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Arabia
Saleh sabotaging transition deal, sez archrival
2012-01-03
SANAA: A dissident Yemeni general said Monday that President Ali Abdullah Saleh wants to sabotage the Gulf-sponsored political transition plan that calls for him to formally resign in February.
And if you can't trust the statements of an arch-rival...
The president intends "to overthrow the Gulf initiative and its implementation plan," said a statement from dissident Gen. Ali Mohsen Al-Ahmar, one of Saleh's archrivals who defected from the army earlier this year in support of the mass protest movement demanding Saleh's ouster.

The proof is in the "continued bolstering of military units loyal to Saleh," the statement said noting the "refusal" by pro-Saleh troops to withdraw from the streets of Sanaa despite orders from the newly formed military commission created to restore order on the streets of the capital.

In a statement published by Yemen's official news agency over the weekend, Saleh said he would "not allow the collapse of state institutions," in response to an increased number of protests within government institutions designed to unseat Saleh loyalists that continue to hold key positions.
Posted by:Steve White

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