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| GPC's Assistant General Secretary dies |
| 2003-01-17 |
| Lahj, January 12 2003 - Brigadier General Yahya Al-Mutawakkil, the third man in the ruling party the General People's Congress (GPC) was announced dead by the hospital management in the Intensive Care Unit of one of Aden's hospitals. His three bodyguards were also killed in a horrifying traffic accident when they were on their way to Sanaa after attending seminars promoting the GPC for elections in the economic capital Aden. Their car crashed into another vehicle, whose passengers are in critical conditions. An accident? The accident occurred in a dangerous turn the highway 25 kilometers away from Aden at 8:00 in the morning. The dangerous turn makes it plausible... The accident sent a shockwave throughout the country because Al-Mutawakkil is among the most powerful people in the country and has been known for his major contributions to the GPC party since the 1970s. Investigation is taking place at the moment to know whether the incident was purely an accident or there were other factors behind it. Could be coincidental, I guess. Could be I'm an Irishman named Murphy, too... This comes a few weeks after Jarallah Omar, the counterpart of Al-Mutawakkil in the opposition Yemeni Socialist Party, was assassinated in Sanaa. "It would be tragic if we lose two of our finest politicians in such a short time" said a source at the Ministry of Interior. Unless the other car was full of nuns, I'll continue to believe it was a hit... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 I'd figure that they knew the "dangerous turn" would be the best place for the ambush so as to deflect such suspicions, but I'd say this is a hit, just well disguised. I mean, two pols get dusted a few weeks apart? That's not a coincidence. |
| Posted by: Raj 2003-01-17 13:50:00 |