...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat Frational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...decided to overthrow the commander of the ''First Military Region, Saleh Timas,'' affiliated with the Islah Party, in the city of Seiyoun, the center of Hadhramaut province valley districts, eastern 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...
, informed sources reported on Tuesday.
According to the sources, Saudi Arabia nominated three military figures from Hadramout
...the formerly independent Qu'aiti state and sultanate, annexed by Communist South Yemen in 1968, encompassing a region along the Gulf of Aden, extending eastwards to the borders of the Dhofar region of Oman. The people are called Hadhramis and speak Hadhrami Arabic. The city Tarimis is estimated to contain the highest concentration of descendants of the Prophet Muhammad (PTUI) anywhere in the world, approximately seven in every square yard...
in the ''Dera al-Watan'' forces to lead the First Region, following the death of two Saudi officers and the injury of others in the attack carried out by a recruit of the ''135th Brigade'' of the region last Friday.
The sources did not mention the names of the leaders nominated to lead the region, considering the decision to be a painful blow to the Islah party in Hadhramaut.
The decision will be taken after the investigations into the killing of Saudi officers are completed and the tension between soldiers and officers in the region ends due to the arrest of a number of their colleagues, the sources added.