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| Southern separatists close Yemen highway |
| 2009-11-28 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Armed southern activists have closed down a main highway in Yemen, holiday travelers said on Friday, in a resurgence of separatist protests against the government. Travelers said dozens of people leaving for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha were stranded on the road joining the capital and the main southern port of Aden after gunmen from the Southern Movement stopped all traffic late on Thursday. Five Yemenis died in clashes on Wednesday between security forces and southern separatists, who say the northern-based government marginalizes and discriminates against the south, home to most of Yemen's oil facilities. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 At one time, the Arabian peninsula's only Marxist regime was in the South. Those were the days. Yemenis have the highest rate of personal gun ownership in the world. Mix that with competing religious crack pots |
| Posted by: Slath Prince of the Poles1925 2009-11-28 15:37 |
| #1 "Armed southern activists" Pirates tend to park their hijacked ships in the southern port. I have no doubt that Al-Q have ties with these groups. A Huthi rebellion in the north with Al-Q assistance and a foreign Sunni rebellion in the south in challenge to the pro-western Sunni government in Yemen. The walls are closing in. |
| Posted by: newc 2009-11-28 08:52 |