Victims of the Human Rights violations in South Yemen

The people of the South Yemen have on 13 of February each year day of the anniversary of the martyrs who sacrificed their lives and their blood for their country. We pray to God to accept them and admit them to be in peace and inspire and for their families’ patience and fortitude. The revival of that day is known by the people of the south and fulfillment and gratitude the sacrifices of martyr’s heroes. We are pledging them for liberalization, which they are ordained and martyred for it, sacrifice and redemption approach to achieve their goals in the return of their independent state.

For the documentation of the martyrs of the South, we are as Southern Observatory issued a list of the killed people with some information beginning on since the start of the peaceful southern movement on the seventh of July, 2007 this day approved February 11, 2012. Based on what was able to documentation these since its inception in February 2010, in addition to what motivated by documented sources. The number of killed in the South Yemen are five hundred and sixty one, and the Observatory calls to add the names of the killed people which they were not covered in this list.

Names of killed in South Yemen (2007-2012)

No. Name Date Province
1. Salah Saeed Alkahoom 01.09.2007 Hadramout
2. Walid Saleh Abadi 10.09.2007 Lahj
3. Mohamed Kaid Hamadi 10.09.2007 Lahj
4. Abdulnasse Hamada (Kiran) 13.10.2007 Lahj
5. Shaafik Haitham Hassan 13.10.2007 Lahj
6. Mohamed Naser Alamri 13.10.2007 Lahj
7. Fahmi Mohamed Algafari 13.10.2007 Lahj
8. Saeed Ali Almatas 21.10.2007 Shabwa
9. Saleh Abubaker Algafari 13.01.2008 Aden
10. Ahmed Ali Mohamed 13.01.2008 Aden
11. Abdulfatah Saif Abdulla 02.04.2008 Lahj
12. Abdulfatah Nasser Abdrabbo 29.04.2008 Lahj
13. Yahya mohamed Alsomali 05.05.2008 Lahj
14. Hafid Mohamed Hassan 05.05.2008 Lahj
15. Abdulhakim Fadhel Abdulla 27.06.2008 Lahj
16. Hisham Ahmed Mohsen 14.11.2008 Lahj
17. Omer Abdulaziz Alhajj 13.01.2009 Aden
18. Mohamed Abdulla Algahafi 17.01.2009 Lahj
19. Gamil Awad Adaweel 13.01.2009 Lahj
20. Mohamed Afif Rkouken 09.02.2009 Lahj
21. Abdulsalam Ali Hassan 10.02.2009 Lahj
22. Awad Nasser Awad 04.03.2009 Hadramout
23. Ayad Hhalid Alhulba 04.03.2009 Abyan
24. Ali Hussein Alhadi 06.03.2009 Lahj
25. Sheik Abubaker Aldaewali 09.03.2009 Aden
26. Gamil Awad Suliman 11.03.2009 Aden
27. Ali Saleh Alyafhi 24.03.2009 Lahj
28. Mohamed Ahmed Daman 28.03.2009 Shabwa
29. Othman Ahmed Saleh 04.04.2009 Aden
30. Amin Anis Mukbel 15.04.2009 Lahj
31. Anis Mukbil Taher 15.04.2009 Lahj
32. Meged Hussein Thabit 15.04.2009 Lahj
33. Heider Bin Heider Nasser 15.04.2009 Lahj
34. Lulah Ahmed Bin Ahmed 15.04.2009 Lahj
35. Wadah Saleh Harbi 17.04.2009 Aden
36. Awad Ahmed Saeed 23.04.2009 Lahj
37. Sabri Nasser Almatari 01.05.2009 Lahj
38. Abed Abdo Albahri 02.05.2009 Lahj
39. Nassser Alwi aSaleh 03.05.2009 Lahj
40. Leh Thabit Thaiban 10.05.2009 Lahj
41. Ahmed Mohamed Alsarti 13.05.2009 Aden
42. Saleh Omar Lagdal 19.05. 2009 Abyan
43. Abdugawi salah Altalali 21.05.2009 Aden
44. Adib Muthana Alhalami 21.05.2009 Aden
45. Mohamed Nasser Alkildi 21.05.2009 Aden
46. Murad Heider Ahmed 21.05.2009 Aden
47. Mansoor Ahmed Amarmi 21.05.2009 Aden
48. Nasser Awad ahmed 21.05.2009 Aden
49. Mohamed Hussein Yehya 26.05.2009 Lahj
50. Nasser Heidra Aluzabi 29.05.2009 Lahj
51. Awad Saeed Barami 30.05.2009 Hadramout
52. Tawik Mohamed Abdulla 31.05.2009 Lahj
53. Walid Abulwahid Hussein 31.05.2009 Lahj
54. Abdulmaeen Saeed Saleh 08.06.2009 Lahj
55. Abdulsalam Ahmed Haitham 08.06.2009 Lahj
56. Wadah Hussen Ali 08.06.2009 Lahj
57. Ali Mohsen Alajj 09.06.2009 Aden
58. Taha Hussen Bin Hussen 09.06.2009 Aden
59. Ali Ahmed Alhadad 17.06.2009 Aden
60. Aiban Hassan Ahmed 26.06.2009 Aden
61. Ali Mohamed Alhoshabi 01.07.2009 Lahj
62. Ali Fadhel baid 02.07.2009 Lahj
63. Hassan abdulla Dahsa 07.07.2009 Abyan
64. Afif Ali Mohsen 07.07.2009 Hadramout
65. Abdulla Mohamed Alsheik 23.07.2009 Abyan
66. Amid Mohamed Alwi 23.07.2009 Abyan
67. Qasem Alsaeed Almarmi 23.07.2009 Abyan
68. Abdulkarim Aidarus ahmed 23.07.2009 Abyan
69. Awad Ahmed Aldabia 23.07.2009 Abyan
70. Mahdi Awad Alkuiti 23.07.2009 Abyan
71. Ali Salim Algaz 23.07.2009 Abyan
72. Salim Algazar Bin Flis 23.07.2009 Abyan
73. Mohsen alhadi 23.07.2009 Lahj
74. Sawan Saif Abdulkarim 23.07.2009 Lahj
75. Saleh Talib Mohamed 23.07.2009 Lahj
76. Alkader Nasser Amzalat 23.07.2009 Abyan
77. Mohamed Saleh abdulgawi 23.07.2009 Lahj
78. Ahmed Hussein alshanini 23.07.2009 Abyan
79. Mohamed Kaid Saleh 23.07.2009 Abyan
80. Hadi Mukbil Saleh 23.07.2009 Abyan
81. Ali Fahdel Hussein 23.07.2009 Lahj
82. Mohamed Saleh Murshed 25.07.2009 Lahj
83. Yasin Heider Hussein 08.200919. Aden
84. Ahmed Ali marbish 23.08.2009 Aden
85. Bakil Saleh Mohamed 29.08.2009 Lahj
86. Salim Ali lakrash 13.09.2009 Aden
87. Mohamed Ali Muthana 30.09.2009 Lahj
88. Bakil Saleh Arkal 24.10.2009 Lahj
89. Mohamed Saleh Alkutabi 25.10.2009 Lahj
90. Ali salim alamiri 03.11.2009 Hadramout
91. Ahmed Abubaker Bawazer 03.11.2009 Hadramout
92. Saleh Salim Alnahdiهدي 03.11.2009 Hadramout
93. Rahmi Ali Alkathri 03.11.2009 Hadramout
94. Zaki Arfan Hubeish 03.11.2009 Hadramout
95. Nasser Awad Alsum 08.11.2009 Shabwa
96. Ahmed Abdruhman Alheidari 11.11.2009 Abyan
97. Saif Ali Algahafi 18.11.2009 Lahj
98. Saeed Saleh Alazibi 24.11.2009 Lahj
99. Alkader abdulla Abdulsalam 25.11.2009 Shabwa
100. Mubarak Salim Alawalqi 25.11.2009 Shabwa
101. Ahmed Abdulla Alawlaqi 25.11.2009 Shabwa
102. Muthana Saleh Ali 02.12.2009 Lahj
103. Samir Ahmed Alshuaibi 04.12.2009 Lahj
104. Saleh Ali Alqahra 08.12.2009 Abyan
105. Asad Salem Alhadad 10.12.2009 Hadramout
106. Mohamed Saleh Alanbori 17.12.2009 Abyan
107. Amna Abdulla Awad 17.12.2009 Abyan
108. Maha Mohamed Alanbori 17.12.2009 Abyan
109. Sumia Mohamed Alanbori 17.12.2009 Abyan
110. Shafik Mohamed Alanbori 17.12.200i9 Abyan
111. Gamila Mohaamed alanbori 17.12.2009 Abyan
112. Saleh Mohamed Alanbori 17.12.2009 Abyan
113. Abdulla Awad Sheik 17.12.2009 Abyan
114. Mariam Saleh Halba 17.12.2009 Abyan
115. Ahmed Abdulla Sheik 17.12.2009 Abyan
116. Mukbil abdulla Sheik 17.12.2009 Abyan
117. Hussen Abdulla Sheik 17.12.2009 Abyan
118. Hanan Mohamed Gudaib 17.12.2009 Abyan
119. Mariam Hussein Abdulla 17.12.2009 Abyan
120. Shafik Hussein Abdulla 17.12.2009 Abyan
121. Abdulla Mohamed Lwkia 17.12.2009 Abyan
122. Saleha Ali Mansoor 17.12.2009 Abyan
123. Ibrahim Abdulla Lawkia 17.12.2009 Abyan
124. Asma abdulla Lawkia 17.12.2009 Abyan
125. Sumia Abdulla Lawkia 17.12.2009 Abyan
126. Salim Abdulla Lawkia 17.12.2009 Abyan
127. Fatima Abdulla Lawkia 17.12.2009 Abyan
128. Ali Mukbil Lawkia 17.12.2009 Abyan
129. Hana Abdulla Alsandai 17.12.2009 Abyan
130. Safa Ali Lawkia 17.12.2009 Abyan
131. Gadiga Ali Mukbil 17.12.2009 Abyan
132. Mukbil Salim Lawkia 17.12.2009 Abyan
133. Fatima Mohamed Alroahi 17.12.2009 Abyan
134. Mariam Awad Algadani 17.12.2009 Abyan
135. Nadas Mukbil Salim 17.12.2009 Abyan
136. Gawas Salim Lawkia 17.12.2009 Abyan
137. Mariam Mukbil Salim 17.12.2009 Abyan
138. Ahmed Nasser Mahdi 17.12.2009 Abyan
139. Sheikah Nasser Mahdi 17.12.2009 Abyan
140. Ali Mohamed Galga 17.12.2009 Abyan
141. Kibla Alkuribi Salim 17.12.2009 Abyan
142. Fatima Ali Nasser 17.12.2009 Abyan
143. Afrah Ali Nasser 17.12.2009 Abyan
144. Zubida Ali Nasser 17.12.2009 Abyan
145. Huda Ali Nasser 17.12.2009 Abyan
146. Sheika Ali Nasser 17.12.2009 Abyan
147. Ahmed Ali Nasser 17.12.2009 Abyan
148. Gamila Salim NAsser 17.12.2009 Abyan
149. Abdulla Mohamed Galailah 17.12.2009 Abyan
150. Mohsen Ahmed Adiw 17.12.2009 Abyan
151. Nusa Nasser Alsua 17.12.2009 Abyan
152. Nasser Mohamed Galgilah 17.12.2009 Abyan
153. Arwa Mohamed Galgilah 17.12.2009 Abyan
154. Fatima Mohamed Galgilah 17.12.2009 Abyan
155. Ali Mohamed masoud 21.12.2009 Abyan
156. Nasser Ahmed Alsaeedi 21.12.2009 Abyan
157. Tawfik Nagi Abad 27.12.2009 Lahj
158. Ihab Mused Ali 27.12.2009 Lahj
159. Ali Ahmed Alwahish 27.12.2009 Lahj
160. Salam Ali Ahmed 05.01.2010 Aden
161. Yunis Abdulla Bahabib 06.01.2010 Aden
162. Ahmed Nasser Hibah 15.01.2010 Lahj
163. Othman Galib Alsadi 17.01.2010 Aden
