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| U.N envoy leaves Sana'a, fails to end rebellion against commander |
| 2012-05-29 |
| [Yemen Post] The U.N envoy to Yemen Jamal Bin Omar left Sana'a on Sunday morning after he failed to convince the Third Brigade officers to end the rebellion against their newly-appointed commander Abdu-Rahman al-Halili. After months of rebellion against Hadi's decrees, Bin Omar managed to convince the Third Brigade's former chief Tariq Mohammed Abdullah Saleh to obey President Abdurabu Mansour Hadi ...the second and possibly the last president of Yemen, successor to former President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh... 's decrees and hand over the command to his appionted successor, al-Halili. But since then al-Halili could not enter the Third Brigade headquarters as some officers headed by Abdul-Hamid Maqwala carried out a rebellion against him and prevented him from getting into the camp. Maqwala is from Saleh's village and he is well-known for his support to him. In March, Hadi issued some republican decrees dismissing dozens of military commanders, mostly from Saleh's loyalists and relatives. Some of these commanders such as Mohammed Saleh al-Ahmar--Saleh's half brother who is the former chief of the Air Force--and Tariq Mohammed Saleh obeyed Hadi's decrees after a long period of rebellion. Only when they were convinced by Bin Omar, did they hand over the command of the key military institutions. The officers' rebellion against their newly-appointed commander prompted Bin Omar to pay another visit to Yemen with the aim of convincing them to stop their rebellion and let al-Halili carry out his duties. Yet, he failed this time to press Saleh's loyalists into listening to their commander, although US has announced sanctions against officials obstructing the transition in the country. Bin Omar is set to submit a report to the Security Council which will held a session on Yemen on Tuesday to discuss how the GCC-brokered accord is being implemented in the country so far. In this vein, the daily Akbar al-Youm newspaper reported on Sunday citing familiar sources that Bin Omar held several meetings on Saturday with top offiicals with the aim of convincing them to end the rebellion in the Third Brigade, but said his efforts ended in vain. The officials Bin Omar met included President Hadi, Saleh and his son Ahmed-- the commander of the Republican Guard, as well as Abdul-Karim al-Aryani, a high-ranking figure in the General People Congress Party led by Saleh, the familiar sources noted. According to the paper, the sources said that Bin Omar made it clear to Saleh, Ahmed and al-Aryani that its not in their favor if the Secuirty Council holds a session on Yemen this Tuesday while the rebellion in the Third Brigade is still continuing. Early this month, the American President Barack Obama This is a teachable moment... issued an executive order for the Treasury to freeze any Yemeni offiicial's assets based in US if found trying to obstruct the GCC-brokered power transfer deal and the transitional process. |
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