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| Arab street yaps in Yemen... |
| 2003-01-29 |
| Source: Gulf News Thousands of Yemenis yesterday staged a demonstration protesting against the possible U.S.-led war on Iraq and Israeli aggression against the Palestinians. Members of political parties and non-governmental organisations took to the streets of Sanaa carrying photos of President Ali Abdullah Saleh and placards which deplored the military build up in the region. The organisers termed the move as "a return of colonialism and means for taking the oil." It's apparently a carefully guarded state secret that they get money in return for the oil... They gathered in the Sabeen Square, the great parade square, where senior politicians spoke to the masses. The demonstrators carried placards saying: Aggression on Iraq is terrorism itself, war on Iraq is return of the colonialism, the attack targets the Ummah's resources and its faith, strike on Iraq is strike on one billion Muslims. They demanded that the Arab leaders open the doors of jihad. "Open the doors of jihad, rulers," they chanted. "Let us be cannon fodder! Let us die in droves! We demand our right to decompose!" The labour unions and the students unions also joined the demonstration which was organised by the country's political parties. Abdullah Al Ahmar, speaker of parliament, and Abudul Kareem AlIryani, Secretary General of the ruling People's General Congress party, were among the key speakers. Al Ahmar slammed the "the aggressive policy of the terrorist American administration. The U.S. has been building up its fleet in the region to eradicate the scientific and cognitive base of Iraq and take control of its oil and natural resources," Al Ahmar said. The demonstrators marched to the office of the UN representative and handed him a letter for the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. The letter read: "If America alone attacks Iraq, the international institutions will become only a cover for occupying and interfering in other's affairs. Changing regimes of the peoples should be a national will and without external interference and aggression." "And when Sammy dies of old age they'll do something like that, if Uday and Qusay let them..." The letter warned of "uncontrollably dangerous consequences" if the UN and Security Council do not play their roles in imposing the international law. Oh, hold me, Ethel! |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 There, there... It's ok, the nasty men are gone... Oh, and BTW - it should be "cry havoc and let slip". Henry the Fifth, IIRC. |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-01-29 23:14:59 |