[Yemen Post] The United Nations...boodling on the grand scale...
Security Council is to sanction ,in a session to be held on Tuesday, Yemeni officials who impede the political settlement in the state, an Emirati newspaper Al-Khaleej said, pointing out to the former president President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh
... 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...
and his relatives.
It made clear that the council will take a crucial resolution after its draft was distributed to the Security Council five prominent members .
The newspaper quoted political sources as saying that the UN's resolution will depend on a report presented by the UN Envoy Jamal Benomar about the political situation in Yemen.
Media sources said that the resolution supports efforts by Yemen's president to advance the country's transition to democracy and threatens non-military sanctions against those trying to undermine the country's national unity government.
Relatives of the former president Ali Abdullah Saleh still refuse decrees of President Abdurabu Mansour Hadi
...the second and possibly the last president of Yemen, successor to former President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh...
who attempt to reorganize the military and security services.
Benomar had witnessed the handover of the 3rd Republican Guard Brigade of the Republican Guard from Tariq to the newly-appointed commander Abdul-Rahman Al-Halili.
However,
it was a brave man who first ate an oyster...
after the departure of Benomar, Al-Halili was prevented by officers loyal to Saleh from entering the brigade.
Saleh and his family insisted to not hand over the 3rd brigade as it is among the most heavily armed and its units are centered in the mountains surrounding the Yemeni Capital Sana'a.
Benomar told the council last week that despite Hadi's "strong leadership," the country's transition is taking place "against a backdrop of serious security concerns, an unprecedented humanitarian crisis and many unresolved conflicts."
Benomar also said al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula "continues to pose a major threat."