One Killed in Southern Yemen
I think it was Dhalie but Im going back through all the things I need to post, so it may take a bit to get to it. (Update: yes it was in Dhalie) Also truck captured and burned in Dhalie. Things are much more violent since al Fahdli and al Beidh joined the movement. I hope rational leaders emerge, since the historical leaders are all involved in personal posturing around the globe. Its quite pathetic.
Reuters:
ADEN, Yemen, Nov 18 (Reuters) – One man was killed and two others wounded in clashes between anti-government gunmen and security forces in southern Yemen where separatist sentiment is strong, a news website reported on Wednesday.Sporadic clashes between state forces and gunmen in the south add to concerns about stability of the country, which is battling a Shi’ite rebellion in the north and al Qaeda militants trying to destabilise the U.S.-allied government.
People in the south, home to most of Yemen’s oil facilities, have long complained that northerners abuse a unity agreement to grab their resources and discriminate against them.
Independent website Yemen News reported that a soldier was one of those wounded in the clashes that followed an attack on a vehicle as it drove out of the security department compound in the town of Dalea late on Tuesday.
The website, citing the head of security in Dalea Gahzi al-Ahwal, said the gunmen belonged to the Southern Movement. The group wants to undo the 1990 unification of north and south Yemen to reestablish a south Yemeni state.
A government website said earlier on Wednesday that tens of Yemeni rebels, including leaders, were wounded and killed in clashes with government forces in the north. Yemen stepped up a military campaign against the rebels in August.