164. Mubarik Saeed Alakbari 27.01.2010 Hadramout
165. Ahmed Aisa Almugadam 29.01.2010 المهرة
166. Saeed Ahmed Aldood 29.01.2010 Abyan
167. Faris Zaid Tamah 01.02.2010 Aden
168. Abdulla Mohamed Albaqri 13.02.2010 Lahj
169. SaeedAbdulla Alshawi 13.02.2010 Lahj
170. Asiri Garama 24.02.2010 Abyan
171. Ali Saleh Alhadi 01.03.2010 Abyan
172. Ahmed Mohsen Alsadi 01.03.2010 Abyan
173. Abdulla Mosad Alfakir 03.03.2010 Shabwa
174. Mohamed Ahmed Algahafi 04.03.2010 Lahj
175. Falah Kaeed Saif 11.03.2010 Lahj
176. Mohamed A. Damag 11.03.2010 Lahj
177. Abdulhakim Ubadi 11.03.2010 Lahj
178. Wahih A. Algunidi 14.03.2010 Abyan
179. Saif A. saeed 18.03.2010 Lahj
180. Mazen Alhugigi 19.03.2010 Lahj
181. Ali M. Nagi 21.03.2010 Lahj
182. Mohsen M. Ahmed 01.04.2010 Lahj
183. Abdulalem S. Muthana 02.04.2010 Lahj
184. Nagi N. Alaskari 03.04.2010 Lahj
185. Saleh N. Nagi 03.04.2010 Lahj
186. Alshik Mansoor Alhumidi 03.04.2010 Lahj
187. Mohamed T. H. Alradvani 04.04.2010 Lahj
188. Adel A. Alban 14.04.2010 Aden
189. Nasser S. Alatiki 14.04.2010 Shabwa
190. Mustafa A. Sharit 16.04.2010 Abyan
191. Faris M. Ahmed 01.05.2010 Lahj
192. Mohsen N. Nagi 02.05.2010 Lahj
193. Nabil Alsrori 02.05.2010 Lahj
194. Abdulwahab Qaseem 14.05.2010 Shabwa
195. Basil A.Bin Soom 14.05.2010 Shabwa
196. Mohsen A. Mohsen 15.05.2010 Lahj
197. Farooq A. Omer 17.05.2010 Aden
198. Ragih Saleh 18.05.2010 Lahj
199. Tawfeek M. Alyafi 23.05.2010 Abyan
200. Alkader samna 23.05.2010 Abyan
201. Fahed G. Alamri 30.05.2010 Lahj
202. Duyazen A. Saif 23.05.2010 Lahj
203. Faris A. Q. Alkamari 23.05.2010 Lahj
204. Amad M. Alkateeb 07.06.2010 Lahj
205. Abdulwahab M. Afif 07.06.2010 Lahj
206. Muneef A. Saleh 07.06.2010 Lahj
207. Ala A. A. Muthana 07.06.2010 Lahj
208. Munir A. Alhariri 07.06.2010 Lahj
209. Abdulrauf M. Hidara 07.06.2010 Lahj
210. Nooraldeen Alaromi 07.06.2010 Lahj
211. Ahmed F. K. Shafal 20.06.2010 Lahj
212. Amid M. S. Kardoom 20.06.2010 Lahj
213. Abduldaem G. Mohamed 20.06.2010 Lahj
214. Fadel A. Alsubihi 20.06.2010 Lahj
215. Mohamed M. Kabas 24.06.2010 Lahj
216. Ahmed M. A. Aldarwish 25.06.2010 Aden
217. Saleh A. S. Alharithi 04.07.2010 Shabwa
218. Abdulatif Mhboob 07.07.2010 Aden
219. Mohamed A. S. Alhashili 19.07.2010 Aden
220. Garallah S. Alsubihi 26.07.2010 Lahj
221. Sabri S. Abdullah 26.07.2010 Lahj
222. Mohsen S. Mohsen 26.07.2010 Lahj
223. Shaher Alsubihi 26.07.2010 Lahj
224. Om Amer Hebah 28.07.2010 Aden
225. Fatima Alminhali 05.08.2010 Hadram.
226. Raid M. Nasser 20.08.2010 Abyan
227. Adham M. Hidara 20.08.2010 Lahj
228. Arwa H. Alshiuri 20.08.2010 Lahj
229. Ahmed S. Alnisi 25.08.2010 Shabwa
230. Mohamed A. Gabari 02.09.2010 Lahj
231. Dawood M. Almashali 04.09.2010 Lahj
232. Mohamed A. Q. Albdwi 04.09.2010 Lahj
233. Saleh H. A. Aldiuli 05.09.2010 Shabwa
234. Khalid Alwahishi 19.09.2010 Abyan
235. Abdulwahed A. Mansoor 19.09.2010 Shabwa
236. Mohsen S. Algahafi 22.09.2010 Lahj
237. Sabri Alwahishi 25.09.2010 Abyan
238. Ayad A. F Aldabi 06.10.2010 Lahj
239. Noor H. A. Fartoot 09.10.2010 Aden
240. Hadam S. Alhamidi 10.10.2010 Lahj
241. Abdilnasser A. Alkarkuri 11.10.2010 Shabwa
242. Fageh A. S. Alfathani 17.10.2010 Abyan
243. Maged S. F. Albdwi 01.11.2010 Lahj
244. Ahmed O. Barasheed 04.11.2010 Lahj
245. Nahed Alhulba 05.11.2010 Aden
246. Galood M. Darwish 10.11.2010 Lahj
247. Mashal M. Aidaros 24.11.2010 Lahj
248. Mohamed S. Alharbi 28.11.2010 Aden
249. Abas M. A. Tambah 16.12.2010 Lahj
250. Ali A. A. Amsarti 18.12.2010 Lahj
251. Saeed N. H. Altosali 26.12.2010 Shabwa
252. Barakat M. Nagi Alokbi 11.01.2011 Lahj
253. Nageeb Abdulsrar 13.01.2011 Aden
254. Sadieh A. Maktoof 13.01.2011 Hadramout
255. Athba H. Algamali 16.01.2011 Lahj
256. Abas M. Qaseem 16.01.2011 Lahj
257. Hamdi Tawfik 19.01.2011 Aden
258. Nathra S. Nasher 20.01.2011 Lahj
259. Luai T. Bahakim 22.01.2011 Aden
260. Hashim T. Askar 27.01.2011 Lahj
261. Abdulatif T. Saief 30.01.2011 Lahj
262. Mohamed A. Alalwani 16.02.2011 Aden
263. Yasin A. Aljuhafi 16.02.2011 Aden
264. Mohamed A. Baashan 16.02.2011 Aden
265. Hussein Aljuhafi 16.02.2011 Lahj
266. Abdullah Alban 17.02.2011 Aden
267. Ahmed Sabri 17.02.2011 Aden
268. Abdulhakim M. Awad 17.02.2011 Aden
269. Aref M. Ali 18.02.2011 Aden
270. Hani M. Hitham 18.02.2011 Aden
271. Mukbil A. Alkazimi 18.02.2011 Aden
272. Gasan Ahmed 18.02.2011 Aden
273. Mohamed Munir 18.02.2011 Aden
274. Amad O. Hamadi 18.02.2011 Aden
275. Salim M. Ali 18.02.2011 Aden
276. Qasim S Alhimri 20.02.2011 Aden
277. Abdullah A Alkhalaqi 20.02.2011 Aden
278. Ayman A H Abdulkareem 20.02.2011 Aden
279. Nassir A Addammani 23.02.2011 Abyan
280. Salim Bashath 25.02.2011 Aden
281. Tariq Khalid Alwan 25.02.2011 Aden
282. Mohamed Ahmed Saleh 25.02.2011 Aden
283. Wasim Ali Taha 25.02.2011 Aden
284. Ali Gadhl Alkhorabi 25.02.2011 Aden
285. Abdullah Ali 25.02.2011 Aden
286. Hail Waleed Hail 25.02.2011 Aden
287. Mohamed Hamud Ahmed 25.02.2011 Aden
288. Fadhel Mohamed Awad 25.02.2011 Aden
289. Mohamed Alzubaidi 25.02.2011 Aden
290. Haidara H Hassan 01.03.2011 Lahj
291. Saleh Y Azzaitunah 01.03.2011 Lahj
292. Omar A Almuallim 08.03.2011 Shabwah
293. Rami S Barmail 11.03.2011 Hadhramout
294. Jalal A N Alaqrabi 11.03.2011 Aden
295. Abdulfatah A Hizam 11.03.2011 Aden
296. Jalal N Mohamed 11.03.2011 Aden
297. Waleed M M Alyafii 11.03.2011 Aden
298. Nassir Allahji 11.03.2011 Aden
299. Nafii Ali Naji 13.03.2011 Aden
300. Saleh H Aljaadani 26.03.2011 Abyan
301. Hadi H Aljaadani 26.03.2011 Abyan
302. Mustafa A Alhaithami 26.03.2011 Abyan
303. Sami Alrbaizi 26.03.2011 Abyan
304. Bin Muftah Alkazmi 26.03.2011 Abyan
305. Almrhabi Alowthali 26.03.2011 Abyan
306. Nassir M A Assaiidi 28.03.2011 Abyan
307. Fadhl N Salleh 28.03.2011 Abyan
308. Fattah H Saleh 28.03.2011 Abyan
309. Naiig Y Saleh 28.03.2011 Abyan
310. Adil Tabun 28.03.2011 Abyan
311. Arif M S Tbaiq 28.03.2011 Abyan
312. Shukri M S Tbaiq 28.03.2011 Abyan
313. Rashad Y Almslimani 28.03.2011 Abyan
314. Mohamed Y Almslimani 28.03.2011 Abyan
315. Ayub A Muqbil 28.03.2011 Abyan
316. Ihab S Ali 28.03.2011 Abyan
317. Musiid Arir 28.03.2011 Abyan
318. Saleh Musiid Arir 28.03.2011 Abyan
319. Ubaid A Alawlaqi 28.03.2011 Abyan
320. Ahmad A Shatm 28.03.2011 Abyan
321. Salimah Jamal Mabruk 28.03.2011 Abyan
322. Buthainah Jamal Mabruk 28.03.2011 Abyan
323. Matar Jamal Mabruk 28.03.2011 Abyan
324. Intsar M Thabit 28.03.2011 Abyan
325. Shafiq M S Aminah 28.03.2011 Abyan
326. Abdullah A Alqaii 28.03.2011 Abyan
327. Zimzim M Hadi 28.03.2011 Abyan
328. Salim K Waswas 28.03.2011 Abyan
329. SAlim A Atawali 28.03.2011 Abyan
330. Fuad J M Hussain 28.03.2011 Abyan
331. Hmaidah Sultan 28.03.2011 Abyan
332. Shadiah S Yislam 28.03.2011 Abyan
333. Ali Bin Ali Abuallah 28.03.2011 Abyan
334. Khalid A Saleh 28.03.2011 Abyan
335. Arwa Thabit Awad 28.03.2011 Abyan
336. Taibah A Sallam 28.03.2011 Abyan
337. Asmaa H Arrishi 28.03.2011 Abyan
338. Sali A N Shaikh 28.03.2011 Abyan
339. Niimah Y Haidarah 28.03.2011 Abyan
340. Ali M A Jihriz 28.03.2011 Abyan
341. Laila A Bathib 28.03.2011 Abyan
342. Umsiyah A M Hadi 28.03.2011 Abyan
343. Ahmed Y Almslimani 28.03.2011 Abyan
344. Ainaa M Y Mohamed 28.03.2011 Abyan
345. Thabit M Alyafii 28.03.2011 Abyan
346. Miskin M A Mansoor 28.03.2011 Abyan
347. Hussain M Althaki 28.03.2011 Abyan
348. Rami A Ali 28.03.2011 Abyan
349. Jamil Assayed Ahmed 28.03.2011 Abyan
350. Yaslam A S Tbaiq 28.03.2011 Abyan
351. Mohamed M Arir 28.03.2011 Abyan
352. Yasir Alhammadi 28.03.2011 Abyan
353. Murshid M Alkhadhir + of His children 28.03.2011 Abyan
354. Ali Arraii 28.03.2011 Abyan
355. Alqadri Arraii 28.03.2011 Abyan
356. Fatimah Alqadri Arraii 28.03.2011 Abyan
357. Ameen S Saleem 28.03.2011 Abyan
358. Arif S Saleem 28.03.2011 Abyan
359. Sbeit Jiairah 28.03.2011 Abyan
360. Saleh A Nassir 28.03.2011 Abyan
361. Ramzi F Ali 28.03.2011 Abyan
362. Fikri A Almarir 28.03.2011 Abyan
363. Faisal A A Assaidi 28.03.2011 Abyan
364. Abbud Y Tbaiq 28.03.2011 Abyan
365. Saeed A Saleh 28.03.2011 Abyan
366. Ali M Turki 28.03.2011 Abyan
367. Sali A Awad 28.03.2011 Abyan
368. Ishraq A Awad 28.03.2011 Abyan
369. Mohamed S Ali 28.03.2011 Abyan
370. Saleh F Nuuman 28.03.2011 Abyan
