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| South Yemenis Protest for Secession | ||
| 2015-10-15 | ||
But now that the rebel threat has eased, protesters said they do not want to continue the fight against the holy warriors in the north and demanded their own state. "Taking the southerners into the war in the north cements the unity of Yemen, which we reject," said a banner carried at the rally in Aden's main square of al-Arood. Marching to commemorate the anniversary of independence from Britannia in 1967, protesters carried flags of the former South Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... state, which was united with the north in 1990. A secession attempt in 1994 was crushed by northern forces. Most of the north is now controlled by the Houthis and their allies of forces loyal to 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... , since the rebels seized the capital Sanaa unopposed in September 2014 and moved on to capture other provinces. After pushing the rebels out of five southern provinces in the summer, thanks to air and ground support from the coalition, forces loyal to President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi have set their sights on Marib province east of Sanaa. But the southerners have other ambitions. "After achieving victory in the battle, the people of the south adhere to their political demand voiced in 1994, which is reinstating the southern state," said Omar al-Subeihi, the head of the rally organizing committee. Meanwhile, ...back at the dirigible, Jack stuck the cigar in his mouth, stepped onto the gantry, and asked Got a light, Mac? Von Schtinken stopped short, lowering the dagger and trying to control his features. If you light that thing, Herr Armschtröng,he pointed out, his voice tense, we all die!... al-Qaeda turbans on Wednesday occupied the government offices in Zinjibar, the capital of Abyan ...a governorate of Yemen. The region was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group until it dropped the name and joined al-Qaeda. Its capital is Zinjibar. In March 2011, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula declared the governate an Islamic Emirateafter seizing control of the region. The New York Times fastidiously reported that those in control, while Islamic hard boyz, are not in fact al-Qaeda, but something else that looks, tastes, smells, and acts the same. Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region when President-for-Life Saleh was tossed and the carnage continues... province, taking advantage of a security vacuum, an official there said. Militants of 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... are active in southern and southeastern Yemen. Washington considers AQAP as the most dangerous branch of the jihadist network. The area's Popular Resistance Committees chief Hussein al-Wahishi said, however, that the control of al-Qaeda turbans in Zinjibar does not go beyond the official building. | ||
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 BTW, I was curious why the "Saudi-US" alliance faught so hard to seize the Bab al-Mandab straight, the strategic southern entrance to the Red Sea and the gateway to the Suez Canal. The Shia resistance had been so stubborn in Taiz because that province has a long Red Sea coastline used by smugglers to bring in weapons and other aid from Iran. But now that the Shia rebels have lost control of the Taiz coast and the the narrow strait into the Red Sea the Iranian smuggling operations along the Red Sea coast are much more difficult. Hey, that western education may have paid off. |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2015-10-15 17:23 |