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At least 84 wounded in new Yemen clashes
[Bangla Daily Star] Yemeni security forces used live fire and tear gas yesterday on protesters demanding an end to the rule 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. ... , wounding at least 84, activists said. Protesters in the southern city of Taiz said 80 people were hit while four were reported maimed in the capital Sanaa when police opened live fire and let off tear gas. Some 150 people were maimed on Wednesday when security forces tried to break up a rally in the Red Sea city of Hudaida. The Arabian Peninsula state, neighbor to oil giant Soddy Arabia, has been hit by weeks of protests trying to shake loose Saleh's 32-year grip on power. Posted by: Fred 2011-03-18 |
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