371. Husain Saad 28.03.2011 Abyan
372. Faruq N Ali 28.03.2011 Abyan
373. Intisar S Awad 28.03.2011 Abyan
374. Hammam S Anis 28.03.2011 Abyan
375. Faraj A Amin 28.03.2011 Abyan
376. Mohamed Imarah 28.03.2011 Abyan
377. The wife of Mohamed Imarah 28.03.2011 Abyan
378. The Son of Mohamed A Jamii 28.03.2011 Abyan
379. Yasir N Ali 28.03.2011 Abyan
380. Muhsin Y Abdoh 28.03.2011 Abyan
381. Talib Harzah 28.03.2011 Abyan
382. Saif Harzah 28.03.2011 Abyan
383. Ahmed S Ahmed 28.03.2011 Abyan
384. Abdullah S Naseeb 28.03.2011 Abyan
385. Radhi A Muhaureq 03.04.2011 Aden
386. Salah A Alkhadhr 13.04.2011 Aden
387. Abdulkarim A Abdujabbar 13.04.2011 Aden
388. Waleed M Alyafii 16.04.2011 Aden
389. Abulhakim A Laqlaf 17.04.2011 Shabwah
390. Muteh N. Alnaqeeb 17.04.2011 Abyan
391. Ayman S Muhsin 18.04.2011 Lahj
392. Abdussalam S Mohammed 23.04.2011 Lahj
393. Salaeh A S Assaiari 23.04.2011 Hadhramot
394. Ghassan A Mayyuni 24.04.2011 Aden
395. Abduallah N H Alfaridi 24.04.2011 Lahj
396. Nabeel M S Afeef 27.04.2011 Aden
397. Abduhakim Alhamid 27.04.2011 Aden
398. Muhsin Alyafii 27.04.2011 Aden
399. Fadhl M A Annamis 30.04.2011 Aden
400. Mohammed A Qasim 30.04.2011 Aden
401. Mohammed M Saeed 30.04.2011 Aden
402. Ahmed H Adhbian 30.04.2011 Aden
403. Mohammed Fadhl al-Sunaini. 01.05.2011 Lahej
404. Adel Hussein Saleh al-Salahi. 02.05.2011 Lahej
405. Saleh Yousif Ahmed Omer. 02.05.2011 Aden
406. Saleh Alawi al-Markhashi. 04.05.2011 Abyan
407. Mohammed Abdo al-Rimi. 04.05.2011 Abyan
408. Abdo Mohammed Abdo al-Hakami. 04.05.2011 Abyan
409. Abdullmalik Ahmed Salem. 04.05.2011 Abyan
410. Ahmed Rasheed al-Jaradi. 04.05.2011 Abyan
411. Ahmed Salem Mohssein al-Hajri. 07.05.2011 Lahej
412. Taher Albadani 10.05.2011 Abyan
413. Othman 10.05.2011 Abyan
414. Abdulrahman Bagenid 18.05.2011 Aden
415. Aseel Khalid Mohammed Ali. 30.05.2011 Lahej
416. Obeid al Fadhli 01.06.2011 Lahej
417. Mohsen Muthanna Thauara 10.06.2011 Lahej
418. Muhssin al Sahibi 10.06.2011 Lahej
419. Mohamed Nur Aldin 11.06.2011 Lahej
420. Hasouna Ali Malikan 14.06.2011 Lahej
421. Salem Saleh Abdullrab 16.06.2011 Lahej
422. Saleem Saleh 17.06.2011 Lahej
423. Ali Abdullah al Khulaki 19.06.2011 Aden
424. Radfan Saif Hassan 21.06.2011 Lahej
425. Haidara Salem al Mustabeih 21.06.2011 Abyan
426. Salah Ali al Mahbosh 23.06.2011 Aden
427. Jiab Ali al Sadi 23.06.2011 Lahej
428. Fahmi Alfarawi 25.06.2011 Aden
429. Khalid Algilani 28.06.2011 Aden
430. Jamal Yahya Nasser al Jubai 25.06.2011 Abyan
431. Abdullah Nasser Abulina 30.06.2011 Abyan
432. Obeid al Fadhli 01.06.2011 Lahej
433. Mohsen Muthanna Thauara 10.06.2011 Lahej
434. Muhssin al Sahibi 10.06.2011 Lahej
435. Mohamed Nur Aldin 11.06.2011 Lahej
436. Hasouna Ali Malikan 14.06.2011 Lahej
437. Salem Saleh Abdullrab 16.06.2011 Lahej
438. Saleem Saleh 17.06.2011 Lahej
439. Ali Abdullah al Khulaki 19.06.2011 Aden
440. Radfan Saif Hassan 21.06.2011 Lahej
441. Haidara Salem al Mustabeih 21.06.2011 Abyan
442. Salah Ali al Mahbosh 23.06.2011 Aden
443. Jiab Ali al Sadi 23.06.2011 Lahej
444. Fahmi Alfarawi 25.06.2011 Aden
445. Khalid Algilani 28.06.2011 Aden
446. Jamal Yahya Nasser al Jubai 25.06.2011 Abyan
447. Abdullah Nasser Abulina 30.06.2011 Abyan
448. Ibn al Qabti 29.06.2011 Abyan
449. Aref Saeed Laswad 29.06.2011 Abyan
450. Ibn al Rateel 29.06.2011 Abyan
451. Nafiea al Bakhishi 02.07.2011 Aden
452. Abdullah Saleh Nasser al Shadadi 05.07.2011 Abyan
453. Mohammed Saleh Nasser al Shadadi 05.07.2011 Abyan
454. Hani Ashal al Shadadi 05.07.2011 Abyan
455. Salem Alkhadir Boba 07.07.2011 Abyan
456. Mohammed Abdullah 10.07.2011 Abyan
457. Fadhil Ahmed Saleh al Sarhi 18.07.2011 Aden
458. Mohammed Sheikh Saleh al Da’airi 18.07.2011 Abyan
459. Fhadil Saleh Abodah al Da’airi 18.07.2011 Abyan
460. Ali Abdullrazak Mohssen al Da’airi 18.07.2011 Abyan
461. Abdullah Fhadil Ali al Da’airi 18.07.2011 Abyan
462. Walhan Hussein Saleh al Da’airi 18.07.2011 Abyan
463. Majid Hussein al Heij 20.07.2011 Aden
464. Yaser Abdo al Khabar 24.07.2011 Aden
465. Mohammed Saleh al Ghurabi 28.07.2011 Hadrmout
466. Haidara Ali Lahtal 29.07.2011 Abyan
467. Ahmed Awad Mohammed 29.07.2011 Abyan
468. Sheikh / Abdullmunaim Mohammed 29.07.2011 Abyan
469. Jamal Nami 29.07.2011 Abyan
470. Mohammed Saeed Marmi 29.07.2011 Abyan
471. Mohammed Nasser al Shajiri 29.07.2011 Abyan
472. Mohammed Ali Lahtal 29.07.2011 Abyan
473. Ghasan Mohammed Lahtal 29.07.2011 Abyan
474. Mohsein Haidara Lahtal 29.07.2011 Abyan
475. Alawi Aladil Mulhim 29.07.2011 Abyan
476. Ali Nasser Saleh Saleh Aloub 29.07.2011 Abyan
477. Badr Haidara Mohammed 29.07.2011 Abyan
478. Saleh Nasser Hassan 29.07.2011 Abyan
479. Mansour Saeed Ali 29.07.2011 Abyan
480. Saleh Ahmed Khalil 29.07.2011 Abyan
481. Ghareeb Mohammed Hussein al Marmi 29.07.2011 Abyan
482. Mohammed Alkhdir Mohammed 29.07.2011 Abyan
483. Alkhadir Ahmed al Saidi 29.07.2011 Abyan
484. Mansour Ali al al Hais 29.07.2011 Abyan
485. Awad Mohammed Awad al Hubaish 29.07.2011 Abyan
486. Ahmed Mohammed Nasser al Nakhai 29.07.2011 Abyan
487. Saleh Tawhal 29.07.2011 Abyan
488. Alkhadir al Makhribi 29.07.2011 Abyan
489. Salem Ahmed Dehmis 29.07.2011 Abyan
490. Alkhadir Ahmed Imzahfi 29.07.2011 Abyan
491. Nasser Dufan 29.07.2011 Abyan
492. Mabraq 29.07.2011 Abyan
493. Saleh Mohammed Sharifa 29.07.2011 Abyan
494. Imzamli 29.07.2011 Abyan
495. Fawaz Huban 02.08.2011 Lahj
496. Salem Saeed Ba’muaibid 03.08.2011 Hadrmout
497. Saleh Jubran al Saadi 03.08.2011 Hadrmout
498. Muhammed Ahmed Isaa Radman 05.08.2011 Aden
499. Akram Ahmed Isaa Radman 05.08.2011 Aden
500. Ramzi Ali Hamdoun 09.08.2011 Hadrmout
501. Tho-Yazan al Ozaibi 16.08.2011 Aden
502. Abdul-Ilah Sanad Attif 17.08.2011 Abyan
503. Alawi Bin-Alawi Abdulnasir 17.08.2011 Abyan
504. Nasser Hassan Bin-Hassan 17.08.2011 Aden
505. Abdullkader Ahmed Ba’hadad 22.08.2011 Shabwah
506. Saud Ali Hassan 02.09.2011 Abyan
507. Mariam Ahmed Ibrahim 02.09.2011 Abyan
508. Ansa Ahmed Ibrahim 02.09.2011 Abyan
509. Abdulla Ali 02.09.2011 Abyan
510. Saleh Hitham Alkuabi 04.09.2011 Aden
511. Ali Awad 07.09.2011 Aden
512. Mahdi Hassan Mabub 14.09.2011 Aden
513. Bader Mohamed Nasser 15.09.2011 Lahj
514. Gaber Abdulla Algahafi 24.09.2011 Lahj
515. SalimAli Almahfudi 25.09.2011 Aden
516. Fadhel Mohsen alradfani 27.09.2011 Lahj
517. Daian Khalid Hussein 06.10.2011 Abyan
518. Ansees Hussein Saleh 06.10.2011 Abyan
519. Abdullfatah Saleh Khasim 14.10.2011 Lahej
520. Khalid Hussein Al-Namir 17.10.2011 Abyan
521. Radfan Rafiq Ali 19.10.2011 Lahej
522. Samid Salem Hassan 19.10.2011 Lahej
523. Mohammed Awad Bani 20.10.2011 Hadrmout
524. Ameen Al-Bugairi 23.10.2011 Aden
525. Faheem Abdo Farhan 23.10.2011 Aden
526. Kfaya Al-Amoudi 28.10.2011 Aden
527. Abdullah Muftah Al-Hamidi 29.10.2011 Hadrmout
528. Safeer Mohammed Alwan 01.11.2011 Lahj
529. Mohammed Ali Assaw 16.11.2011 Lahj
530. Salem Saeed Ba’haisami 19.11.2011 Shabwah
531. Ali Qassim Shutairi 21.11.2011 Aden
532. Mohammed Mustafa Mohammed al-Jurd 21.11.2011 Abyan
533. Mohammed Abdullah Suliman Muflih 21.11.2011 Abyan
534. Ahmed Abdullah Muswid .23.112011 Aden
535. Saeed Al-Hanafi 02.12.2011 Hadrmout
536. Ali Nasser Hawshan 02.12.2011 Abyan
537. Tawfiq Ali Mansour Jounaidi 05.12.2012 Abyan
538. Hamdi Askar 24.12.2011 Hadrmout
539. Salem Saeed Khamis 26.12.2011 Lahej
540. Abdullkareem Fhadil Al-Omeiri 31.12.1011 Aden
541. Maher Bin Hatbien 02.01.2012 Aden
542. Samed Fadhel Saif 13.01.2012 Aden
543. Zain Muthana Hanash 13.01.2012 Aden
544. Shukri suliman Hassan 13.01.2012 Aden
545. Ali Abu Harba 13.01.2012 Aden
546. Fadhel Abdulwaseh 13.01.2012 Aden
547. Naser musleh 16.01.2012 Lahej
548. Adel Almsen 16.01.2012 Lahej
549. Mohamed Nasser 16.01.2012 Lahej
550. Ayad Mused 16.01.2012 Lahej
551. Adel Saleh Ahmed 16.01.2012 Lahej
552. Adnan Alfatahi 16.01.2012 Lahej
553. Amal Kamari 18.01.2012 Aden
554. Samam Musaed Othman 19.01.2012 Lahej
555. Mohamed abdulla 19.01.2012 Lahej
556. Marwan |Ali 19.01.2012 Lahej
557. Saleh Kaid Althibani 20.01.2012 Lahej
558. Abin Ali Aldumani 22.01.2012 Abyan
559. Salim Atif Lukish 24.01.2012 Abyan
560. Abdulla Hassan (tanbah)) 27.01.2012 Aden
561. Mohamed Ali Abd almanaa 05.02.2012 Hadrmout

