Here is 0bambi praticing his decision making technique with a coin...
Senior advisers aghast.
Posted on 03/21/2011 2:32:20 AM PDT by Cardhu
A division of the Yemeni army has announced its resolve to protect protesters who have been calling for the resignation of the country''s president, signalling its split from the government of Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Brigadier Ali Mohsen Saleh, the head of the north western military zone and the head of the first armoured division, said on Monday that he had deployed army units to protect the protesters.
The announcement came days after dozens died when armed men fired at an anti-government protest in the capital Sanaa.
Several ministers resigned from the government after Friday''s violence. Abdullah Alsaidi, Yemen''s ambassador to the United Nations, also quit in protest over the killings.
Saleh had declared Sunday a national day of mourning for the "martyrs for democracy," while blaming the opposition for "incitement and chaos" that had led to the killings.
On Sunday, Saleh fired his entire cabinet, which came after a month-long popular uprising calling for political reform and his resignation.
The president asked the cabinet to serve as caretaker government until he forms a new one.
Adding even more pressure on Saleh, the country''s most powerful tribal confederation on Sunday called on him to step down.
Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar, the leader of Hashed, which includes Saleh''s tribe, issued a statement asking the president to respond to the people''s demands and leave peacefully. It was co-signed by several religious leaders.
Violence condemned
Saleh has been in power since 1978, and is facing one of the toughest challenges during his tenure.
The violence used against demonstrators has prompted condemnation from the UN and the US, which backs Yemen''s government with hundreds of millions in military aid to battle an al-Qaeda offshoot.
Muslim clerics have called on Yemeni soldiers to disobey orders to shoot at demonstrators, and blamed Saleh for the slaughter on Friday.
"The defections are on all sides and this is just the beginning," Abdul Ghani Al Iryani, a political analyst in the capital, Sanaa, told Al Jazeera.
"I think if we don''t come to some kind of national reconciliation, the defections will continue until the regime falls.
"The president is talking to various political groups but he''s not talking to the main group, which is the youth in the square.
"If he wants to get out of this, he will have to address their concerns, he''ll have to include them in any national dialogue and he will have to accept the fact that much of his power needs to be transferred to a government of national unity."
Twenty-four parliamentarians have left the ruling party.
Huda al-Baan, Yemen''s human rights minister, said she had resigned from the government and the ruling party in protest over the sniper attack on demonstrators.
She said in a statement late on Saturday that her resignation was to protest the "massacre" of demonstrators.
The undersecretary at the ministry, Ali Taysir, also resigned.
Nabil al-Faqih, the minister of tourism, resigned on Friday over the "unjustifiable use of force" against protesters, while the minister of religious endowments Hamoud al-Hattar resigned earlier in the week.
The chief of the state news agency has also stepped down, along with Yemen''s ambassador to Lebanon.
Witnesses said pro-government "thugs" on Friday rained bullets from rooftops near a square close to Sanaa University, which for weeks has been the centre of demonstrations calling for the end of Saleh''s rule.
As dominoes go, is this the double three?
So which group gets killed here. Maybe O’Bummer, france and britain, will flip a coin.
So it seems.
Big turning point Army reported splits from Yemen’s Government to protect protesters.
Head of Yemen’s northwestern zone deploys units to protect protesters. He is second most influential military man the army and is very influential with the tribal leaders who have turned against the President
It has just been reported that there are now three top generals who have defected and have been on TV.
It is expected that the President will step down today or tomorrow.
It has also jusst been reported that it is part of a negotiated deal to allow him to step down with dignity.
Since we started by killing Al Qaeda, and now we're fighting in Libya to help them, maybe we're working on a rotating basis?
Actually it means one of the generals has seen an opportunity to take over. Simple, he is now the hero, and new ruler.
Is the government of Yemen extreme enough for Obama or should we topple that one next? I mean, I’m not so up to date with this country. Perhaps they need Muslim Brotherhood too.
‘now we’re fighting in Libya to help them’
Is this entirely on the testimony of the Khaddafi government, or has Bagdad Bob chimed in?
Here is 0bambi praticing his decision making technique with a coin...
Senior advisers aghast.
It's a fair question that was asked last night, too. The early reports, a couple weeks ago when the Libya action started, had several reports of Al Qaeda *specifically* setting up operations to fight the Gadaffy loyalists. We discussed it here on FR quite a bit. That's where I get my conclusion that the actions against Gadaffy are helping AQ.
Tanks and armoured vehicles have just been sent to deploy in the square to protect the people.
Three top Generals have defected but President Saleh son who is also a general, we have not heard from him yet.
Obama is advancing in his decision analysis techniques.
IMHO, it is a campaign, with likely initiation from US leadership. These people are losers from the bottom up, but they are fascinated with operations of power from the top down and likely to be attracted to it like moths to a flame.
Yemeni ambassadors to Syria and Jordan have resigned.
They do say that there has been negotiation with the US, Britain and France in the last couple of days.
It appears that the army will not take over but a government of all the parties including the young people at the heart of the revolution will be formed on an interim basis.
A fourth general has now defected
I agree that any instability in a non-jihadi government is good for AlQuada. Khaddafi has not been publicly pro-AlQuada, so this helps them. What the ideology of the rebels is, who knows? I doubt that most of them do either.
I agree. Nobody will know till the smoke clears. We do know that our predictions were right about Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood will be the dominant player there. There's a current thread about it.
Pretty much game over for the Saudi bunch once Yemen falls. Hope you guys have some money invested in oil.
What the fudge is up in Egypt?
Egypt seems like yesterdays papers, what with the barama backed revolution du jour.
Last I heard, the new Gov let Ayman Zawahiris brother out of jail.
Unfortunately, I doubt if the Saudi King will be overthrown.
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