Comments on: The UPI Reports on Yemen’s Weapon Trafficking http://armiesofliberation.com/archives/2005/11/15/the-upi-reports-on-yemens-weapon-trafficking/ Jane Novak's blog about Yemen Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:51:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jane http://armiesofliberation.com/archives/2005/11/15/the-upi-reports-on-yemens-weapon-trafficking/comment-page-1/#comment-96546 Jane Wed, 16 Nov 2005 09:51:53 +0000 http://armiesofliberation.com/?p=1773#comment-96546 Hi Jon, I agree the big announcement "we will stop trafficking guns" is just another in a long series of propaganda statements for the west. Its so funny the way they describe it as purchasing from brokers and selling the "excess" weapons to individuals. But still if they are buying with public funds, are the putting the profit from the sale of the excess back into the public budget? No. Just another way to steal the peoples resources. Most dictators at least get the water running and a few schools before they start robbing their own country. But what can anyone expect from a guy with a sixth grade educations who was a low level thug and wine smuggler before he became a big thug and gun runner. I'm still waiting for them to trim the diplomatic corps beyond one embassy (romania), there were about six announcements about this big money saving measure. The guy defecting from the delegation was interesting. And a perfect example of how he holds everything together by force alone. So Jon, I cant believe al-Jazeera asked me to be on, and I had to do. I couldn't come this far and then let my own fear stop me. But I covered the weapons and oil smuggling, the lack of basic services, the sham of supporting the WOT including exporting jihaddis to Iraq and Chechnya with Yemeni travel documents and that there are AQ in the top military. The corruption. The brutality. And I talk in a more blunt than I write. You should see my emails, its astounding. There are so many people so happy that someone said the truth. Hi Jon, I agree the big announcement “we will stop trafficking guns” is just another in a long series of propaganda statements for the west. Its so funny the way they describe it as purchasing from brokers and selling the “excess” weapons to individuals. But still if they are buying with public funds, are the putting the profit from the sale of the excess back into the public budget? No. Just another way to steal the peoples resources. Most dictators at least get the water running and a few schools before they start robbing their own country. But what can anyone expect from a guy with a sixth grade educations who was a low level thug and wine smuggler before he became a big thug and gun runner.

I’m still waiting for them to trim the diplomatic corps beyond one embassy (romania), there were about six announcements about this big money saving measure. The guy defecting from the delegation was interesting. And a perfect example of how he holds everything together by force alone.

So Jon, I cant believe al-Jazeera asked me to be on, and I had to do. I couldn’t come this far and then let my own fear stop me. But I covered the weapons and oil smuggling, the lack of basic services, the sham of supporting the WOT including exporting jihaddis to Iraq and Chechnya with Yemeni travel documents and that there are AQ in the top military. The corruption. The brutality. And I talk in a more blunt than I write. You should see my emails, its astounding. There are so many people so happy that someone said the truth.

]]> By: Jon http://armiesofliberation.com/archives/2005/11/15/the-upi-reports-on-yemens-weapon-trafficking/comment-page-1/#comment-96468 Jon Wed, 16 Nov 2005 06:24:20 +0000 http://armiesofliberation.com/?p=1773#comment-96468 Commenting on Ali Saleh's " highly successful" trip to beg for more money to prop up his regime. Lets see, the Japanese pay for the trash removal, the US for the WOT and the French, well I guess they help in the matter of riot control. But how embarrassing it must be to have one of your own seek political asylum from a country that supposedly basks in democratic freedoms. How do you spin that one to your countrymen. Oh , almost forgot, not enough of his countrymen have electricity to know what is going on in the country and their main concern is figuring out how feed the family from one day to the next. All, I can say is , Pres Saleh, have another round of qat. The situation always looks more clearer after that. Commenting on Ali Saleh’s ” highly successful” trip to beg for more money to prop up his regime. Lets see, the Japanese pay for the trash removal, the US for the WOT and the French, well I guess they help in the matter of riot control. But how embarrassing it must be to have one of your own seek political asylum from a country that supposedly basks in democratic freedoms. How do you spin that one to your countrymen. Oh , almost forgot, not enough of his countrymen have electricity to know what is going on in the country and their main concern is figuring out how feed the family from one day to the next. All, I can say is , Pres Saleh, have another round of qat. The situation always looks more clearer after that.