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Yemen Post: Yemen Prime Minister Mohammad Salem Basindwia along with other ministers of the interim government failed to persuade judges of ending their protests, well informed sources said.
The sources said that Basindiwa offered the demonstrators to end their protests in return for meeting some of their demands in the coming days, reminding them that Yemen currently witnesses difficult conditions.
They said the judges did not accept any promises, and they would escalate their protests and use all legal means that may lead to achieve their demands.
Judges began their protests last week , demanding to carry out reforms in judiciary , make it independent, give judges complete immunity and cleanse judges of all military and security members.
They also demand to elect members of the Supreme Judiciary Council from the members of the judicial authority and limit the powers of the Justice Minister to the administrative and financial affairs.
Meanwhile, what has become known as the institution revolution hit many public authorities and resulted in the ouster of tens of corrupt officials in Yemen, as employees and students insisted on firing them.
Several military and security units demanded the removal of officers accused of corruption or involvement in the deadly crackdown on protesters.
Hundreds of the Air Forces soldiers have been protesting for weeks , demanding to fire their commander Mohammad Saleh Alahmar, half brother of Saleh.
Protests erupted lately of January inside a camp of the Republican Guard commanded by son of the outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
However, they were ended after Ahmed cautioned officers and soldiers against arranging any demonstrations, threatening to purge anyone trying to protest.

