Five unidentified foreign “al Qaeda” killed in the preemptive airstrikes were buried already. I guess we’ll just have to take Saleh’s word on the fact that they were indeed terrorists. Did they take DNA? The official story now is these persons provided logistical support to al Qaeda. Shared the cloth [...]
And Qasim al Reimi escaped.
Not that it would be any better if they got him. Is this kid less worthy of life than American or European kids? The pictures of the dead Yemeni children are always hard to take, and theres so many, but these deaths could have been [...]
Akkkkk! What a disaster!!! What a stupid and reckless move in such a volatile place. Did they rely on Yemeni intel sources? Could they be that stupid? Well you got duped President Obama, 14 kids are dead and Qasim al Reimi “escaped,” which in itself was entirely predictable. Saleh is [...]
At the risk of stating the obvious, if they are unidentified, how does the Yemeni government know they are al Qaeda? Because they’re dead and the right age? The four listed as arrested in Abyan were found in hospitals.
Al Motamar: The Interior Ministry said the elements of [...]
It was a training camp with tents, the Yemeni government says, not a traditional Bedouin village in Abyan. And they surrounded the “al Qaeda camp” and launched a ground assault after the bombing. CNN doesn’t mention the civilian casualties (broadcast on al Jazeera) or MPs statements calling for an inquiry [...]
After all this time and all the lies and all the elaborate hoaxes on the al Qaeda issue, who in the world takes Ali Abdullah Saleh at his word? Who, really?
The tens of millions offered by the Millennium Challenge Account didn’t spur any real reform, and apparently the winning [...]
The wholesale slaughter of Yemenis by their government is well documented. Tactics include bombing, shooting in the head, and intentional starvation. The recent HRW report on the deliberate killing of protesters in Southern Yemen is augmented by their earlier reports on the withholding of aid to Sa’ada civilians, indesriminate bombing [...]
Lets review. a) Qasim al Reimi manages to escape just minutes before the raid north of Sana’a in Arhab. Looks good on paper if you believe in fairy tales. b) Yemen bombs a Bedouin village in Abyan, where separatist sentiments are running high, killing over 60. The Yemeni military say [...]
HRW’s report “In the Name of Unity” documents the uptick in violence since Tariq al Fadhli joined the movement, and he states he is not in favor of peaceful means of protest. For two years, it was an overwhelmingly peaceful movement in spite of the cold blooded murders and mass [...]
The JMP is dithering about whether to attend or not… Saleh is excluding southerners and the rebels. The RAY party (al Jifri) says the political prisoners should be released first including Mohammed al Maqael (and the hundreds if not thousands of others.) Yemen Times
SANA’A, Dec. 16 — [...]
BBC: Somalis forced to fight for rebels under threat of execution.
And ta da, a good analysis, International Crisis Group Yemen: “Disorder on the Border”, Joost Hiltermann in Foreign Affairs:
In June 2004, the Houthis, a group of rebels in the Sa’dah governorate of northwest Yemen, [...]
Yes, the PSO and other Yemeni security agencies are seriously compromised by al Qaeda infiltration. The Saudi intell in Sana’a are working with Prince Ahmed Saleh, who heads the Special Forces and Republican Guard. So far, in the Sa’ada War, Saudi Arabia is helping President Saleh with money, media propaganda, [...]
The report is here.
SANA’A, Dec. 16 (Saba)- The state spokesman, Minister of Information Hasan al-Lawzi condemned Wednesday the incorrect information issued by Human Rights Watch (HRW) over human rights and press freedom in Yemen.
The spokesman said in remarks to Saba that these information are based on false [...]
Note the thieves are not going to jail (they never do), and the 300 landowners are not getting their property back. This announcement is very late and propaganda in advance of some hokey show about dialog that’s upcoming. Maybe Saleh is trying to split the opposition. The Yemeni government itself [...]
The last time the Houthi rebels made allegations of direct US bombing was in 2005. The current charges of US bombing are the first in this outbreak of the war and came immediately after General Patraeus said in an interview, “”We offer variety of security assistances to Yemenis [...]
Yes they do. Human Rights Watch reports on state murder, arbitrary arrests and media repression in southern Yemen. Arabic follows. Update: thats a really complete and accurate report, excellent work in documenting the systematic brutality:
Yemen: End Harsh Repression in South
Shooting of Unarmed Demonstrators, Attacks on Media
(San’a, December [...]
KHaleej Times
11 December 2009, RIYADH – Saudi forces have detained 1,805 people so far this month on the border with its southern neighbour Yemen where it is battling Shiite rebels, the Saudi-owned Asharq Al-Awsat reported on Friday.
“One thousand eight hundred and five people who have infiltrated [...]
Yemen: Massive displacement continues Source: UNHCR, Alertnet Thousands of civilians continue to flee their homes in northern Yemen as the fighting between government troops and Al Houti forces enters the fifth month.
Situation in Sa’ada province remains tense and the newly arriving internally displaced people (IDPs) report clashes in [...]
MANAMA (Reuters) - A U.S. official said on Friday he had no proof that Iran is supporting Shi’ite rebels who have seized some Saudi territory, a position at odds with a Yemeni claim that the rebellion has Iranian backing.
“Many of our friends and partners have talked to us [...]
Sa’ada, Marib?
To be clear, I think the Western diplomat who said that bin Laden may be in Yemen was trying to explain why they didn’t find him in Afghanistan after all these years. It is not the precurser to a military action or any reflection of official [...]
Money, weapons? Why is he there? A major source of weapons in Gaza is of course Yemen. The 2006 (2007?) al Quds conference in Sana’a was like a meet and greet of a variety of “resistance movements” from around the globe and raised several million for Hamas. Check the Palestinians [...]
This poor guy, who has the misfortune of being named Abdullah al Reimi, was picked up nearly two years ago in a case of mistaken identity. The Yemeni official media made the standard announcements (big al Qaeda arrest!) and the wires picked up it, but within days it was proven [...]
The original version of the SENATE RESOLUTION ON YEMEN follows, and the language is very specific in supporting innocent Yemeni civilians.
Senate Floor Statement of Senator Cardin
SENATE RESOLUTION ON YEMEN
Friday, November 6, 2009
MR. CARDIN. Mr. President, today I would like to draw attention to a dangerous [...]
The most interesting thing about this ISN report is that the name of the author and the name of an analyst have been withheld for security reasons, and things are really that hot. Or to put it another way, the thuggish Yemeni government is really that out [...]
al Motamar spins the reduction in sentences.
Criminal Section specialized in issues of the state cases in Yemen, chaired by Judge Mohammed al-Hakimi on Tuesday judged the approval of imprisonment of the first defendant Usama Muhsin Assadi for seven years, reducing the sentence of the second defendant Isam Ali [...]
Armiesofliberation.com readers now have the option of searching the 5000 posts on this website for specific information by keyword, date and topic. Dates on Yemen run from late 2004 through current although category topics have been added over time and may not encompass all of the earlier posts. Click on [...]
We covered this story before but we’re doing it again as it includes the reports of the drones over Marib. Yemen Observer, English language government paper…
YEMEN – Al-Qaeda affiliated terrorists were behind the assassination of Colonel Tarboush, the head of the investigative office in Marib, according to a [...]
After it lost YR40 million
News Yemen calls press freedom advocates to support it against attack
News Yemen website has set up an old webpage for limited usage after the web experienced a horrible piracy last November 28th. The webpage will be available temporary.
News Yemen apologizes for being unable to [...]
