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| Yemen Protest Condemns Parade Bombing, Demands Departure of Military Commanders |
| 2012-05-29 |
| [Yemen Post] Thousands of Yemeni people erupted into the streets in the capital Sanaa Sunday to condemn violence, referring to the latest and deadliest ever suicide kaboom in Sanaa, and expressing solidarity with the Syrian people. More than one hundred security forces were killed and few other hundreds maimed in the bombing, which targeted a military parade rehearsal in mid-last week. The Sharia Supporters, the offshoot of Al-Qaeda in Yemen, grabbed credit for the attack. The demonstrators marched through streets passing at the residence of President Abdrabu Mansour Hadi and came back to the change square outside Sanaa University. Thousands of protesters have refused to leave this square, where many tents were pitched last year. The protesters rolled their eyes, jumped up and down, and hollered poorly rhymed slogans real loud demanding the departure of military commanders including the relatives of ex-president, Saleh, allegedly involved in the bombing in the Sabeen Square. Among the commanders the demonstrators demanded to fire is Saleh's elder son, Ahmed, the commander of the elite republican guard. Some military commanders have rebelled against decrees by President Hadi firing them from their posts and the UN envoy Jamal Benomar has failed few times to convince the elite republican guard to end the rebellion of the commander of the third brigade in Sanaa. Tariq Saleh, a nephew of Saleh, is the commander of the third brigade. The protesters carried the Yemeni and Syrian flags and rolled their eyes, jumped up and down, and hollered poorly rhymed slogans real loud expressing support to the Syrian people, who have been struggling for more than a year to oust the Assad regime. They also carried placards expressing honor to the deaders, who were killed during the 2011 uprising against the former regime, and vowing to continue their struggle until the goals of the uprising were met. |
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