]]> By: Jon http://armiesofliberation.com/archives/2005/11/15/the-upi-reports-on-yemens-weapon-trafficking/comment-page-1/#comment-96467 Jon Wed, 16 Nov 2005 05:46:56 +0000 http://armiesofliberation.com/?p=1773#comment-96467 Congrats on the interview with Al Jazeera. Sorry I missed it, but was watching other events unfold in the land of Sheba. Unfortunately for the opposition journalists, life will most likely be getting rougher and intimidation greater as the election draws closer. There are still many in the GPC who do not want to see Pres Ali Saleh vacate the position. Even the young idealists are finding that bucking the old guard is not a healthy past time. Plus a new source of revenue just came into their hands and they are not going to give that away this soon. The weapons will continue to pour across the borders as the govt and cronies make too much money from the exchange to stop it. In some places, they do not have the power to stop it. And as far as visiting Yemen, a very beautiful country, great archeological sites, but the visit will make you come home and appreciate every thing you have and the freedoms you enjoy. Congrats on the interview with Al Jazeera. Sorry I missed it, but was watching other events unfold in the land of Sheba. Unfortunately for the opposition journalists, life will most likely be getting rougher and intimidation greater as the election draws closer. There are still many in the GPC who do not want to see Pres Ali Saleh vacate the position. Even the young idealists are finding that bucking the old guard is not a healthy past time. Plus a new source of revenue just came into their hands and they are not going to give that away this soon.

The weapons will continue to pour across the borders as the govt and cronies make too much money from the exchange to stop it. In some places, they do not have the power to stop it.

And as far as visiting Yemen, a very beautiful country, great archeological sites, but the visit will make you come home and appreciate every thing you have and the freedoms you enjoy.

]]> By: Searchlight Crusade http://armiesofliberation.com/archives/2005/11/15/the-upi-reports-on-yemens-weapon-trafficking/comment-page-1/#comment-96458 Searchlight Crusade Wed, 16 Nov 2005 02:25:20 +0000 http://armiesofliberation.com/?p=1773#comment-96458 <strong>Links and Minifeatures 11 15 Tuesday</strong> New computer was delivered Monday. Finally got it configured about 9PM. How nice it is to have a sharp, easily readable display! Will put the other one in the shop to use as a "learning" computer for Hilda. Will go get a router so both computers ... Links and Minifeatures 11 15 Tuesday

New computer was delivered Monday. Finally got it configured about 9PM. How nice it is to have a sharp, easily readable display! Will put the other one in the shop to use as a “learning” computer for Hilda. Will go get a router so both computers …

]]> By: Jane http://armiesofliberation.com/archives/2005/11/15/the-upi-reports-on-yemens-weapon-trafficking/comment-page-1/#comment-96456 Jane Wed, 16 Nov 2005 01:37:02 +0000 http://armiesofliberation.com/?p=1773#comment-96456 do you beleive what they do to the journalists there? with such a sense of impunity. Before this guy got stabbed, another writer recieved death threats and a journalist was beaten so badly that he had to be hospitalized with internal injuries, and this was all while Saleh was in the US talking about democracy. IFEX is an excellent site. It tells you the current situation of journalists in every country with details and external links. They have a weekly newsletter roundup of who got attacked where. do you beleive what they do to the journalists there? with such a sense of impunity. Before this guy got stabbed, another writer recieved death threats and a journalist was beaten so badly that he had to be hospitalized with internal injuries, and this was all while Saleh was in the US talking about democracy.

IFEX is an excellent site. It tells you the current situation of journalists in every country with details and external links. They have a weekly newsletter roundup of who got attacked where.

]]> By: Stefania http://armiesofliberation.com/archives/2005/11/15/the-upi-reports-on-yemens-weapon-trafficking/comment-page-1/#comment-96340 Stefania Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:03:32 +0000 http://armiesofliberation.com/?p=1773#comment-96340 http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/70476/ http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/70476/

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