More on the Air Force uprising from the

YT: ColonelMohamed Saleh Mahyoub is one of thousands of Yemeni air force personnel who have been on strike for more than one month, demanding the removal of air force chief Gen. Mohamed Saleh Al-Ahmar, brother of outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

Although he has commanded the air force for more than 22 years, his subordinates charge Al-Ahmar with bad management and corruption.

“Our rights as either air force soldiers or officers have been stolen,” said Mahyoub. “Even our food has not been given to us in a fair way, and personal arms have been distributed only to his loyal officers and members,” he charged.

Yemen has about 42,000 military air force members. In January, the nationwide air force uprising calling for Al-Ahmar’s ouster was triggered when an officer threw one of his boots at the general. According to Mahyoub, the demand for his resignation comes “because he doesn’t give us our rights.”

Some three thousand members of the air force have been protesting for the past three weeks in front of the home of Vice President Abd Rabo Mansour, who has assumed President Saleh’s duties since his incapacitation, demanding that he dismiss General Al-Ahmar.

But despite this massive protest, Al-Ahmar is still performing his duties while vowing not to leave until he is dead, according to a source at the Ministry of Defense.

It is the first time that members of Yemen’s air force have gone on strike and protested, calling for the removal of their leader. The action was apparently triggered by the Arab Spring, which has already seen four Arab leaders ousted from their respective regimes.

In Yemen, since December, employees of other state military and civil institutions have been rising up against their managers, some of whom have been in the same post for more than three decades.

Structure of the Yemeni army

Political researcher Aysh Awas told The Yemen Times that in Yemen, the air force, which is the focal point of the nation’s military infrastructure, is not structured like in other armies in the world. He explained that each commander a respective military unit is an independent power and is not connected to a hierarchal management answering to the defense ministry which presumably would run all military units. Rather, the ultimate power resides with the Saleh family. Outgoing President Saleh’s son is the chief commander of the Republican Guard which accounts for one-third of the nation’s military while Saleh’s nephew, Yahya Mohamed Abdullah Saleh, commands Yemen’s Central Security Forces. Air Force commander Gen. Mohamed Saleh Al-Ahmar is President Saleh’s half-brother.

Ironically, Gen. Ali Mohsen, the former head of the first armored division who defected from Saleh and sided with the popular revolution against his 33-year rule is also a Saleh kinsman.

If the GCC power transition plan, which stipulates the restructuring of Yemen’s army according to national and professional standards, is implemented, all of the Saleh-family officers will be removed from their commands.

Yemen’s air force

Yemen has around 375 military planes for different purposes including warplanes, martial shipment, training and terrorism fighting, according to the 2011 research report by the Abaad Studies and Research Center.

But only 60 percent of the existent planes are ready for use after several shutdown incidents of Yemen’s military planes have been reported during the past seven years in battles with the Houthi rebels in Sa’ada of the north and opposition tribesmen in Arhab, north of Sana’a.

At the moment the defected army is in control of two military airbases of Yemen’s ten airbases, one in Hodeida and the other is in Hadramout.

Yemen: Unlawful Attacks, Denial of Medical Care in Taizz
US, EU, Gulf Should Reject Immunity for Saleh, Aides

(New York, February 8, 2012) – Yemeni security forces stormed and shelled hospitals, evicted patients at gunpoint, and beat medics during an assault on Yemen’s protest movement that killed at least 120 people in the flashpoint city of Taizz last year, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who is in the United States receiving medical treatment, received amnesty in Yemen for such attacks.

In the 75-page report, “‘No Safe Places’: Yemen’s Crackdown on Protests in Taizz,” Human Rights Watch called on the United States, the European Union, and Persian Gulf states to publicly acknowledge that the domestic immunity granted Saleh and his aides last month has no legal effect outside Yemen.

“President Saleh’s forces killed and wounded hundreds of civilians, evicted hospital patients, and blocked war wounded from reaching care,” said Letta Tayler, Yemen researcher at Human Rights Watch. “Saleh is entitled to medical treatment, but he and his aides have no right to immunity from prosecution for international crimes.”

When Yemenis took to the streets in January 2011 to demand an end to Saleh’s 33-year rule, Taizz, 250 kilometers south of the capital, Sanaa, became a center of both peaceful and armed resistance – and the scene of numerous human rights abuses and violations of the laws of war. “No Safe Places” is based on more than 170 interviews with protesters, doctors, human rights defenders, and other witnesses to attacks in Taizz by state security forces and pro-Saleh gangs from February to December 2011.

Yemeni security forces repeatedly used excessive and lethal force against largely peaceful protesters in Taizz. During attacks on opposition fighters that began in mid-2011, they also indiscriminately shelled populated areas of the city. Government troops conducted much of the shelling from al-Thawra Hospital, the city’s biggest medical center, which they occupied from June to December, virtually closing it to medical care.

One of the biggest attacks on protesters took place on the night of May 29-30 at Freedom Square, in Taizz, when state security forces and armed gangs fired on protesters, set fire to their tents, and bulldozed an outdoor area they had occupied since February. Fifteen protesters were killed and more than 260 wounded. Arif Abd al-Salam, 32, a history teacher and protester, described the security forces’ attack:

They had tanks and bulldozers. They were throwing petrol bombs into the tents and firing from many directions. I saw with my own eyes a man with a loudspeaker calling on the security forces to stop attacking and killing their brothers. He was shot dead with a bullet.

Victims of the Taizz crackdown included both protesters and bystanders. Qaid al-Yusifi, a teacher, was killed on July 9, as he was bringing milk to his children in al-Rawdha, an opposition stronghold that was repeatedly struck by government artillery. Al-Yusifi’s wife, Labiba Hamid Muhammad Saif, told Human Rights Watch that she heard at least three shells hit the area around the couple’s house:

We tried to look out the window because we heard screaming. There were a number of wounded and there were people from the neighborhood trying to rescue them. The electricity was cut and I could not recognize the injured. Then I recognized one of them as my husband, Qaid. He was carrying juice, milk, and water, not bombs or bullets.

Of the 120 deaths Human Rights Watch confirmed in Taizz, 57 were protesters and bystanders killed in attacks by security forces and gangs on largely peaceful rallies and 63 were civilians killed in shelling and other attacks during military operations against tribal opposition fighters. At least 22 victims of the attacks in Taizz were children.

On May 30, during the attack on Freedom Square, security forces and armed gangs forcibly entered five medical facilities receiving injured protesters. At one medical facility, a doctor described a security officer smashing the face of a wounded protester with his gun butt, knocking him unconscious. Inside a mosque on Freedom Square serving as a field hospital, security forces thrust gun butts into protesters’ wounds, witnesses told Human Rights Watch.

On November 11, the military shelled al-Rawdha hospital, as civilians wounded that day in other security force attacks rushed there for treatment. Ordnance from the attack on the hospital suggests direct-fire impacts from tanks, indicating that it was deliberate. One patient fell to his death through a hole in the wall created by the blasts.

Many of the unlawful attacks documented in the report were committed by Republican Guards, an elite army unit commanded by Saleh’s son, Brig. Gen. Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh, and by Central Security, a paramilitary unit run by the president’s nephew, Gen. Yahya Muhammad Saleh.

The attacks on protesters by Yemeni security forces violated international human rights law, including the right to peaceful assembly and expression, and were contrary to international standards on the use of force and firearms. Denial of medical assistance to injured protesters violated the right to health.

International law governing armed conflict was applicable to the fighting between the security forces and opposition fighters commanded by local sheiks. The security forces violated international law by indiscriminately shelling populated neighborhoods. The security forces’ occupation of hospitals and mistreatment of medical workers violates the principle of medical neutrality and the duty to respect and protect medical facilities and personnel.

Opposition fighters unlawfully placed civilians at risk by deploying in populated areas, Human Rights Watch said. “We asked them not to shoot next to our house,” one al-Rawdha resident said in September, “but they kept on doing so.”

Saleh blamed bloodshed in Taizz and other cities on “terrorists.” In a written response to Human Rights Watch’s findings, the government in December blamed casualties involving protesters and civilians on “sudden attacks … launched by the [opposition] armed militias.” Human Rights Watch’s field research found no evidence of this.

Since April, an accord brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), and backed by the US and EU, promised Saleh and his aides blanket immunity if the president ceded power. Saleh signed the deal in November and on January 21, 2012, the Yemeni parliament granted immunity to the president and his aides. As a head of state, Saleh also enjoys diplomatic immunity abroad until he formally leaves office on February 21.

In addition to dismissing the immunity law, the US, EU, and GCC member states should encourage the new Yemeni caretaker government to revoke the measure on grounds it violates Yemen’s international legal obligations, Human Rights Watch said. International law does not recognize amnesty for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other serious violations of human rights.

“The US, and EU and Gulf states should make loud and clear that the immunity is no good abroad and should be revoked at home,” Tayler said. “No one responsible for grave international crimes should get a free pass.”

To read the Human Rights Watch report, “‘No Safe Places’: Yemen’s Crackdown on Protests in Taizz,” please visit:

http://hrw.org/reports/2012/02/06/no-safe-places-0

For more Human Rights Watch reporting on Yemen, please visit:

http://www.hrw.org/middle-eastn-africa/yemen

Yemen Post: We the Ambassadors of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the European Union (EU), wish to reiterate to the people of Yemen our full commitment to the political transition process taking place on the basis of the November 2011 GCC Agreement and in the framework of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2014 (2011). The 21 February Interim Presidential Elections are an important step. We call upon all the political parties, military authorities, tribal and regional leaders, youth and non-governmental civil society actors to work together to ensure that the elections are as inclusive as possible and take place without violence and in a constructive spirit of cooperation.

