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Yemen clashes between protesters and government supporters in Sanaa
[Ennahar] At least three demonstrators were maimed Tuesday in festivities between protesters who tried unsuccessfully to head towards the presidential palace in Sanaa and government supporters, according to an AFP correspondent.Supporters of the General People's Congress (GPC ruling party), armed with clubs and axes, opposed to the protesters at about 1.5 km from the palace, and threw stones at them.  Students and activists, who erupted into the streets for the fourth consecutive day, responded by throwing stones also, according to the AFP correspondent.Witnesses said plainclothes coppers equipped with tasers took part, alongside the cons-protesters in festivities that ended in mid-day. Supporters of the GIC have tried to attack an independent MP, Ahmad Seif Hached, witnesses said. About 3,000 demonstrators, mostly students, went out Tuesday morning from the University of Sanaa towards the palace 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. ... on Sabiine place. Posted by: Fred 2011-02-16 |
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