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Why southern Yemen is pushing for secession | |
2009-12-17 | |
"The south has all the resources and only one third of the population. We cannot allow them to secede," said a member of the opposition party Islah in the capital, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak for the party. "Northerners will fight to keep Yemen together. They know it is a matter of survival." More than 70 percent of Yemen's revenue comes from its oil exports. Studies by both the World Bank and the United Nations Development Fund predict a precipitous decline in Yemeni oil production over the next five years, raising the stakes for control of the dwindling supplies. | |
Posted by:Steve White |
#1 HMMMM, HMMMM, lest we fergit, twasn't too many years back that IRAN said explicitly it will detonate NUCLEAR BOMBS on its own soil iff it is invaded by US or US-led UN milfors. * "CALL OF DUTY 4 MODERN WARFARE" PC GAME > ATTACKING US MARINES FIGHT HARD BUT ULTIMATELY GET CAUGHT = ENTRAPPED IN A COVERT NUKE BLAST [Russ warhead] TRYING TO CAPTURE A MAJOR RADICALIST LEADER NOT-SADDAM-HUSSEIN IN HIS OWN CITY. |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-12-17 23:09 |