state.gov - 2/26/2009
—
Yemen, with a population of more than 21 million, is a republic whose law provides that the president be elected by popular vote from among at least two candidates endorsed by parliament. In 2006 citizens re-elected President Ali Abdullah Saleh to another seven-year term in a generally open and ...
longwarjournal.org - 3/2/2009
—
longwarjournal.org —
In January, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh asked
his network of loyalist jihadists to prepare for offensive...
operations against domestic “enemies of the state.” In return, Saleh has ceded authority to fundamentalist fanatics who seek to impose a ...
(more)
Yemen: New terror camps as a city falls to jihadists
asianews.it - 2/26/2009
—
asianews.it —
» 02/26/2009 13:39 YEMEN A "fatwa" against Yemeni
law setting minimum age for marriage The norm sets...
the limit at the age of 17, but according to Islamic figures, this goes against Sharia, and therefore Parliament cannot legislate on the matter. ...
(more)
YEMEN A "fatwa" against Yemeni law setting minimum age ...
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com - 2/25/2009
—
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com —
Face it, we're screwed. President Obama's National Intelligence
Council pick Charles Freeman is a big fan of...
the "very successful" Saudi program to rehabilitate jihadists. The problem is... The program is not successful-- It is a massive failure. At ...
(more)
Obama's Loony Intelligence Pick Praised Saudi Arabia's ...
Comments
Blog Reactions
State Dept Report on Human Rights in Yemen
Armies of Liberation —
This report has really gotten much more accurate in the last five years. US State Department Report on Human Rights Practices Yemen Summary: Significant human rights problems persisted. There were limitations on citizens’ ability to change their government due to corruption, fraudulent voter registration, and administrative weakness. There were reports of arbitrary and unlawful killings by government forces, politically motivated disappearances, and torture in many prisons. Prolonged pretrial detention, judicial weakness and fiat, serious corruption, and poor prison ...
Yemen: the True, the Sad and the Bizarre
The Jawa Report —
February 26, 2009 Yemen: the True, the Sad and the Bizarre The US State Department released its 2008 report on Human Rights Practices today, so of course I was interested in the Yemen report . I have to say they nailed it. To follow are one liners: - Enforcement of the law was irregular and in some cases, particularly those involving suspected security offenses, was nonexistent. Ouch! -Other unauthorized private prisons reportedly existed at the National Drug Company, the Yemen Television Corporation , the MOI, and the Ministry of Religious Guidance. -According to HRW, ...
Related Content
Yemen strikes multi-faceted deals with al Qaeda
longwarjournal.org 2/11/2009 —
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh recently struck a deal with Ayman Zawahiri, and Yemen is in the process of emptying its jails of known jihadists. The Yemeni government is recruiting ...
Yemen: New Terror Camps as City Falls to Jihaddists
armiesofliberation.com 3/2/2009 — Yemen uses the threat of terrorism and deploys fundamentalists for political gain. Internationally the Yemeni regime exploits the al Qaeda threat in relations with the US and Saudi Arabia. Internally, Yemeni President Saleh uses militants to threaten ...
Yemen News - Breaking World Yemen News - The New York Times
topics.nytimes.com 1/23/2009 — When Marxists took over the government of southern Yemen in 1970, many people fled to the north, and a civil war raged for two decades. The conflict became a proxy conflict in the cold war, with the Soviet Union aiding South Yemen, and United States ...
Arabian Peninsula al Qaeda groups merge
longwarjournal.org 1/26/2009 —
Members of al Qaeda in Yemen announce the merger with al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Center-left is Abu Hareth Muhammad al Awfi; far right is Said Ali al Shihri
In the face of Saudi Arabia's success against the al Qaeda ...
The Associated Press: Official: Yemen releases 170 al-Qaida suspects
google.com 2/8/2009 — 2 hours ago SAN'A, Yemen (AP) Yemen released 170 men it had arrested on suspicion of having ties to al-Qaida, security officials said Sunday, two weeks after the terror group announced that Yemen had become the base of its activities for the whole ...
Yemen on the Brink of War
janenovak.wordpress.com 5/29/2009 — On May 3, the U.S. Embassy in Sana’a issued a statement on the political violence in South Yemen that claimed eight lives last week. The United States stressed that “Yemen’s unity depends on its ability to guarantee every citizen ...
Yemeni al Qaeda leader: State conducts terror attacks
longwarjournal.org 12/3/2008 —
Hamza Ali Saleh al Dhayani.
Yemen's security forces have repeatedly orchestrated terror attacks within Yemen in order to manipulate US and international perceptions, the most wanted fugitive in September's terror attack on the ...
Yemen's three terror fronts
longwarjournal.org 3/28/2009 — Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula took credit in an internet statement Friday for a pair of suicide attacks that targeted South Koreans in Yemen.
A teen-aged suicide bomber killed four South Korean tourists in Shibam, Hadramout on March 15. A ...
The Racist President of Yemen
mypetjawa.mu.nu 6/11/2009 — Below the fold is a very short vid with English subtitles of the President of Yemen laughing at his opponent, the former president of South Yemen, and saying he looks Indian. Then the President of Yemen says that the Yemeni...
State report takes tough tone on China —
First Read 2/25/2009
From NBC’s Andrea Mitchell and Libby Leist The State Department today strongly criticized China in its annual human rights report, putting Hillary Clinton on the spot for not confronting the Chinese more aggressively during her visit to Beijing ...
Follow BeltwayBlips on Twitter
