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Yemen: 7 dead in new violence
 [Ennahar] Five members of the security forces were killed during a clash in the north of Sanaa between the police and army units joined in the protest, while police firing on demonstrators in Aden (South ) have killed two people Wednesday.In Jawlat Amrane, north of Sanaa, police raided in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday with automatic weapons and rocket an army checkpoint, according to a dissenting military source. But the Interior Ministry said in a statement that it was the military who attacked a police position and that there was only coppers injured during the attack. According to the dissenting military source, the checkpoint is held by soldiers of the First Armored Division, whose commander, General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, announced March 21 to join the protest movement against 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. ... An army officer and four coppers were killed and two soldiers maimed, according to military sources. Posted by: Fred 2011-04-15 |
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