Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has announced a “state of emergency” Friday, following a brutal crackdown against protesters in the capital city of Sanaa left at least 46 people dead and hundreds of others wounded.
The protesters have been demanding Saleh resign for weeks, and today’s crackdowns were the most violent yet, with government snipers reportedly firing into the crowd from rooftops. Tens of thousands of protesters were reported in Sanaa alone, with other major protests reported nationwide.
Today’s crackdown also led to the first high profile government resignation, with Tourism Minister Nabil Hasan al-Faqih announcing that he has resigned from the cabinet to protest the “events the country is going through.”
President Saleh, however, appears to be remaining completely unmoved by the mass protests, insisting that despite accounts from journalists on the scene none of the shootings were from government forces and insisting he would “investigate” the incidents.
Yemen – yes we will assist in the attack on the evil dictator in lybia.
Will UN intervene in Yemen?
What a bunch of hypocrites these French, Brits, Yanks and Cannucks are. Why don't they also send fighters to Yemen or Bahrain to help those who are fighting for their freedom?
Too bad they are not just hypocrites, then it would be just talk. But hey are all marauding gangs of murderous thugs inhabiting Federal Reserve branch office towns in their own countries and pursuing the ends of their financial/industrial patrons. A month and a half ago Obomber was congratulating Saleh on his marvellous reforms in response to demonstrations for 'deee…mocracy'. What a load these dissemblers all spread for us.