Massive protests calling for self-rule in the city of Aden and a litany of grievances against the Sanaa-based government have much of South Yemen talking about reestablishment, over 22 years after being absorbed by the Saleh regime.
None of this sounds very good to the Obama Administration, of course, which loudly endorses the new Yemeni ruler, and the single-candidate “election” that installed him. So naturally, they’re blaming Iran.
US Ambassador Gerald Feierstein was interviewed by the Yemeni state media today, insisting that the entire South Yemen secessionist movement was an Iranian plot orchestrated by “extremists” opposed to Yemeni “democracy” as part of a goal of destabilizing the Straits of Hormuz.
The bizarre claim would make little sense from the Iranian perspective, as they seem to have little to no interest in southern Yemen, and their only natural allies in the region would be in the far northern portion of Yemen, where the Shi’ite Houthis have their own secessionist ambitions, and have a long-standing feud with Saudi Arabia across the nebulous border. South Yemen, for its part, appears to be of little strategic value even if it was an Iranian ally, a huge supposition, and isn’t on the Straits of Hormuz at any rate.
Well put, this is indeed a bizzare claim. South was independent for most of its history. It briefly went into socialist experimentation in the era of nationalism in Arab world, and following the cold war, became absorbed by north Yemen. In fact, the region was never called Yemen until the socialist period that sought to create nationalism, and avoid traditional names of old sultanates and khalifates. The most dominant is Hadhramouth to the east, and city of Aden to the west. IF there is anyone that will insure the province is free from Sana'a, that would be many a wealthy person in Saudi Arabia. Most of them hail from that part of the world.
We all should be offended . Forget any merit to this story and take a minute to think about what is being said …. Hint: look passe the noise and here it is : "boga boga" …. "boga boga" . Do they really think we are this stupid ?
From WWI to Viet Nam to Iraq history would indicate that the majority of the US population is that stupid.
You say there's no strategic value, because Aden and S. Yemen are not on the Strait of Hormuz??
Study the map a little closer. The strategic value is about the Bab el Mandeb. Any ships that are transiting Hormuz en route to of from the Mediterranean must also transit Bab el Mandeb. Why do you think the US positioned its forces right there, in Djibouti, right across the strait from S. Yemen? From my perspective, this is exactly what the conflict in Yemen is and has always been about. As usual,
"terrorism" (with or without al-Qaeda) is a lame cover story. It's geostrategy, over all else.
Eveyrthing is Iran's fault so the US will have to go to war to save us from the evil Eyranianz.
http://www.moonofalabama.org/2013/01/its-blame-ir…
The media demonization of Iran was suspended during the election, and is now under way again. The usual suspects – unnamed officials of unnamed governments – are at it again.
Oh, great! Hear we see more lying planks being laid on the bridge to war.
Isn't this where we are sending our Drones??
The U.S. blames…! The world's biggest warmonger is always blaming someone else.
It never accepts responsibility for anything. It is a loathsome nation, the worst the world has ever seen!
Honestly, until this is confirmed by the US State Department, I wouldn't put much weight on this.
The Yemeni state media may well have made up, or altered, the comments alleged to the U.S. ambassador. Of course, if that were true, it also reflects badly on the U.S., since this is a signifigant ally of theirs in the region, and one they have even held as a model for the rest of the region ('revolving chairs regime renewal'). But it would hardly be anything new, Saudi-backed media (across the region, not just in S.A., Saudis and GCC funding for media to push their interests is widespread) routinely publishes un-truths.
The 'off' reference re: Strait of Hormuz definitely doesn't make literal sense, Yemen doesn't border those Straits, but it does make sense in terms of emphasizing Yemen's own strategic importance for Bab el Mandeb, and further it makes sense as a regime-fabricated story who frames their fabricated Iran-conspiracy theories in ways which fit their 'integration' with Western/GCC structures. The link to Iran is dubious, but Iran is always a safe 'enemy' to demonize (in the Western/Israeli/GCC-client mindset). I believe Yemen previously shut-down, or impeded the functioningof, a HOSPITAL because they hyped it as part of some Iranian conspiracy. If Sanaa isn't fighting some Iranian conspiracy, then they would have to address their own repression of their own population and criminal cooperation with Saudis, Americans, Israelis, etc.
one million southern want to participate in the forgiveness day on 13 january between the southern , how could u discribe this population by this
is it possible to life suffering and painfull life like southern people who live miserable life since 1994
everyone who was in the yards on 13 january 2013 was demanding the whole world to listen to them ,support and respect their struggling ,one day they will get back their southerns land and everyone who stand against the southern dream in freedom will regret
The U.S. policy not just is negative towards the south of Yemen but also is blaming Iran about what is happening in the South Yemen. Do not forget that this is the voice of freedom of the southerners. I do not why The US is not in favor of freedom this time. I am wondering, Why US went to the war against Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi? It was Because of the Freedom. I wonder why America does not want freedom for the South of Yemen. It is clear that its interests are met with the free access into Yemen (Sea, land and aero space), then everything is done. In conclusion America does not care about freedom as pretend to show to the rest of the world. The principal target of The US is to suck the wealth of the third world. US False policy.