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Yemen President Dismisses three Commanders after Suicide Attack in Sana'a
 [Yemen Post] Yemen President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi issued republican decrees dismissing high-ranking commanders of security units in the country, after more than 100 soldiers were killed on Monday morning during rehearsals for a military parade, Hadi fired the commander of the Central Security Forces Abdul-Malik al-Taib, the commander of the Rescue Division Mohammed Abdullah al-Qawsi, and the deputy commander of the National Security.Fadhal Yahya al-Qawsi was appointed to replace al-Taib and Mohammed Jamee al-Kadar took over the national security post. Hussein Mohammed al-Radhai was appointed to take over the Rescue Division. Hadi's decrees came only after a few hours of a deadly suicide kaboom in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a that left 100 plus soldiers killed, mostly from the Central Security Forces. The attack has exposed the fragile security and bad security measures and leadership in the country and needed some decisive actions taken, therefore Hadi took some actions. Meanwhile, ...back at the sea battle, the Terror of the Baltic's career had come to an abrupt and watery end... an official at the Central Yemeni Forces said that the corpse count for the atrocious attack that targeted soldiers today morning at al-Sabeen square rose to about 120. The attack occurred in one of the most secure areas in Sana'a, reflecting the fragile security situation in Yemen. For their parts, the Arab Summit chief Nabil al-Arabi, the chief of the Islamic Cooperation Council Akmal al-Deen Ihsan, and the Chief of the Gulf Cooperation Council Abdul-Atif al-Zayani condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack. They stressed this attack underscores the need for doubling the ongoing efforts to get Yemen back on track. Posted by: Fred 2012-05-22 |
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