Yemen President's Own Tribe Demands He Resign

[Purveyor]

Tens of thousands of Yemenis have gathered in Sana'a for funerals of anti-government protesters shot dead by loyalists of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, whose own tribe has joined opposition calls for his resignation.

The large crowd of mourners attended funerals Sunday for some of the 52 people killed when pro-Saleh gunmen opened fire on opposition activists at a protest site near Sana'a University on Friday.

The head of Saleh's Hashed tribe, Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar, issued a joint statement with prominent clerics late Saturday, holding the Yemeni president responsible for the killings and demanding that he resign the post he has held for 32 years.

The tribal leader and the clerics praised the youths and other opposition activists who have been calling for Saleh's ouster during more than a month of daily protests in Sana'a and other cities. They also urged Yemeni troops to disobey orders to attack the demonstrators.

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http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Yemen-Presidents-Own-Tribe-Demands-He-Resign--118325104.html

[tabatha]

1. Where a country can do it on its own it is to be encouraged

and will be the best resolution.

[gateley]

2. It's like an epidemic - in a good way. People are taking back their power all

over the world!

[Tx4obama]

3. I think that by the end of summer ....

we will see Libya, Yemen, Algeria, and Bahrain join the current list of liberated countries: Tunisia and Egypt.

[Duende azul]

5. Bahrain? Lol. next you come uo with Saudi Arabia liberated.

can I bookmark this prophecy?

[Tx4obama]

6. Regarding Yemen - TODAY

Yemeni leader loses more of his dwindling power base as top army officers defect

SANAA, Yemen — A top military commander and at least 18 other senior officers defected Monday to the opposition movement demanding the ouster of Yemen’s embattled president, depriving the U.S.-allied ruler of most of his power base.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=4780483&mesg_id=4781699

Yemen's Most Powerful Army Officer (controls 60% of military) Says He Will Protect The Protesters
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4780483

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See! It's happening :)

[reggie the dog]

4. this is great

i really hope to see regime change here without mass killings of protestors and without protestors needing to take up arms like 'la résistance" either. Do you think the tribal leaders want to avoid what is going on in Libya? They seem to not want to see mass bloodshed of any of the multiple peoples of yemen so they are asking the leader to step down. ghadaffi didnt think that way even after demonstrations continued.. I am very happy to see this move in yemen and hope that the protesters will win peacfully, they are suffering from 35% unemployment on top of not being free in yemen.