Posted on 01/23/2015 9:11:09 AM PST by Citizen Zed
Thousands of protesters demonstrated Friday across Yemen, some supporting the Shiite rebels who seized the capital and others demanding the country's south secede after the nation's president and Cabinet resigned.
President Abed Rabbo Hadi, a U.S. ally in its campaign against Yemen's local al-Qaida branch, stepped down Thursday with his Cabinet over the pressures by Houthi rebels who demanded a bigger share of government power. A faction of southerners, who oppose the Shiite power grab and live in what was a separate country until 1990, have seized the opportunity to press their case for independence.
In Sanaa, which Houthis seized during their offensive in September, thousands of supporters converged on the capital's airport road. They raised green flags and banners proclaiming their slogan — "Death to America, death to Israel, a curse on the Jews and victory to Islam" — a variation of a popular Iranian slogan often chanted by Shiite militants in Iraq and supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah.
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Another one bites the dust. Stay out of it, Hussein. No more fighting on the wrong side! And whatever Juan McCain says, let’s do the opposite!
Notice the “overwhelming” lack of concern from the white hut about this. Bibi’s snub really pisses them off though. Then there’s the media’s deflated football “diversion”.
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