turmoil. Meanwhile, ...back at the desert island, Bert was realizing to his horror that he'd had only one bottle for one message, and he'd forgotten to include a return address... the committee, which has been controversial since it was formed in mid-July by President Abdrabu Mansour Hadi, held its meeting amid continuous absence of some members. Some of the members continued to be absent in protest against reshaping the committee by Hadi who replaced some members in what appeared to be a response to criticism that some factions did not have suitable or equal representation in the committee. Others are protesting some topics, which were added to the committee's agenda, saying the new topics should not be addressed in such an event, the dialogue conference, which should focus on the most important issues. The comprehensive dialogue conference will take place in early November and the political forces, the public and other countries, especially the ten sponsoring the power-transfer deal, pine hope on it to lift Yemen out of the current situation. |
| Posted by:Fred |