We look to all parties to work for improved security conditions throughout the country, the protection of civilians and the national infrastructure such as pipelines and electricity supplies, respect for human rights, the release of all political detainees, justice for all those affected by the crisis of the last year, national reconciliation and a unified effort to address the growing humanitarian crisis.

We share the aspiration of Yemeni citizens who seek a more stable and prosperous Yemen and a government that provides all the services citizens can rightly expect. The next two years of continuing transition will be vital to achieve this. We stand ready to support in every way possible this process.

a) Kindly publish the GCC Agreement in full as signed in Arabic and English, no one has seen the full text of the controlling document.

b) The lack of security, stability or services may have instigated the rev and the solution according to Yemenis is democracy. self-determination and an entire regime change. No one is seeking a better dictatorship except the UN.

c) Reiterate is the wrong word as it implies there was any attempt to communicate directly with the Yemeni people previously, and there was not.

d) Lovely the way they lump civilians in with pipelines and infrastructure in the same sentence as items to be protected.

e) Seeking justice for those harmed over the last year will not bring stability, Saleh’s victims prior to 2011 are substantially aggrieved. What kind of justice can the victims in 2011 expect and why are the thousands of prior victims excluded from this justice?

f) What kind of transition is it if Saleh is coming back to vote, many in the GPC retain power and Ahmed is expected to run in two years? The unity government not only freezes out the protesters, Houthis and Southerners but also the GPC officials who had the decency to resign after the March massacre. We are left the same exact players who were in a political deadlock from 2006-2011, with the exception of a few sincere individuals trying to hold back the GPC counter-revolution.

Although the Yemeni Constitution requires two candidates, the UN dictated single candidate election is a foregone conclusion, and I don’t think anybody should waste their time and energy boycotting (although many groups are). The National Reconciliation Conference however is an opportunity for the excluded elements of the Yemeni public to bring forth their demands while the international community is paying attention. It may be a rare chance to force some changes. Most groups and individuals in Yemen already agree on 1) a proportional electoral system that will eventually undermine the larger parties and allow a more representative political process and 2) transparent budget and fair allocation of resources.

It may be wise for all groups to agree to start with these two (or any other) consensual demands and see if the process is actually going to work. The opening goals should be ones that benefit every Yemeni regardless of identity. But what I think is gong to happen is that they are all going to come to the table with a full list of divergent demands and conditions. For example, many southerners remain fully committed to an independent state (as an opening statement), despite the argument for unwinding things slowly or joining the unity government to ensure a fair allocation of aid and resources for now.

Like I said before, if the presidential “election” had a meaningful referendum attached to it, like lets say on the proportional system of elections, more people might vote because their votes would have meaning and give them a voice and a decision. The outcome of this single candidate “election” was determined by the UN last year. Its an absurd proposition that that the UN is seeking the legitimacy of the popular will on an decidedly undemocratic, unconstitutional and unpopular process. Yemenis are not cattle or children, and a strongly worded statement won’t make them behave in a manner convenient to the UN. The letter doesn’t even have a nice or respectful tone. But at the end of the day, the final end to the nightmare of Saleh’s reign will be a positive event, as long as its actually the end and not more propaganda.

Also maybe somebody should explain to the southerners that participation in the elections doesn’t mean acceptance of the unified state or negate their rights and claims but maybe its a step to present those claims and affirm those rights in the coming national reconciliation conference. There are plans for protests against the elections in the near future in certain locations.

Yemen’s government is a hyper-political configuration wherein all state institutions and bureaucracies became an extension of the GPCs power. That is one reason I suggested early last year suspending the established political parties during the transition period, which would also give new parties a chance to develop real constituencies. Instead the current configuration as outlined by the GCC deal attempts to re-balance or tip the gridlock between the GPC and the JMP.

These are the two entities that were unable to agree on (previously agreed upon) electoral reforms from 2006-2011, there was not one shred of progress, not even the most basic reform was enacted. If they keep thwarting the transition maybe its time to go back to my idea from 2007, Disband the GPC. The problem is the GPC is the counter to Islah, so if they both take a two year hiatus, it might allow some breathing room.

To follow is my 2007 article that lays out part of the configurations in place then that are hampering progress now. Published at World Press 9/2/07, the article, written two months after the first southern protest, was disparaged because I said there were simmering tensions in the south: It wasn’t possible to disband the GPC five years ago but I wanted people to for once imagine a world without it in order to better see its hegemony in day to day life.

Disband Yemen’s Ruling Party

Since Yemen’s presidential election last September, the nation is experiencing several areas of instability. Crisis areas include the fourth recurrence of the Saada war in North Yemen, popular protests in the former South Yemen, hostile tribal posturing, and the resurgence of terror attacks directed at the state. One causal factor common to all these conflicts is institutionalized inequality or state discrimination. This inequality is also the foundation of massive corruption that is destroying Yemen. With elitism so engrained and corruption so pervasive, structural reform is nearly impossible. One solution may be to dissolve the national mechanisms that function to perpetuate inequality and enable corruption, starting with Yemen’s ruling party.

Hopes generated before Yemen’s 2006 presidential election were dashed in its wake. Oppositionists were disappointed that the election was a pantomime of democracy with state resources overwhelmingly supporting President Ali Abdullah Saleh, the victor and incumbent of 28 years. Saleh’s supporters were disappointed when his expansive election platform produced few tangible results upon his reelection. In fact, the situation worsened for the average Yemeni with prices rocketing higher.

After the election, Yemen’s military fought an intense war with Shia rebels in Yemen’s northernmost Saada region. Estimates are the war cost over a billion dollars since January. Thousands of soldiers, rebels, and civilians have been killed and wounded. Cities and villages have been laid to waste. Internal refugees number over 50,000. The International Committee of the Red Cross has noted that food in the region is in critically short supply and the local population has been without medical facilities since the inception of the war. Yemen has fought the insurgents three times since 2004. Each time, mediation led to a ceasefire that was then broken by both sides.

Renewal of tensions between Yemen’s major northern tribal confederations was a predictable result of the tribalization of the Saada war. The military inducted thousands of President Saleh’s Hashid tribesmen, and reports of looting and indiscriminate violence emerged. Senior Bakil sheiks issued statements warning of the potential for the broadening of the conflict or years of localized retaliatory tribal warfare. The National Solidarity Council was announced in July and consists of 1,000 tribal sheiks and dignitaries primarily from the Hashid confederation. A hastily formed grouping of Bakil tribal leaders announced their opposition to the National Solidarity Council in August, accusing it of intending to foster conflicts and Libyan support.

With war tapering off in the north, long suppressed tensions have come to the surface in the south. Popular protests are expressing the grievances of tens of thousands of southern military officers who were punitively discharged after Yemen’s 1994 civil war. Despite the regime’s assurances of reconciliation, the southern officers remained unemployed and lived on below-sustenance pensions for over a decade. In August, Yemeni security forces banned “unauthorized” demonstrations in Aden after a series of increasingly large protest marches began in May. Hundreds of demonstrators were arrested. Others were beaten on the street. One died. Regime efforts to quell the movement included promoting about 600 former officers, creating a clone of the pensioners’ organization, and promising to increase the pensions to legally required levels.

Each of these conflicts has its roots in intentional inequality. The 1990 unity between the former South Yemen and North Yemen was subverted by the dominance of the northern General People’s Congress (G.P.C.) party. In the south, state discrimination takes the form of massive land theft, targeted impoverishment, and the withholding of employment and educational opportunities. Geographic discrimination is not unusual. The withholding of water to Taiz is discrimination against a city. The politicized arrest of Al Shura editor Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani is discrimination against a person. The war in Saada, primarily a political one, gained sectarian overtones when security forces began to target Zaidis by identity. The mass arrest of Zaidi preachers, students, and villagers is state discrimination, as is the withholding of food and medicine to the region. The primacy of President Saleh’s Hashid tribe is derived from its association with the tools of the state. The access to economic benefits based on tribal affiliation as well as the immunity of the Hashid from the judiciary is institutionalized inequality. The inequality among groups (political, regional, tribal, sectarian) is reinforced by state media incitement.

In response to these recurring areas of instability and violence, the regime and the opposition parties are reacting predictably and in ways that initially fostered the conflicts. The government has responded with coercion, patronage, and propaganda without addressing any of the underlying factors such as political exclusion. The Houthis remain “monarchists” and the southerners “separatists” according to the official media. Movement leaders are plied with funds and accommodations while the bulk of Yeminis face brutal security forces and a well-armed military.

The Yemeni opposition blames and criticizes the G.P.C.; however, it is just as elitist. Some opposition leaders have also been co-opted by the G.P.C. and work toward the best interest of the ruling party, not the opposition or the people. The opposition coalition, the Joint Meeting Parties (J.M.P.), hopes to wrest control away from the powerful ruling party in Yemen’s 2009 parliamentary elections. The J.M.P. operates in a limited political space with the threat of violence never far away. The constraints on the J.M.P. do not preclude it from operating democratically. However, the J.M.P.’s lack of commitment in practice to equality, transition of power, transparency, and free speech work to limit its credibility. For the J.M.P.’s promises to ring true, the coalition would need to demonstrate the ability to reform itself and engage in internal democratic practices.

Yemen is facing dramatic times that require new and dramatic solutions. One way to disentangle corrupt relationships and encourage a merit-based hierarchy is to dissolve the ruling party. The G.P.C. functions similarly to the Syrian Baath party and the former Iraqi Baath party, as a party of access, influence, and patronage. The party merged with state institutions and bureaucracies that have become politicized. The party operates in its own self-interest and has grown to dominate public space.

Dissolving the G.P.C. would enable space for authentic reform by removing the structure that determines inclusion and exclusion. The G.P.C. is a primary mechanism of discrimination. It discriminates against all Yeminis but does so by identity, thereby reinforcing social divisions. Party affiliation is a factor in education, employment, judicial rulings, and public services, where they exist. Through G.P.C. control of the bureaucracy, the oligarchy absorbs the benefits of donor aid and natural resources while clean water, electricity, and educational and medical facilities are largely unavailable to the bulk of Yeminis. Yemen’s elite routinely deploy state institutions, including security forces and the judiciary, for personal ends as well as to stifle dissent, criticism, and efforts toward reform. Those within the G.P.C. with the foresight and courage to press for real reform can only go so far before the interests of “influential people” are threatened.

