Armies of Liberation

Jane Novak's blog about Yemen

Well that explains it

Filed under: Yemen — by Jane Novak at 6:19 am on Sunday, September 18, 2005

The Yemeni Interior Minister announced that the government arrested “sabatours in military uniform” during the July riots who confessed to trying to implicate the government on charges of using force against the demonstrators.

It makes so much sense: if you are an opposition person, the first thing you do when an anti-government riot breaks out is grab your spare military uniform and go out and use force against the people who are protesting in your cause, in an effort to make the government look bad.

Arrested: 2245
Killed Civilian: 31
Killed Military: 12
Injured Civilian: 168
Injured Military: 302
(government figures)

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Comment by Rosemary

9/18/2005 @ 8:52 am

What the h*e*double toothpicks? Is this the time when they came in and tried to genocide the poor people of the south? Hmm.

Yeah, a real threat. What? Was he afraid his overall performance was going to make him look bad in the polls?

Oh that’s right! They don’t have polls, because no one is supposed to dissent. I get it now. :(

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