The Yemeni people are unrelenting in their demands for democracy. Millions continue to stage rallies across their country in a display of will that is proving the most robust out of all the Arab revolutions. The Yemenis face great challenges, however, including the political vacillation of their country’s opposition, and the US’s military and strategic interests in Yemen.
Al Jazeera described Abdul Hameed Abu Hatem as a mere ‘protester’. However, the man’s demands show a purity and genuineness that is consistent with the chants of millions of Yemenis from all over the country. “We are calling for freedom, justice, order and a civil government. We demand that the public income is used by the public and that people have equal job opportunities,” said Abu Hatem, during a pro-democracy rally in Sana’a attended by an estimated 250,000 Yemenis.
In order for such thoughtful demands to be met, a transparent political transition needs to take place. Ali Abdullah Saleh, Yemen’s president of 33 years is evidently unable to lead the country. He is currently suffering from physical injuries, and it seems that even if he were to recover, very few Yemenis currently trust in his ability to spearhead meaningful reforms.
Saleh’s leadership is now propped up by some tribal connections, his own security forces and the powerful Republican Guards commanded by his family members. Whole army units have already defected. Most notable among them are the troops of General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, which provide security to the protesting youth from attacks by regime forces. Many Yemenis have been killed and injured in such attacks.
In Saleh’s absence, the country’s affairs were entrusted to the vice president, Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi. However, all the signs point to the president’s son, Ahmad, as effectively being the one in command. The leader’s nephews, Tariq and Ammar, run President Saleh’s private guard and state security service respectively.
While such figures represent a tiny segment of the country’s population, their iron fist methods and brutal crackdowns continue to stand between the Yemeni people and their coveted democracy.
Another major obstacle is the indecisiveness of the country’s opposition, which co-existed with the ruling party in Yemen for years, and which seems incapable of operating in any way other than government cooption.
The Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) coalition had shifted positions repeatedly since the early days of the Yemeni revolution. At times it has opted to act independently from popular demands, agreeing to power-sharing arrangements with Saleh’s party. This has only served to prolong the status-quo rejected by most Yemenis.
The JMP are now threatening to unilaterally prepare a transitional ruling council without the General People’s Congress and the acting president, according to Xinhua news agency (July 1). This position may shift yet again, in light of the overlapping interests of many parties from both inside and outside Yemen.
The JMP’s unilateral undertaking aimed at forming a transitional ruling council would include “representatives from the protesters, separatist Southern Movement and Houthi-led Shiite rebels,” according to a Yemeni official, speaking in Xinhua. Such a political combination could be dangerous to the interests of influential outside parties led by the United States.
Yemen is one of the most important countries for the US’ ongoing wars. Its strategic location in the Arabian Peninsula, geographic immediacy to major waterways, and close proximity to Somalia (which has been under US military radar for years) makes it impossible to ignore for US military planners. Even during the time of peaceful protests throughout Yemen, the US carried out repeated strikes at suspected al-Qaida positions in the country. This reality is what had undermined the authority of Saleh in the eyes of his people in the first place. Furthermore, Saleh used the geostrategic weight of his country to gain US-western political and military backing.
A recent Brown University Study of the human and financial costs of US wars cited Yemen as fourth on the US lists of wars, following Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, as reported by AFP on July 1. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, however, upgraded Yemen’s position into a country that is “rapidly becoming al-Qaida’s center of gravity,” according to a National Defense Magazine online report on June 30. Mullen was speaking at a press conference announcing this year’s so-called Failed States Index. Considering the corruption and oppression at home, and the determined foreign intervention, Yemen was ranked the 13th least stable country.
“While (al-Qaida) leadership still resides on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan … the federate group that is in Yemen is an incredibly dangerous group that has taken full advantage of the chaos,” he said. By ‘chaos’, he must’ve meant the pro-democracy revolution, and the government’s remorseless crackdown on protesters. This chaos has also forced many tribes to provide their own security, as they clash with government forces and random militants. It is difficult to estimate the nature of al-Qaida’s power in Yemen, especially as the lines between al-Qaida militants, al-Qaida-inspired militants, and any militant at all (operating outside the central government’s command) is becoming so blurred.
