Yemen troops shoot dead protesters

Guardian ^ | Friday 18 March 2011 | Tom Finn in Sana'a

[BykrBayb]

At least 35 people have been shot dead and hundreds wounded in Sana'a after soldiers and plain-clothed government loyalists opened fired on protesters trying to march through the Yemeni capital.

[2harddrive]

Why would they shoot people who are ALREADY dead? Target practice?

[Jaxter]

If they’re already dead why shoot them?

[BykrBayb]

Update: They’ve corrected the title and it now reads “Yemen troops shoot protesters dead.” That’s a whole different story.

[DJ Frisat]

If they were dead, why did they need to be shot again?

[BykrBayb]

If your town was taken over by zombie protestors, wouldn’t you start shooting?

[dfwgator]

What did dead do to offend them?

[freedomlover]

Good photog work.

[MichaelP]

beat me to it....

[BykrBayb]

If they’re already dead why shoot them?

Why not?

[Theo]

Who are the protesters in this case? Freedom-lovers? Or radical Muslims?

[Yo-Yo]

When zombies protest?

[BykrBayb]

Graphic stolen from Emperor Palpatine .

[null and void]

If your town was taken over by zombie protestors, wouldn’t you start shooting?

Only if I couldn't get to my chainsaw...

[null and void]

I'll see your graphic and raise you mine...

[Cicero]

Good.

But the correct word isn’t “protestors,” it’s Islamist revolutionaries, who want to overthrow the government and turn Yemen into a terrorist state.

Better than Egypt, where Mubarak took Bammy’s advice and backed down. Soon the military was out burning churches and shooting Christians, and the terrorists are preparing to attack Israel. But the press doesn’t care about that.

[Billthedrill]

Nekkid Mohammed pix. I shall say no more.

[Ole Okie]

Question: What did dead do to offend them?

Answer: Tried to vote, like in the United States?

(But the cemeteries only vote Democrat.)

[ASA Vet]

Is that the two Darryl brothers in front?

[Cheesehead In Dubai]

There are 2 political parties in Yemen. One is socialist and mostly controls the cities. This is the party in power and the long time president’s party. The other party is conservative and is popular in the rural country and villages. Almost everyone there is muslim (there is a small Jewish population) so it doesn’t really matter, both parties are islamic. One is islamic socialist and the other is islamic conservative. They are protesting lack of human rights, too much control over daily life by the secret police, lack of employment, higher food prices, lack of sufficient fresh water, escalating energy costs and lack of a real choice in elected politicians. Much like Egypt and Tunisia. In terms of poverty, Yemen is on the edge. Even a small rise in food prices can put most of the country into severe hardship.