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Al-Qaeda Militants in Yemen
Yemeni people take it to the streets of the major cities on Tuesday
for a second day of protests after 200 soldiers were killed by
al-Qaeda-related militants in the south of the country. On Sunday, a
gruesome attack on the military basis resulted in the killing of
numerous troops, and the desecration of their dead bodies, which were
dumped in the desert headless by the militants.
The people protesting demand the new president of the country, Abed
Rabbo Mansour Hadi, to purge the army of the commanders appointed by
former dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh, who was ousted by months of
protests.
The people accuse the commanders of the military in the south of
having lax attitude toward the al-Qaeda, or even worse of complicity to
the crimes committed over the weekend against the army.
If Hadi does not sack the leaders of the army appointed by Saleh,
al-Qaeda is likely to expand its dominance in the south and to have the
courage to stage new attacks in the country, which is reeling from 33
years of dictatorship.
The military officials say that the militants came to the defense
line of the Yemeni troops from the desert and spayed the tents with
bullets as the troops were already asleep. The disaster happened in the
province of Abyan.
55 soldiers are said to have been arrested and paraded by the
militants in a nearby town. 185 soldiers were reported killed in that
attack and 32 militants.
When he took the office, Hadi made a promise to reshape the military
and to engage in a dialogue with the factions of the country. One of his
first decisions was to replace the military commander of the south,
appointed by the former regime.
The attack in the Abyan region is seen by the government as a serious
blow to the troops’ morale and as a massacre that surprised the troops.
The general who took command of the south told his troops on Tuesday
that the battle with al-Qaeda hasn’t even started and that the army
would teach the militants a harsh lesson.
Yemen is the poorest Arab nation and was under Saleh’s rule for 33
years. The dictator left power at the end of last year, when he brokered
a deal with the Americans and the Europeans, which allowed him to
escape any prosecution for the crimes committed against the Yemeni
people.
Saleh release was contested by his people, who wanted him to answer
for his crimes, but the agreement made it possible that the violence in
Yemen end, at least the one against the leadership.
Hadi became president of the
country in an election that had him as the only candidate. Saleh
attended the ceremony of swearing in office of the new president,
formally ceding power to the president-elect.
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