Mullen suggested the maintenance of “military-to-military relations with such countries (as) key to creating stability,” according to the National Defense Magazine. However, the Yemeni military is divided, and the president’s security forces are still committed to fighting anti-US militants. They are also resolutely on the opposite side of the pro-democracy revolution. It is no wonder that the US is still backing the old order in Yemen.
The already impoverished country is now facing a possible economic meltdown – with continuous electricity disruptions for up to 20 hours a day in the capital, according to AP, (as cited in the Washington Post online on June 27).
The Yemeni people, however, continue to rally for freedom, democracy and civil rights. They wait for each Friday to descend upon city centers by the hundreds of thousands, conveying an extraordinarily clear message aimed at peace, stability and basic human rights.
“Hand in hand to achieve our goal,” chanted the very large crowd in Sana’a, all in one voice.
The Real Reason that Anglo-France conspired to try to overthrow the Legitimate Government of Libya, is because they stole some of the Sovereign Wealth Fund that Libya had invested in Anglo-France.
The fact that the so-called Rebels are asking that the Libyan Guide Muammar Gaddafi, proves that they are not demonstrating for Democracy, but they are in fact Criminal Coup Plotters.
The so called National Transitional Council in Libya are only Puppets of Anglo-France, because they know that if they do not follow Anglo-French Decrees, then they will be murdered.
This can in no way be People who will represent the will and interests of the Libyan People, because these Puppets will follow Anglo-French Decrees.
There were Two Million Libyans who Demonstrated for an end to the Civil War, but the so-called National Transitional Council Dictatorially and Callously Ignored the Democratic Requests of those they claim are their People.
We see the type of Democracy that is being Falsely Promised, because there will not be a Democracy in Libya.
We know what the National Transitional Council will do if they control of Libya if Tripoli demonstrates against them if they ever become the Government of Libya.
They will do what they are doing now, and that is to go to Tripoli or any other place in Libya and kill People who do not want to submit to their Fake Democracy.
They will do exactly the same, and probably far worse than they Falsely Accused Muammar Gaddafi of wanting to do to Benghazi.
They will even have Anglo-France’s help and blessing to slaughter as may People as they shall deem fit.
We will see if Russia and China again betray the Innocent People of Libya, by lifting the current United Nations Security Council Resolution, that would Legally enable Africans or even Russia and China, or others to come to the rescue of Tripoli and the rest of Libya, under the Responsibility to Protect Doctrine.
This comment will be written as though it is reading the minds and thoughts of the Anglo-French Plutocrats, but it will be as though it is Puppet Barack Obama speaking it with the aid of his Teleprompter.
Greeting you Stupid Libyan Dogs,
I know that the Anglo-French Media will say that Anglo-France has a confused Policy as regards Libya, but the truth is that we have achieved our Most Desirable goal, and that is to destroy Libya.
The other goal we will achieve is that we will do our best to steal your Money, and we have our Puppets and a Corrupt and Evil United Nations Organization to give us the false Legitimacy to do this.
The Rebels know that we will kill them, by means of our many Puppets in Libya, or the People will kill them if we release Secret Tape Recording of our Secret Conversations.
The American House of Representatives has rejected giving aid to the Rebels because all Congress People, including the Puppet in the Whites’ House wants the Rebel to give us more of the Frozen Funds so that they can save their lives.
We have Bribed enough Politicians of other Countries to help us in this endeavour, and as far as those Stupid Russians are concerned, we can just lie to them about missile shields, but we intend to own Russian one day, and all because those Stupid Russians want to believe our lies.
The Russians should thank the Serbs for being Germany’s excuse for WW1, because if the Bolsheviks did not come to power, then Russia would not exist this day, as they would not have had nuclear weapons, if they did not become the Soviet Union.
We know that the World will wake up one day soon as to Anglo-France, and they will Boycott Goods and Services from Scotland, Canada, and France, in order to being the Decline of the Anglo-America Evil Empire that has France and is Colonies, and its Territories as our Evil Ally.
We know exactly what we are doing, even if it looks like we are Confused to others who are Too Stupid or Gullible to our Schemes.
