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New Propaganda Machine Announced

Filed under: Yemen, Yemen-Democracy — by Jane Novak at 6:28 pm on Saturday, January 7, 2006

Combatting free speech where ever it occurs-

NY/YT: Under the auspices of high-ranking security officials, a non-governmental organization declared today its establishment to combat what it called ‘opposition in exile and attempts to receive support from foreign parties’.

The organization said it opened its membership to all people s as to fight those ‘who wish to distort and twist the national principles of Yemen based on the justification of democracy and freedom’.

The internal charter of the organization is based on a strategy composed of political, economic, intellectual, cultural, and social elements. They all aim at reducing the influence of opposition figures abroad and exposing any attempt to oppose the regime and consider such attempts a betrayal of the country and its people.

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Comment by Asher - Dreams Into Lightning

1/7/2006 @ 7:51 pm

The organization said it opened its membership to all people s as to fight those ‘who wish to distort and twist the national principles of Yemen based on the justification of democracy and freedom’.

The phrase “refreshing candor” comes to mind.

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Comment by Jane

1/7/2006 @ 9:19 pm

yes, targeting the reformers under the banner of…targeting the reformers.

It gives a whole new sense to the phrase “freedom fighters.”

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Trackback by Isaac Schrödinger

1/8/2006 @ 5:45 am

Fear and Loathing in Yemen

A non-governmental organization was announced in Yemen.The organization said it opened its membership to all peoples as to fight those

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Comment by Stefania

1/8/2006 @ 6:56 am

“non-governamental”… that’s sound an oxymoron… it must be tied to the regime to do these kind of things..

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Comment by Jane

1/8/2006 @ 8:23 am

Theres quite a few NGO’s that are really regime puppets.

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Comment by Mohammed Aldubaei

1/8/2006 @ 6:18 pm

The regime isn’t satisfied with silencing opposition inside Yemen, it’s now targeting the voices of those who had to flee Yemen to speak their minds. Terror of the state is the case at hand.

The regime in Yemen is identical to that of Saddam’s – a police-state, you don’t disagree and if you do….? hushhh!!!

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Comment by Jane

1/8/2006 @ 10:45 pm

So what can they do to the external opposition, target their morality, their families? Its really astounding how much free speech threatens the Yemeni regime when the essence of democracy is dialog.

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Comment by mahooni

1/9/2006 @ 5:23 am

The opposition in Yemen is simply the people who call for freedom of South Yemen and specially Hadramout area from the existing regime. I don’t recall any opposition outside calling for freedom and democracy rather than the south Yemen nation and I challenge on that. A famous website called hadramout really made Yemen government fear from the growing voices and demands to free the south and hadramout from the occupation. In the other hand, in the same website I noticed many writers who back up Yemen government continuously trying to defend Yemen government politics and all the time try to make Ali saleh as the mighty and genius leader in the middle east. This news of forming this organization is to mitigate the risk of Yemen breakup and loosing the south Yemen which in turn will make the northern Yemen loose lands, oil and sea fish (great source of money).

From this site I call and call again and again the united nation to listen to the south Yemen people who suffer from being occupied their lands in the name of false unity to help and support us to have our lands back and our identity which they (north Yemen) try to vanish. Listen to us and let us decide our own life and way to live. As the existing occupied government to make vote for the unity on 94 unity war by force and we have the right to vote on it if yes or no. we were not given the chance to say that on 90.

If you can read Arabic please visit this site and you will know why this organization is build up

http://www.hdrmut.net/vb/f3–.html.

Regards

Sami

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Comment by Saba F. O. Al-Aghbari

1/9/2006 @ 8:06 am

Revealing the corruption of the regime and defending the peoples’ right is called ” a betrayal of the country and its people”. In fact, the betrayal of the country and its people lies in the inattention and silence to the practices the regime persevered to follow and the consequences the dictatorship of Saleh and his gang led the country to. Our people are living in agony and misery, they are MOANING & GROANING and it is time to seek help to stop thier sufferance.

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Comment by Jane

1/9/2006 @ 9:45 am

Its really a bad situation and very fustrating.

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Trackback by Cotillion

1/9/2006 @ 10:28 pm

A Cotillion Salute to Amazing Grace

Not very many women were getting degrees in mathematics in 1928. (Not many are doing so today.) Grace Hopper got her MA in 1930 and a PhD. in 1934. She joined the Naval Reserve in 1943. Rear Admiral Grace Murray…

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Trackback by TFS Magnum

1/9/2006 @ 10:35 pm

A Cotillion Salute to Amazing Grace

Grace Hopper was the one who said, “It’s always easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.” (This is one of my favorite quotes.)

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