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Saleh Confesses to Assassination Attempt of Ali Muhsen Last Month
[Yemen Post] 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. ... has confessed to attempting to assassin commander of the first armored division Ali Muhsen Al-Ahmer, who defected from the army and announced support to the popular uprising calling for an immediate exit of Saleh. Alsahwa-yemen.net reported on Tuesday that Saleh's confession came in his letter of apology to the defector and the sheikhs and elders of Bani Bahlool, who were among other tribal elders including those who orchestrated the liquidation attempt. Last month, Saeh met with the elders of Bani Bahlool, Sanhan and Bilad Al-Roos and convinced them to go to commander Al-Ahmer and reconcile with him as the uprising continued to escalate across the republic. In his letter, Saleh said he was responsible for the firing at Ali Muhsen near his office, the website said. The letter quoted from Suhail TV added that Saleh had informed Muhsen that there were infiltrators among the mediation delegation and he should be blamed for everything. After surviving being killed, Ali Muhsen told media that he was targeted and that officials in the presidency planned that. The official media denied that and accused the commander of attempting to kill his guests. Commander Ali Muhsen is one of the army commanders who had close relationship with President-for-Life Saleh ... exemplifying the Arab's propensity to combine brutality with incompetence... . Posted by: Fred 2011-05-04 |
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