President Saleh, the King of Spin, Speaks Again
I remember when His Excellency Ali Abdullah Salih gave a wonderful speech about democracy in the regional democracy center during the democracy conference, and excluded the journalists. That was right before the year of attacks on the opposition political parties (bombing their headquarters, denouncing them in the governmental media, kidnapping the leaders, holding them hostage, and occupying their headquarters and newspaper offices. )
So now President Salah is speaking about the scourge of terrorism:
BNA Sana’a, Nov. 3 (BNA) Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has that the Islam rejects all forms of extremism, which has no relations with principles of Islam and humanity. In a speech to the nation on the occasion of Eid Al-Fitr last night, President Saleh said that the Islam is religion of justice, mercy and tolerance, adding that the world now suffering from terrorism and its impacts on the peace, security and stability. “Terrorism is not religion or nationality”. It is international epidemic in all countries,” he said. He called on the international community to gather efforts to rout out this epidemic. President Saleh said that Yemen has adopted democracy early to realize justice, freedom and women’s participation, and to protect human rights. He called on all to strengthen the democratic reality in the country through benefiting from previous experiences in order to pass negatives and reach wonderful future. He affirmed that Yemen would go ahead in its democracy and protect press freedom. He indicated to the current situation in the Arab and international arenas, wishing the coming extraordinary Islamic summit in Saudi Arabia next December would establish strong foundations to change the current situation of the nation to reach hopes of the Islamic peoples.
