Posted on 01/23/2015 9:38:06 AM PST by Mozilla
Yemen faced a dangerous power vacuum Friday after its president announced his resignation over a deadly standoff with Shiite militia controlling the capital and lawmakers called an emergency weekend session.
President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi, a key US ally in the fight against Al-Qaeda, said late Thursday that he could no longer stay in office as the country was in "total deadlock".
Prime Minister Khalid Bahah also tendered his resignation, saying he did want to be part of the collapse of the country.
The fall of Hadi's Western-backed government would raise fears of complete chaos engulfing Yemen, strategically located next to oil-rich Saudi Arabia and on the key shipping route from the Suez Canal to the Gulf.
A senior State Department official said staffing at the US embassy in the capital Sanaa, already thin after most of the diplomatic personnel were ordered to leave in September, would be further reduced.
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there is no power vacuum - Islam rules - thanks to the worthless foreign relations programs and gutless diplomacy of Obama. Islam only respects power and by pulling back all over the ME we demonstrate a weakness they know they can overcome - and are.
So in essence the next people to rule Yemen will be the same as the last one?
Us Infidels get a break in this Yemen mess.
Sunnis and Shias Have been at each others throats through history. Both groups are big players in Yemen.
If only one group of Muslims either Sunni or Shiite ,were involved I believe it would be worse for us Infidels.
If the Sunnis and Shia in Yemen can declare a Hudna (cease fire) and concentrate on something both groups can agree on which is "Death to the Infidels" we would be in more trouble.
However Shiite Iran is in the background supporting the Yemeni Shias, and wants to topple Sunni Al Qaeda and Sunni Saudi Arabia, so they may not want to see a temporary peace with Sunni Al Qaeda in Yemen.
This could lead to tremendous internal strife between Sunnis and Shia in Yemen, which may not be as bad for us as is being presently portrayed. -Tom
That is the big thing...if they all would quit fighting each other then you would have a force even more powerful than ever imagined.
It is a interesting timing for Yemen to change rule while Saudi Arabia is changing rule. It makes it a bit unstable as we don’t know the exact direction for both countries.
It is true that if they send time fighting each other then they lose time to plan attacks against the infidels.
Correction: I meant spend not send but I used spell check and it changed the word.
Another bearded savage will take power. He won’t be trustworthy either.
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