At least nine people were killed in a pair of clashes in southern Yemen this weekend, including four police who were killed in an ambush by separatists. Officials were quick to blame both the separatists and al-Qaeda for the attacks.
Though the two groups operate in roughly the same region of Yemen, the southern separatist movement (which is totally distinct from the Shi’ite separatist movement in the north) are ideologically unrelated to al-Qaeda, and are generally the remnant of support for the former Soviet-backed nation of South Yemen.
The clashes have been on the rise over the past few weeks, displacing large numbers of civilians. Local supporters of the separatist movement have complained that the government is using al-Qaeda as a pretext for attacks against them, while generally ignoring al-Qaeda’s operations.
Yet Yemen has also been touting the arrests of “al-Qaeda suspects” in the area, and recent pressure from the Obama Administration, including renewed talk of US attacks in the nation, have Yemeni officials again looking to prove that they can handle their increasing security challenges themselves.
Is there a "dirty war" the FedGov couldn't keep its hands out of?
The recent killings is not the first nor the last incident in the daily life of Yemen. ,Saleh’s current policies augures a bleak future for the country.With the Hothys temporarily at bay,Southern movement,seems to generate momentum politically as well as militarly, causing havoc among Saleh’s dwindling army.The number of Southern Yemenis opposing unity with the existing regime is in the rise with no serious attention being paid by the regime to this growing danger.Its to be noted however,that the current regiem in Yemen is a US made puppet orchestrated to promote the existing conditions that are now threatening Yemen and its neighbours stability turning Yemen into another Somalia.Both Saudi Arabia and the US have collaborated with Saleh’s regime to corrupt the society and eleminate all forces of modernity leaving his family as a lone operator in all walks of life.What the US is aiming at, through pressuring Saleh to be more serious in fighting Al-Qaida,is to send a message stating their awareness of his limitations in utilizing the existing resources provided by the “good falks”, to fight Al-Qaida. Both, the US and the Saudis,care less for the well being of the Yemeni people.For as long as Saleh is engaged in fighting Al-Qada, he has the ultimate authority over Yemen and its people.Its this king of short sighted policies that led to the current impass in Yemen.Now that Saleh’s shortcomings have become apparant in his late confrontations, a sudden urge for a replacement capable of battling AlQaida is gaining momentum among Americans and Sudis like.So, in the absence of a unitied political front to impose its will, are we heading towards another Saleh or a ruling formula that will take Yemen to the shores of safety and modernity??
Al-Qada has nothing to do with what is going on in south Yemen. All this is happen by the people of the south. They are tired and sick of the government of Yemen. They can not get their rights peacefuly, so they turned it into a war, and I think they are right, no one can blame them for this. The reason why the president of yemen is acusing Al-Qada is to get an outside support, and to do whatever he wants under the banner of fighting Al-Qada. GO Southe,Go South. Liberation is on the Horizion. God bless you all. Keep it up.