The American House of Representative did not prohibit fund for the Kinetic Military Action (KMA) in Libya, which is just American Code to the rest of the Filth Stupidity Dogs of the World for Kiss My Anus (KMA).
Even though the American House of Representative did not profit funds for the Kiss My Anus in Libya, Anglo-France wants the Puppet Rebels to provide the Money from the Frozen Libyan Funds, or we will make sure that they will die.
As Puppet President, I know the entire American Congress and knows that is will soon come to a choice of us having to kill the American People, or of them having to kill us.
We do not want to be killed, and that is why we must scheme a Civil War amongst the Americans, because we do not have the Money for all of them, because we are Bankrupt.
I had the Great Pleasure of Deliberately Bankrupting those Stupid Filth Yankee Dogs, who will believe anything anyone says, because their Ultra Nationalism says to just believe all the lies of the Main Stream Media.
We will bring back the American Military to save one Trillion Dollars a year, and only the Homosexuals will be allowed to stay in the Military, because this way, they will listen only to the American King that is Euphemistically called President.
Wee will disarm the American People, and we will destroy the Constitutions of America, both Federal and State, and we have begun this process by Deliberately Bankrupting America.
The States have no Money, and they will shred their Constitutions, and there will be just the Federal Government and no State Governments in America.
We will tell you that it is to help with reducing the Debt, and Many Stupid Oxen will Believe It, because time has proved, over and over, that Oxen, are just Oven.
I think that the intelligent ones can glean enough knowledge from this brief Teleprompter speech that was written by someone for them to understand the score.
As for the Dumb Oxen, it would not matter how many times, or in how many ways to tried to explain it, because Oxen are Oxen.
This speech represents the true thoughts of the Euro-French Plutocrats, as conveyed to the World by Barack the Puppet Skunk Obama.
This comment explains why others might only boycott all Goods and Services from Scotland, Canada, and France, rather than Britain and America.
Britain and America are too big at the moment, and Scotland and Canada are small but they are influential because they are Puppets of Anglo-France, and they speak with one voice on their Crimes against Humanity.
Scotland can avoid Sanctions, if they become Independent and keep their Oil Revenues, because they owe the English nothing, because England could not have become the British Empire without the help of the Scots.
After Scotland is independent, then they may join the Civilized World, and it would be difficult to justify keeping the English Commonwealth of Puppet Colonies, or the fact that England could hold a Permanent Seat at the United Nations Security Council.
Canada would be encouraged to remain neutral as far as the World is concerned, or they will become poor because of the Sanctions, and could easily be annexed by America.
If Canada were annexed by America, then the Sanctions would remain only on Canadian America, in order to make Canada a liability for America.
If France becomes poor, then its Puppet Colonies and Territories will become Independent, and all these measures are the first step to ensure the continued Decline of the Evil Anglo-American Empire that has Evil France as its Ally.
This comment is an update of an updated comment, and it is less ambiguous, and it contains more informative than the original comment.
The Serbian Islamic Community Leaders of Bosnia-Herzegovina have condemned a recent statement of the Democratically Elected Honourable President of the Serbian Republic Milorad Dodik, who said that a Percentage of the Non-Muslim Serbian People in Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Neighbour of the Serbian Republic do not believe in Bosnian Serb Muslim Leaders’ good intentions.
The Serbian Republic has borders with Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia; and People of the Serbian Republic have no suspicions with regards to Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia, and certainly they do not have any suspicions toward People of other Continents.
The Serbian Muslim Leaders of Bosnia-Herzegovina have described the statement of the Democratically Elected Honourable President of the Serbian Republic as alarming and frightening, but the statement is only a reflection of other a Percentage of People’s Opinions of the mainly Non-Muslim Serbian Republic.
The Fact that the Serbian Bosnians Muslim Leaders said that it is alarming and frightening that People should or could have their own beliefs and opinions, only reconfirms in the minds of a Percentage of Serbian People, what the Democratically Elected Honourable President of the Serbian Republic Milorad Dodik has said.
The Serbian Muslim Leaders of Bosnia-Herzegovina say that the recent statement of the Democratically Elected Honourable President of the Serbian Republic Milorad Dodik’s is similar to his 2008 statement where he said that it was unacceptable to the Serbian Republic that Serbian Muslims try Non-Muslim Serbs in their Courts.
