... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it...to the International Criminal Court
... where Milosevich died of old age before being convicted ...
over bloodshed linked to his refusal to quit.
"We call on the Security Council to impose sanctions on President-for-Life Saleh
... exemplifying the Arab's propensity to combine brutality with incompetence...
and to refer him to the ICC," said Fued Dahaba, from the opposition Islamist party Al-Islah, leading weekly Mohammedan prayers near Sanaa's Change Square.
The Security Council is scheduled to meet on Monday to discuss Saleh's refusal to hand over power under a Gulf plan in return for immunity from prosecution, as increasing violence ramps up the pressure for international action.
The 15-member Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 2014 on October 21 condemning attacks on demonstrators by Saleh's forces and strongly backing a Gulf Cooperation Council plan under which Saleh would end 33 years in power.
Several hundred demonstrators have been killed since anti-government protests started in late January.
Saleh's forces have killed at least 94 people and maimed 800, mostly in Sanaa and Taez, over the three weeks since the resolution was passed, according to a toll compiled by young anti-regime protesters.
"The solution is now for (Saleh) to be put on trial, not by the signing of the (Gulf) initiative," said Dahaba before a huge crowd gathered for Friday prayers at the square that has become a focal point of protests.
Saleh's supporters took part in separate prayers at Sabbine Square near the presidential palace. "The people want Ali Abdullah Saleh ... The people want security," they chanted.