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| Yemen president forced from party's leadership |
| 2014-11-09 |
| [ARABNEWS] Yemeni President Abdu Rabbo Mansour Hadi was ousted as leader of his own political party, the group said on Saturday, weakening his authority at a time of turmoil in the impoverished Arab nation. The General People's Congress (GPC) has accused Hadi of backing UN sanctions against its influential former chief, 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... , who ruled Yemen for 33 years before resigning in 2012 following mass street protests. Hadi's dismissal as party chief came the day after he moved to end Yemen's latest political crisis by naming a new power-sharing government in the country, which is racked by religious and tribal violence. "Losing this position leaves him without a power base outside the presidency. Previously he was speaking as both president and leader of one of the largest parties. Now he has lost this," said Mustafa Alani, a Gulf-based security analyst. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ...the latest incarnation of various Qaeda and Qaeda-allied groups, including the now-defunct Aden-Abyan Islamic Army that boomed the USS Cole in 2000... said on Saturday it had attempted to kill the US ambassador, Matthew Tueller, planting two bombs on Thursday outside his residence. The devices were discovered minutes before they were due to explode, AQAP's said on its Twitter account. The claim could not be immediately verified. The UN Security Council imposed sanctions on Saleh on Friday, accusing him of obstructing the country's political transition. In a document seen by Rooters, the US said he had become a primary supporter of the Houthis. Saleh has denied seeking to destabilize Yemen and his supporters in the GPC staged a large rally in Sanaa on Friday against the sanctions, which are also being applied to two senior members of the Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to Americaâ¢, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews... movement. Hadi backers now constitute a small minority in the 34-member Cabinet, which contains nine GPC members and six Houthi members, as well as blocs representing the country's other main political factions. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "Maybe we can convince Obola to do the same" DWS |
| Posted by: Steven 2014-11-09 02:52 |