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| US Embassy Meddling in Yemen Affairs |
| 2005-06-12 |
| Al-Ahmar describes US spokesman statement as meddling in Yemeni affairs SANA'A - Speaker of Parliament Sheikh Abdullah bin Hussein Al-Ahmar expressed his amazement at a statement published in Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper and attributed to a US spokesman, revealing unconventional diplomatic contacts between the US and Yemeni officials. Sheikh Al-Ahmar said the Sana'a US ambassador's meetings with sheikhs and heads of parties and non-governmental organization representatives without informing official bodies did not concord with accepted diplomatic principles that require ambassadors and other diplomatic to go through official channels when making such contacts. |
| Posted by:Cheng Uleregum5971 |
| #2 Sheikh Abdullah has been known to call the U.S. "bloodsuckers" and worse. I don't know what diplomatic channels you have to go through to get that kind of rhetoric OKed, but... |
| Posted by: beagletwo 2005-06-12 19:28 |
| #1 I will say for GWB that he has an uncanny ability to keep these dictators both on their toes and unbalanced. Very discreetly for a while now we have been carrot-and-sticking the Yemenese into getting their house in order. In many ways they are doing so, but their government is still rife with rotten apples that need to be purged. We are just letting everybody concerned know that the essense of democracy is that you do your job better than the other guy, or the other guy gets your job. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-06-12 13:17 |