We have seen clear and persistent evidence for this by the attitude of the Serbian Bosnian Muslims towards Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic, who are accused of being Guilty of Crimes; whereas, the Correct Attitude is that once a Person has been charged, then they Must be Presumed Innocent, and be given a Fair Trial.
It is difficult to see how Relations can be improved under these circumstances, because if Radovan Karadzic or Ratko Mladic are found Guilty, then the Serbian Bosnian Muslims will say that Reconciliation with the Serbian Republic will be decades away.
If either one or both of Radovan Karadzic or Ratko Mladic is found Innocent, then Non-Muslim Serbian People of Serbian Republic will say that Reconciliation with the Serbian Bosnian Muslims will be decades away.
The Leaders of the Serbian Islamic Community in Bosnia-Herzegovina said that they have an obligation to protect the rights and interests of their Muslim believers, and the Neighbouring Serbian Republic is not disputing that; neither is the Serbian Republic interfering with the Serbian Bosnian Muslim Leaders’ obligations to their Constituents.
The Leaders of the Serbian Islamic Community in Bosnia-Herzegovina should accept the European Values that the Serbian Republic has an Obligation to protect the rights and interests of all the Citizens of the Serbian Republic, who just happen to be mainly Non-Muslim Serbian People.
The Leaders of the Serbian Islamic Community in Bosnia-Herzegovina say that they consider the statement of the Democratically Elected Honourable President of the Serbian Republic Milorad Dodik, to be chauvinistic, anti-Islamic, and Islamophobic, and that it incites hatred toward a religious group from the highest level of institution of power and system.
There is no valid reason for the Serbian Bosnian Muslim Leaders to think this, because the Honourable President of the Serbian Republic has merely said that a Percentage of Voters have told him that they do not believe that the Bosnian Serb Muslims have good intentions toward the Non-Muslims.
These rash and unwarranted statements by the Bosnian Serb Muslim Leaders, and the Fact that the Bosnian Serb Muslims were Allies with Hitler against the Non-Muslim Serbs in the Second World War, along with the recent Balkans war where the Bosnian Serb Muslims murdered Non-Muslims Serbs, do little to promote Reconciliation of the Region, and therefore it only heightens the legitimate suspicions that already exist with a Percentage of the People of the Serbian Republic.
The Leaders of the Serbian Islamic Community in Bosnia-Herzegovina also said that the Honourable President of the Serbian Republic was inciting hatred toward more than a billion Muslims in the world, and denying that a global religious community has good intentions is a highlight of racism and fascism.
The Democratically Elected Honourable President of the Serbian Republic Milorad Dodik, was not referring to the Global Islamic Community, but only to the Neighbour of the Serbian Republic, with whom there has been another war after even the Second World War.
That Slander that People of the Serbian Republic even think about other groups in other Continents as being a threat, is naturally viewed by many as an attempt to defame and demonize, and the motive behind it naturally is seen as lacking good intentions.
The Serbian Islamic Community Leaders in Bosnia Herzegovina have called on the Honourable President of the Serbian Republic to take back his statement, warning that it will otherwise request international, government institutions, and NGOs to react to what it incorrectly claims to be threatening messages.
These are not threatening messages, because these are merely the Opinions of a Percentage of the Non-Muslim Serbian People, and if the Serbian Muslim Leaders do not believe that, then perhaps a Referendum in the Serbian Republic to ask the Voters what Percentage of them shares such an Opinion might help to Clarify the matter to many People’s satisfaction.
It was not helpful that the Serbian Bosnian Muslim Leaders accused Serbs of being racist against Serbs, because a Race can only be racist against its own Race, if the People of that Race were Intellectually Retarded, and such comments do little to aid the Course of Trust and Reconciliation.
Perhaps the European Union should talk to the Serbian Bosnian Muslim Leaders and tell them that Serbs cannot be racist against Serbs, and that those types of statements are unwarranted, and clearly show an intention to demonize other Serbian People just because they are not Muslims.