Another solution may be to create a new party that models equality and therefore democracy. A party committed to egalitarian principles would abide by its own charter, model financial transparency, hold fair internal elections, make leadership positions available to all members, and follow the expressed will of the majority. Yemen has yet to see a party that uniformly follows those prescriptions. And such a party needs to exist to give political access to ordinary citizens and hope to its 10 million youth. Democracy is the choice of the Yemeni people and therefore so is equality. A state or a party that discriminates by identity is inherently undemocratic.

Yemen Post: Shiite Houthi leader, Abdulmalek al-Houthi, in Yemen called on Saturday for establishing a civil state that lives up to the people of Yemen, who took to streets demanding change.
In a speech he delivered in front of tens of thousands of his supporters, who gathered to commemorate the prophetic cradle anniversary in the northern Yemeni province of Saddah, al-Houthi called on political forces to respect the will and choice of Yemeni people.
A panel of qualified Yemeni experts should be formed to draft a new constitution, the Military Committee quickly restructures the army, and Security and Political intelligent Security should be dissolved, he demanded.
His followers have reportedly closed all routes from and to Saddah and forced the residents to use excessive fireworks, leaving at least one killed and two injured, local media reported.
“Such ceremony of this magnitude in Yemen to celebrate the prophetic birth anniversary is the fruit of the revolution, which brought down the head of the regime,” al-Houthis said.

There’s no use pining for an apolitical transitional council of bureaucrats that was the protesters’ goal instead of the US sponsored re-empowerment of the entrenched forces that spurred the rev in the first place. The GCC deal is all carrot and no stick. The agreement, designed to effect a peaceful transition of power, took away the threats of freezing (stolen) funds, domestic or international prosecution, the “de-Baathification” of the GPC an international arms embargo and exile as an incentives for good behavior. The various fiefdoms are relatively unmolested, protected by the deal, and remain powerful and intertwined. Poor Hadi, he’s single handedly up against one of the most corrupt regimes on the planet and they are all going to fight to retain their cash flows and power. Those in the unity government with good intentions are beginning to despair at the overwhelming forces of the counter-revolution that blocks steps toward reform.

Yemen Vice President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi has threatened to unveil realities about Yemen’s current situations, indicating that nothing of the GCC-brokered power transfer’s provisions was implemented so far, An Emirate newspaper, Albyan, quoted well-informed Yemeni officials
The newspaper said Hadi has recently chaired a committee tasked with following up the GCC deal, pointing out that he cited that his residence was subject to shooting by unidentified men several times.
The officials said Hadi showed a dire picture of Yemen’s situations, pointing out that the capital is still divided into three parts, and oil and electricity lines are damaged
According to Albyan, Haid complained Al-Qaeda control on some towns, saying that the army took no actions to prevent Al-Qaeda expansion.
Armed groups affiliated to Al-Qaeda calling itself as “the Islamic Jihad Group” took over last month Yemeni towns amid claims that Saleh’s aides helped Al-Qaeda have a productive ground to grow and expand.
In the meeting , representatives of the General People Congress headed by Saleh could not justify the storm of some state newspapers by armed men loyal to regime, the newspaper added.
Under the GCC deal, Hadi is the consensus candidate of major parties in a presidential elections scheduled for February, while Saleh remains as a figurehead president for 90 days after he was forced to sign the deal.
After the elections, as GCC deal states, Hadi will oversee national dialogue to consider proposals for constitutional reforms that include replacing the presidential system with a multi-party parliamentary system.
Hadi is additionally tasked with presiding over the military commission, which operates to negotiate the demilitarization of the capital, Sana’a, and other cities.

Related: MSNBC article on the election:

Yemeni officials said Washington would not tolerate attempts to upset Hadi’s ascension to the presidency.

“The American administration told representatives of (both sides within the unity government) that… the U.N. Security Council will strongly confront any attempts to keep Hadi from being elected as the country’s president,” a Yemeni minister who attended a meeting with U.S. officials last week told Reuters.

5/2/2012-YemenOnline

Yemeni vice president Abdrabo Mansor Hadi said in meeting to discuss the situation of the mechanism implementation of the Gulf Cooperation Council GCC that none of the GCC Deal has been achieved.

A source who participated the meeting said to Al-Bian Emirates newspaper that Vice President presented a tragic picture of the situation in the country. Hadi said that the capital Sana’a is still divided into three regions, although the problem of electricity not resolved and the pipeline has not been allowed to fix it since blown up ‘ source said.

According to the source, vice president also complained of «Control of the breadth of al-Qaeda on several areas in the country», where the organization is now controlled many areas in the southern provinces of Hadramaut, Shabwa, Abyan and Aden without any military forces are doing to meet this expansion.Vice President Hadi nominated by the Yemeni parliament as a compromised candidate in the next presidential election, which is supposed to be held in February 21,2012.

Washington Post: NYC protest against Yemeni president gets heated when he appears as shoe is thrown

NEW YORK — A protest of the embattled president of Yemen outside the New York hotel where he’s staying got heated when demonstrators saw him leave the building.

The dozen protesters had been kept across the street from the Ritz-Carlton hotel Sunday afternoon. They had been waving flags and yelling in opposition to President Ali Abdullah Saleh. He is visiting the United States for medical treatment.

Saleh exited the hotel and waved and smiled sardonically toward the protesters. One of them attempted to charge across the street, but was restrained by authorities. Someone also threw a shoe in Saleh’s direction.

Saleh got into his car. His motorcade then left.

Original: Spectacular. I was concerned that negotiations with the Taliban would be followed by negotiations with AQAP but it seemed too extreme to be possible, even for Obama. First the GCC deal freezes out (in bulk) all the philosophical forces opposed to the narrow, violent, supremacist al Qaeda worldview (including the protesters, women, southerners, Houthis, civil government advocates and everyone who defected from the GPC on principle) and then the (US endorsed) GCC deal re-empowers the calcified and dysfunctional ruling structure, paving the way for al Qaeda to impose its rigid political agenda on the rest of the nation through legitimate political avenues. While it is possible for hardened jihaddists to mature, the group has to change before they can come engage in the political process including renouncing violence and taqfirism, and endorsing equal rights and protections for all denominations and all Yemeni citizens. They are not there yet.

CNN via Yemen Online: 5/2/2012, Yemen’s highest military authority Sunday announced its willingness to open channels of dialogue with al Qaeda in hopes of reaching a long-term cease-fire agreement.

The military committee was formed as part of the power transfer deal in November. Spokesman Ali Saeed Obaid told CNN that the new Yemeni military leadership is opening its hands and will seek new solutions with al Qaeda fighters.

Al Qaeda currently controls large areas in the southern Abyan and Shabwa provinces of Yemen.

“We are offering al Qaeda a chance to be involved in the political decisions in the country through politics, rather than forcing their views with the use of arms,” Obaid said.

Vice President Abdurabu Hadi is chairman of the committee, which is responsible for rebuilding the Yemeni military.

“The committee is hoping that al Qaeda lays down its arms and participates in seeking change democratically, like the millions in Yemen,” Obaid said, adding that al Qaeda would in return handover all territories under its control to the military and evacuate government posts.

Al Qaeda has not yet responded to the offer, the committee said.

Yemen’s government is in the midst of a transfer of power in which President Ali Abdullah Saleh, a longtime United States ally in the war on terrorism, has agreed to step down after more than 33 years of rule.

Islamist militants seized control of Abyan last May after government positions were suddenly emptied. The province was announced an Islamic emirate a week later, resulting in hundreds of fighters joining their lines.

Hundreds of troops and fighters have been killed daily as part of their efforts to rid the province of the fighters.

More than 100,000 residents of Abyan evacuated the province when clashes intensified last July. They are currently living in shelters in the neighboring provinces of Aden and Lahj.

Last month, a committee formed by Hadi persuaded al Qaeda fighters in Radda, in the nearby province of al-Baitha, to evacuate the area two weeks after they took it over.

Suspected al Qaeda fighters left the town after five days of tense negotiations in exchange for the release of three prisoners, Hadi’s office said at the time. CNN

Related, a Lebanese paper questions whether Tariq al Dhahab is an operative of AQAP or the National Security (but these are not mutually exclusive) and if the take over of Radda was another false flag maneuver. The Abbad report below has al Wahishi physically in Raada with al Dhahab, but Wahishi and the National Security have had easy, if not good, relations for a long time

Before leaving Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh had opened the game of al-Qaeda again. This time occurred from Radda Area where al-Qaeda does not exist. Despite the fact that there is convention that led fundamentalist group to leave the town after occupying it for 4 weeks and the authority undertook to implement some of the armed group’s demands, subsequent developments say that this scenario will be repeated in other parts of Yemen.

It seems that Ali Abdullah Saleh even two weeks before heading for U. S. for treatment had not got bored from using al-Qaeda card, however, he signed (GCC) Imitative which turned him an honorary president with no power. He is still insisting on lifting up the slogan of “Me or al-Qaeda”. He did it in Abyan Province, south Yemen, at the middle of May when he directed security troops to leave the gates of the town opened and showed no resistance in front of attack of hundreds of armed men. Later, the regime said they belong to al-Qaeda.

Now, he is implementing it again but in a way improperly directed. Tribal Sheik from Radda Town called Tariq al-Dhahab, has tribal broad influence and belongs to famous tribe distinguished by its strength and the wide-spread of weapon among its elements in al-Baidha Province south Yemen along with hundreds of armed men, entered the area and faced no resistance from Central Security or Republican Guards present in the area. Nothing stopped Dhahab and his men, they entered the town as if they were going on a picnic or fishing trip not to occupy an entire town, and later declared an Islamic emirate.

