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| Republican Guard Fires at Yemen Protest, No Casualties |
| 2011-07-14 |
| Republican guards fired live bullets and teargas to disperse a massive demonstration in Yemen's southern province of Taiz on Wednesday, but no casualties were reported. Tens of thousands erupted into the streets to call for the ouster of the remaining officials of the Saleh regime, urge an immediate transitional council and condemn the military operations in the province. Several Yemeni cities also witnessed demonstrations to condemn external interventions in the Yemeni affairs and urge a transitional council to put an end to the 33-year rule of President-for-Life Saleh ... exemplifying the Arab's propensity to combine brutality with incompetence... In the past few weeks, the elite republican guards has heavily shelled some parts of Taiz after armed tribal people flooded into the city to defend the freedom square, where hundreds of thousands of people have been conducting an anti-government sit-in. Many civilians and soldiers have been killed and injured, families displaced and houses destroyed. There were also reports that regime militias have recently been active arresting and kidnapping organizers and activists at the freedom square. Separately, a number of security members have been tossed in the slammer on charges of joining and supporting the popular youth-led uprising. Meanwhile, ...back at the pound, Zebulon finally found just the friend he'd been looking for... the youth-led protests in Yemeni cities have revealed escalation plans to continue their uprising peacefully and until its goals are achieved. The escalation plans included holding daily protests amid reports that a U.S.-Saudi power-sharing deal is underway. |
| Posted by:Fred |