Library Named After Palestinian Suicide Bomber Wafa Idris Inaugurated at a Yemen Children's Hospital

According to the Yemeni news website www.yemenportal.net, a library and conference hall named after Palestinian suicide bomber Wafa Idris have been inaugurated at a children's hospital in the province of Ibb in southern Yemen. [1] The inauguration ceremony was attended by Yemeni officials, and launched by Samir Al-Kuntar, of the Palestinian Liberation Front, who carried out a deadly attack in Nahariyya in 1974, and was recently released from Israeli prison.

At the ceremony, speakers extolled the resistance and the perpetrators of suicide bombings, and little girls read out texts and poems.

Following are excerpts from the report: [2] Samir Al-Kuntar: "The Enemy Is Weaker than Cobwebs"

"Freed prisoner Samir Al-Kuntar launched [the inauguration ceremony] of the hall and library named after Palestinian martyr Wafa Idris at the Mother and Child Hospital in Ibb. [The ceremony was] attended by the province's governor, Judge Ahmad Al-Hajri; by Dr. Balqis Abu Isba' of the Kan'an Association for Palestine, which sponsored the event; and by other politicians, prominent figures, and representatives of the health sector. They [all] stood up in honor of the heroine Wafa Idris, a volunteer nurse in the Palestinian Red Crescent, who blew herself up in an act of martyrdom in January 2002, killing one Israeli and wounding some 100 [others]."

Samir Al-Kuntar said at the ceremony: "The Yemenis embody the [ideal] of united resistance, which takes place [everywhere], from Palestine to Yemen, and which emphasizes that the way is long and requires numerous sacrifices like those that have been made in the past. The Yemeni people are expressing their pride in [Wafa Idris] by opening a hall named after her.

"We, the resistance fighters in Palestine and Lebanon, have embarked on a new era, which we call the Era of Victories, since we learned that the [supposed] strength of the oppressive enemy is [merely] a myth that stemmed from the Arabs' weakness and not from the enemy's [actual] strength. The enemy is weaker than cobwebs.

Speaking of SOUTH YEMEN...

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Al-Qaeda calls for Islamic rule in South Yemen
Yemen Times ^ | 5/13/09
Posted on May 14, 2009 2:40:00 AM PDT by nickcarraway

The leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Nasser Al-Wuhaishi declared on Wednesday his support for what he called “the rejection of oppression”, referring to the protests which have been taking place since April in the southern cities.

At least eight Yemenis, including four soldiers, have been killed in a week of unrest in Abyan, Lahj and Aldhala’a, where witnessed clashes between the government and groups of locals who complained that northerners have abused a unity agreement to grab their resources and discriminate against them, and raised slogans call for separating their governorates from Yemen, which was united in 1990.

“What you are demanding is your right granted to you by your religion... injustice, oppression and tyranny should not be practiced in the name of unity,” Al-Wuhaishi said in a audiotape carried by SITE Intelligence, a US group that monitors Islamist websites.

“We in the Al-Qaeda network support what you are doing: your rejection of oppression practised against you and others, your fight against the government and your defending yourself.”

Al Qaeda called for Islamic rule in Yemen and vowed to retaliate for what it said was the killing of civilians in the clashes. “The time for the rule of Islam has come so that you could bask in the justice and tolerance it brings” said Al-Wuhaish, also known as Abu Basir

“The injustice that befell you, God willing, will not pass without punishment. The killing of Muslims in the streets is a great crime that has no justification.”

Al-Wuhaishi criticized President Ali Abdullah Saleh saying:”As far as we are concerned, Ali Abdullah Saleh is an infidel and an agent ... and today he is using all forms of oppression with the pretext of preserving unity.”

The US has backed Yemen’s moves to crack down on al Qaeda after the September 11, 2001 attacks on U.S. cities.

Yemen has witnessed a number of attacks claimed by the organization in recent years against foreign missions, tourist sites and oil installations.

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