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| Yemen, The Violence Resumes |
| 2011-10-01 |
| [Yemen Post] Only a few days after Foreign Minister al-Qirby declared to the United Nations ...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society... General Assembly that his government was committed to peace and to a timely transition of power, President President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower... , ordered the shelling of several revolutionaries' strongholds in the capital, Sana'a. At dawn this Thursday, residents of Hasaba, a northern district of the capital under the control of the powerful tribal leader, Sheikh Sadeeq al-Ahmar, reported heavy kabooms. Eye witnesses said they saw "a rain of mortar shells" strike the area, bringing more misery to an already strained population. Sheikh Sadeeq al-Ahmar, who so far was determined not to retaliate at the many provocations of the government, respecting the terms of Saudi brokered ceasefire back in June, decided that this morning attack was the last straw. He ordered his men to fight back, unwilling to stand idly while innocent civilians were being targeted by what he calls "the government's thugs". "Change Square" which has been the gathering point of the revolution since February, fell also victim to the government' shelling campaign, putting an end to the last few days of relative peace. Defected GeneralAli Mohsen al-Ahmar's was also targeted as Elite Republican Guards under the order of president Saleh's eldest son, Ahmed Ali, attacked his men and his base north of the capital. Once again it seems that politicians have failed to come up with a viable solution to the country's crisis, unable to ink the GCC brokered proposal. |
| Posted by:Fred |