After entering, they headed for the main Ameriya Mosque in the town where they prayed Maghreb (Sunset Prayers) and Isha (Evening Paryers). Between the two prayers, Tariq al-Dhahab delivered preach in which he pledged of allegiance to the leader of al-Qaeda in Arab Peninsula Nasr al-Waheshi and to the leader of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan Ayman al-Zawahiri. He announced a set of procedures in the town including forcing owners of petrol station to sell fuel with former price before the outbreak of the Youth Revolution in Yemen.

It is a step through which he aimed at gaining people’s sympathy. After that, they headed for ancient Ameriya Castle overlooking the town. They did not stop but they kept on dominating the rest of the town within the next two days. They, moreover, went to the Central Prison and released all inmates. Deputy Minister of Information Ministry Abdu Janadi commented on this conduct and said they did so in order to increase their number and arm those who want to join them. This was denied by Tariq al-Dhahab as saying he only had released two inmates of his followers. Dhahab later announced through recorded video saying, “Islamic caliphate is coming even if we sacrifice our souls and skulls for that,” He, moreover, threatened to free the Arabian Peninsula after applying Islamic law in Yemen, meeting the need of people.

Simultaneously, the Military Committee, formed in order to demilitarize Yemeni cities in accordance with (GCC) plan, continued holding meetings in the capital Sana’a to search the last results of the removal of barricades and military vehicles from the streets of the cities of Sana’a and Taiz. It issued a statement in which it praised these operations without forgetting to say that it would form investigation committee regarding what happened in Radda Town. It appeared that the Committee was in a side and Radda sheiks of tribes in the other. The sheiks were trying to rectify the deteriorating situation under an overt absence of security showing no resistance towards Dhahab’s elements occupying the town.

Consequently, tribe sheiks announced to hold meeting to discuss the serious situation especially as people there resorted to use their guns and to stand in front of their shops and houses to protect them. More serious than that, the large number of those released prisoners who were detained against a backdrop of revenge issues and crimes such as rape, stealing and murder including approximately 165 prisoners had sentenced to death.

How did the large number of fighters enter the town and how did they pass through all military checkpoints located along the main highways connecting the governorates of Yemen. Local source, who preferred to be in the state of anonymity, said they did not enter the town as rumored but they were gathered from inside the town. He explained to “al-Akhbar” that a number of sheiks repeatedly appealed to the authority the growing presence of strange militants from the town, but their calls faced no response. The sheiks, furthermore, appealed to militants to leave the town, otherwise they would use force to take militants out of the town and they offered them 3 days before Tariq al-Dhahab demanded to extend the deadline in order to discuss with senior sheiks of the tribe to reach to a solution that satisfies everybody without resorting to the strength of weapon. At the end, this resulted to make militants leave the town after the authority accepted some demands of Dhahab to release his younger brother from Political Security’s prison in Sana’a.

Khalid al-Dhahab shocked everybody when he said in statement to the press that his brother Tariq fully coordinated with National Security and with the former Interior Minister, the matter which puts questions regarding the reality of Tariq al-Dhahab link to Qaeda or is he a part of a security apparatus implementing specific task?

“The town of Radda was far from any mentioning of the presence of al-Qaeda inside and it did not happen that its name was linked to al-Qaeda,” said Managing Editor of “Masdar” independent newspaper, Abdul-Hakeem Helal, pointing out that we could never ignore the real presence of al-Qaeda in Yemen unlike what the opposition says through repeatable deny and that al-Qaeda is only a card played by Saleh.

For his part, media source in General People’s Congress (GPC), who did not want to mention his name, said to “al-Akhbar” that these acts done by Ali Abdullah Saleh before leaving Yemen were in the context of his attempts to bring chaos in spite of adopting immunity law which granted Saleh immunity from prosecution for his 33 year reign.

Simultaneously, elements belong to (GPC), headed by Saleh, notably were armed especially in Taiz and Dhale’ south Yemen. Informed sources said that their main goal in the next phase is to hinder early presidential election scheduled on February 21st, so Yemen would return to square number one.

Source: Lebanese al-Akhbar Newspaper

Yemen Post The Yemen-based Abaad Centre for Studies and Researches has cautioned that some factions seek to collapse Yemeni cities militarily under the pretext of Al-Qaeda as happened in Radda and Abyan provinces scenarios.
“This scenario may be carried out in Ibb, Dhala’a, Lahj, and, Hadhramout and other cities would be controlled under the pretext of fighting Al-Qaeda as it is expected to happen in Dhamar, Taiz, and Hodeidah.
In a periodic report, Abaad pointed out that Al-Qaeda has no systematic structure and its goals are foggy, affirming that it lacks strategic visions.
“Therefore, Al-Qaeda was penetrated by local and international bodies, and only those bodies take advantages of Al-Qaeda,” added the centre. “Even some figures benefited from Al-Qaeda as that clearly appeared during its control and withdrawal of Al-Amria in Rada when Tariq Al-Dhahab could get his brother out of the custody.”
“There are figures affiliated to Al-Qaeda, some were in Abyan and others who escaped jails, are currently existed in Sana’a, and some Al-Qaeda fugitives live with the displaced people inside schools in Aden.”
The report ruled out that Al-Qaeda has the ability to take over any town, if it does not receive direct and indirect logistic support by some sides that are in connection to the power transfer process.
“Al-Dhahab withdrew from Radda after he failed to recruit enough numbers to completely control the city as well as he got his main demand, release of his bother” the report added.
The periodic report revealed that Al-Dhahab was not the real leader of Al-Qaeda in Radda.
It further cited that Al-Qaeda senior leaders, Nasser Al-Wohaish, the leader of Al-Qaeda, and Ebrahim Darwish, another Al-Qaeda leader were at Alzahir district of Baidha governorate when Radda was taken over.
“Decisions were taken by Al-Qaeda Shura council consisted of 20 persons who are selected of 60 persons, the real division of Al-Qaeda which is called ” Almuhajreen” which includes a Saudi and Pakistani nationals. Their duties were not external protection. Some Bedouins, tribesmen and other escapees joined Al-Qaeda in its fighting with the aim of getting money and others were contained as a result of Al-Dhahab’s charisma in the area.
“While the real leader was not known in Radda, there was a field leader who is called Abu Hamza and another high-ranking leader called “Abu Hamam” , and they were considered the main decion-makers in Radda”
Abaad said that assassination incidents against officers and soldiers of the Political Security and other security services were clear-cut indicators of Al-Qaeda expansion.
“Before Al-Qaeda control on Radda, three of the Political Security officials were killed in Baidah, capital of the governorate, and Al-Qaeda was behind their assassination,” the report added “One of these officers, Ahmed Samba was kidnapped and executed by Al-Qaeda in Abyan,”
“Security services believe that Al-Qaeda was behind killing of approximately 70 security officers including 20 ones affiliated to the Political Security. Most of them were killed in the eastern and Southern governorates in the period from January 2011 to January 2012. This number is 25 percent of all those officers and soldiers killed since the eruption of anti-regime protests.”
The report affirmed that Al-Qaeda used the Yemeni political gap and the power transfer process to strengthen its control, pointing out that Saleh’s regime directly or indirectly contributed in Al-Qaeda control on Abyan and Radda.

“As Al-Qaeda took over Al-Qaeda in Zinjibar in April 2011 and seized control on the Central Security camp without fighting, it was supposed that Major General Adel Al-Masri, nephew of the Interior Ministry, be investigated.
“However, Al-Masri was appointed as a security director of Radda a day after the signature of the GCC-brokered power transfer deal,” the report added.
“After Almasri became the first security official in Rada, Al-Qaeda could seized control Radda at the same way it took over Zinjibar,”
“As a result of Al-Qaeda operations, some regional and international powers would move to Yemen’s territorial water, particularly the United states,”
“Its military move is motivated by presidential elections race, particularly after it achieved victories in Afghanistan and Yemen as well as the success of its covert operations which led to the killing of Bin Laden and Anwar Al-Awlaki,”
“Pentagon said it deployed a large floating base to serve as a “mother ship” for commando teams to the Middle East as tensions rise with Iran, Al Qaeda in Yemen and Somali pirates, but the main goal was the implementation of an agreement with Taliban for which the American forces would leave Afghanistan in return for allowing Al-Qaeda leaders would exit Afghanistan with guarantees of not endangering their lives,”
“Because Iran is interested in getting Americans and Al-Qaeda out Afghanistan, so it would facilitate the mission,” added the report.
“As for the US-Iranian competition at Bab-el-Mandeb strait, particularly after Tehran threatened to close Hormuz strait, the report said that Americans seek to secure Bab-el-Mandeb, and then expand to the east Africa, but they know that Iran’s existence in the African Horn would make them accept share as happened in Afghanistan and Iraq” the report concluded.

It expected that Washington would support Turkey’s efforts to decrease the ceiling of Iran’s demands which start with the United States’ suspension of its support to the Iranian opposition and ends with turning blind eyes to Iran’s repression against Sunnis in Balochistan , Ahwaz and Kurdistan.
It also cited that Washington and Tehran would reach an agreement that put an end to bargaining, pointing out that the Gulf Cooperation Council states would have their roles in the agreement as they are considered the closest partners to the United States.
“Yemen could be included in bargaining and Iran may abandon its influence in the African Horn, Yemen, Syria , Bahrain, particularly if it felt that it is fragile from inside and that its “Guardianship of the Jurist” system faces collapse in conjunction with parliamentary elections and Arab spring revolutions” it added.
The report concluded that bargaining reveals that Al-Qaeda organization is used as a justification for regional and international race to took over region’s resources.

It ultimately called the Yemeni Consensus government to set an emergency plan to deal with Al-Qaeda which includes economic reforms, political openness, debates and dialogues with all Yemeni forces including Al-Qaeda and the Houthi group.
“The government must take into consideration the military and security action as the last solution,” the report said.