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2008-04-13 Arabia

South Yemen activist: government troops, southerners, clash anew

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Posted by Steve 2008-04-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 At one time in the early 1970's, there were five different "governments" in what is today's Yemen. They were all battling each other to determine both the kind of government and who would govern. The Royalists were overwhelmed, and played little role in the government after about 1980. One other faction was also marginalized. The other three factions signed a peace treaty in the 1990's. The northern faction gained power and has pretty well ignored the treaty provisions that called for those in the south to have equal opportunity to be a part of the government, to hold such good jobs as part of the police or other government functions. Don't expect things to change very much, since politics in this area has been pretty much that way for longer than I can imagine.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-04-13 13:38|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-04-13 13:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Mr. Wife turned down an opportunity to transfer to Yemen just after unification. I was even happier about that than the several times he'd turned down the opportunity to transfer to Saudi Arabia.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-04-13 19:22|| 2008-04-13 19:22|| Front Page Top

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