The People of West Libya and the People of East Libya are Arabs and they are Muslims, and it is utterly preposterous for anyone to even think, let alone suggest that either side are anti-Islamic or racist against Arabs.
In the same way, it is utterly preposterous for the Serbian Bosnian Islamic Leaders to even think, let alone claim that that the Serbian People in the Serbian Republic are racist toward People of their own race; or, that they do not have good intentions toward any group of People in the World.
We have clearly seen that Serbian Islamic Community in Bosnia-Herzegovina has no valid reason to condemn the recent statement made by the Honourable President of the Serbian Republic.
If the Serbian Muslim Leaders Truly wants to show their good intentions, then they could allow the Croatian part of Bosnia-Herzegovina to have the Status of the Serbian Republic under the Dayton Accords, and Croatia should allow Serbian Krajina to join the Serbian Republic under the Dayton Accords, just like the rest of the Serbian Republic.
This would in Fact make Bosnia-Herzegovina larger in area, and it could do a lot to make Bosnia Herzegovina a more functional Country.
The Serbian People are Entitled To and Should Demand that there Must be a Fair, and Honest Western Media Presentation of the wars of the former Yugoslavia.
Srebrenica as terrible as it was; should not be falsely portrayed as genocide, but it was an Act of Self Defence, and even if it is labelled a massacre, then it is because People are massacred in war, even in Acts of Self Defence.
If the Serbian People apologize for Defending themselves, then they have given up a Right which is Legal under International Law.
Slobodan Milosevic was not convicted of anything, and therefore he is Presumed Innocent, and I have seen evidence that he is Innocent.
I came to the opinion that Slobodan Milosevic was Innocent, after stumbling on a five part YouTube documentary that is Titled; SHOCKING Slobodan Milosevic was INNOCENT, that is on the Internet.
Slobodan Milosevic was not allowed his own Lawyers, and the Corrupt and Bribed ICTY Judges would not allow him to ask Legitimate questions, and when things did become embarrassing for the International Nazis, then they Censored the proceedings.
The fact that the self proclaimed International Community went to all that trouble to cover up and deny Slobodan Milosevic a Fair Trial, means that the American Led NATO must have known that he was Innocent.
If the World wants to know who Really is Innocent, then there is a Proven Method that Works Most of the Times.
This Proven Method involves listening to what America says, and then knowing that America will Most Certainly Lie, and therefore, those they Slanderously Accuse of being Guilty will More than Likely be Innocent.
Any proper Serbian Government would Demand, Yes Demand that the World tells the Truth that the Serbian People, including Slobodan Milosevic was and continue to be the Most Innocent of all the Major Ethnic Groups of the former Yugoslavia.
I have noticed the Cunning of the current Serbian Government, where they do something proper, like not attend this year’s Srebrenica memorial, but then they do things against Serbia’s interests like not invite the Moroccans and the Algerians to the Reception.
My opinion as to why they do this is because the DS with their Natural Ally of the LDP Craves to win the next Serbian Election, because they are Secret NATO Candidates.
If the World wants to know who Really is Innocent, then there is a Proven Method that Works Most of the Timers.
This Proven Method involves listening to what Anglo-France says, and then knowing that they will Most Certainly Lie Most of the Times, and therefore, those they Slanderously Accuse of being Guilty will More than Likely be Innocent.
As things stand at the moment, we do not know id General Ratko Mladic is a Secret Muslim Janissary, and so the Known Evidence says that Srebrenica was an Act of Self Defence.
If the Bosnian Muslims would say that, according to the Evidence, it was tragic that General Ratko Mladic had to kill these Premeditated Cold Blooded Murderers at Srebrenica.
If this was the background to the Srebrenica memorials, then I think that the Serbian Government could send a representative of the Serbian People.
I want to once again, say how sad I am that the Bosnian Serb Army needed to Defend themselves and their Communities, because others wanted to be a Danger to others.
Unless General Ratko Mladic is found to be a Secret Muslim Janissary at his Trial, then that is they way to view this unfortunate matter.
I think that the Serbian Government should pretend to be Patriotic and Stand Up against All False Accusations.
At the same time, I think that the Serbian People should be wise enough to know that all DA and LDP Candidates at the next Election are NATO Candidates.