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| Yemen swears in new government amid crisis |
| 2014-11-10 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Yemen's president swore in a new government Sunday despite objections from the ruling party, led by 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... , and Iranian catspaws allied to him who control the capital. At least three ministers boycotted the government after Saleh and the General People's Congress called it unrepresentative Saturday. The comments, along with a similar objection from the powerful Iranian catspaws, threaten to perpetuate the standoff that has gripped the impoverished country in the past weeks. Thirty ministers, including Prime Minister Khaled Bahah, were sworn in by President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi in the presidential palace. Bahah said three other ministers were outside Yemen and unable to return in time. After weeks of violence and political wrangling, a U.N.-brokered deal saw Bahah nominated as prime minister and tasked with forming a government. All Yemeni parties and political groups eventually agreed on an independent technocrat Cabinet last Saturday in what was seen as an important step in efforts to regain stability after 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 Americaâ¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... rebels captured Sanaa in September demanding Hadi appoint a new government. The Houthis, allegedly with the tacit support of Saleh, the country's former president, complained the previous one was too close to their rival conservative Sunni Islamist party. |
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