Massacre: Yemini Forces Open Fire on Protesters Killing 30+
- Posted on March 18, 2011 at 9:42am by
Emily Esfahani Smith
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SANAA, Yemen (AP / THE BLAZE) — Yemeni doctors say at least 31 people have been killed by security forces who opened fire on an anti-government demonstration in the Yemeni capital and that dozens have been wounded.
The death toll is among the highest in the month of violence that has shaken Yemen with protesters demanding President Ali Abdullah Saleh step down.
The tribal leader above has this message for the president: “We implore you to leave Yemen and let the Yemenis decide their future.”
Government forces and pro-government thugs have used live fire in an increasingly deadly crackdown.
Police started shooting at the protesters rallying outside the Sanaa University from rooftops and nearby houses as demonstrators filled the square after Friday prayers.
The two doctors who gave the toll spoke on condition of anonymity fearing reprisals. They work at a makeshift hospital at the protesters’ encampment near Sanaa University.
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nowhereman
Posted on March 19, 2011 at 1:46amMr. Bush’s, I mean Obama’s reason for intervening in Libya:
Report Post »“Left unchecked, we have every reason to believe that Gadhafi would commit atrocities against his people,” he said. “Many thousands could die. A humanitarian crisis would ensue. The entire region could be destabilized, endangering many of our allies and partners. The calls of the Libyan people for help would go unanswered. The democratic values that we stand for would be overrun.”
What will be his reason when it comes time to intervene in Yemen? Then Bahrain? Then Syria?
Dave In Arizona
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 2:41pmAny bets on whether Obama just sits on his thumbs (as usual) and for how long?
Report Post »springlake425
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:34pmfrigging muslims. more murders. more religion of peace. hell awaits.
Report Post »JP4JOY
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 11:30amHmm… Yemen…USS Cole…Yemen…USS Cole…oh yeah let’s defend these guys! NOT
Report Post »CanDan
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 11:29amEven in the Non-Muslim world, revolution rarely results in more rights and freedom?
In Gaza, Lebanon and Iran elections did not end bigotry, free women or stop murder in the name of Allah
Freedom means something else in Islam
Islam is not just a religion, but a political system as well
Hundreds of thousands of black Africans have been slaughtered in the name of Islam explicitly because of their race over the last five years, yet the world hasn’t noticed, or this is now expected behavior.
Report Post »sdranger
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 11:18amWho cares what these idiots do to each other. That comment also includes Lybia, if the UN wants a “no fly” zone let France, Italy and England do it. Enough is enough time to pull our horns in and let the country and our military R&R from all this war bs.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 11:12amThis is not over by a long shot. Who trained this forces anyways? Wasn’t that us.
Report Post »DaveOregon
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 11:04amYemeni needs to sink below the waves – or the same result however accomplished. One of the worst breeding grounds for terrorists next to Iran and Afghanistan. REally folks – the Persian Gulf region is going “nuclear”. Does the US have a role to play? Sure – stay the hell out of it and spend the $$ we would on having our Air force, Navy, etc gihting to develop our own oi, natural gas, coal, etc beyond any need to import beyond Mexico and Canada. The only thing we do is same as Israel did to Syria nd what we should to with Iran – you build nuclear plant, we bomb it back to sand!
Report Post »CanDan
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 10:42amAmerica, under the Obama regime has recently send all kinds of aid to Yemen to fight in a new hush hush front in the war on- word not used by Whitehouse.
The same crowd that lamented Saddam Hussein’s deposing now cheer the ouster of allies to the West, Libya was Chair of the UN Human Rights Council
Expose the lies and double-standards.
Denounce the hypocrisy of Muslim nations
Some are saying G W Bush’s plan to spread democracy is working but I have to put my money on a bunch of Iranian style Islamic Paradise type countries spreading through Europe and the Middle East
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 10:39amOutrageous.
I hope our police and military would never follow those orders.
Report Post »quicker
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 10:35am@progressiveliberalmarine;At least this time he took mama inlaw
Report Post »ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 10:46amWhich has absolutely nothing to do with what I said at all.
Report Post »quicker
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 11:02amJus thought I`d say it anyway so lighten up
Report Post »ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 11:10amOh, sorry. Some people write insanely outrageous things on these boards and since most of the time they are serious I just assume they are serious all of the time.
Report Post »quicker
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 11:17amSometimes we need to put a little humor in it.
Report Post »quicker
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 10:31am@Gonzo; Like Itell my wife about some of her worthless coworkers;give them enought rope and they`ll hang themselves
Report Post »Nepenthe
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 10:29amThis is very disheartening, considering that we have allied with this government for years now in our neverending ‘war on terror’. But that has been US policy for decades now, supporting horribly repressive regimes, such as Yemen, Libyia, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Egypt, as long as they have promoted our ‘interests’. Then we have to spend large amounts of money and sacrifice some US Soldiers to fight these people when they turn on us, which all could have been avoided if we had not allied with these people in the first place.
Report Post »quicker
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 10:09amThe world on fire and Pebo goe`s to Rio
Report Post »ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 10:26amYep, because when he is on vacation he will be completely cut off from what is happening.
Report Post »quicker
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 10:03amThe world onfire and Pebo goe`s to rio .
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 10:19amRemember what Carney said about Japan? ” It bears repeating that this is a crisis, there is no question about it, and it is a crisis in Japan. It is not a crisis in the United States.”
Report Post »Why would the mid-east be any different… LET”S PARTY!!!!!!!
tankerBigRed1
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 10:00amAnybody notice that all hell breaks lose after church of the religion of peace?
Report Post »tenring
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 9:58amWhat would happen in the U. S. if people violently attempted an over throw of the government? Remember Mayor Richard J. Daily’s instructions in 1968 to his Chicago police “SHOOT TO KILL”?
Report Post »kurwa
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 9:55amAre these people freedom fighters or islamofascists in alliance with the left to bring down the global economy. Let me know when Glenn decides. Then I’ll know what to think.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 9:57amGlenn says do your own homework.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 10:08amYou are one of the few on here that need someone to direct your opinions. Most of us have our own. We enjoy Glenn because he often agrees with what we are thinking. You know, like how you enjoy reading Karl Marx.
Report Post »teachermitch32
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 10:12amKurwa,
My hunch is that you said that very thing about each of your teachers and professors while in school….if indeed you even attended school. “Please tell me the answer…please show me the way….please, it hurts to think too much.”
Report Post »red_white_blue2
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 9:55amPlease God, Bless these people. Please help us regain our moral compass. We need YOU more than ever!
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 9:51amJust curious, does the “peace symbol” with their fingers mean the same thing there as it does here?
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 9:57amI think it‘s the Churchill’s “V” for victory.
Report Post »LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 10:10amI once knew a guy who had a “peace symbol” painted on his jean jacket, and he was the biggest bully in town,… but in this case I’m with Gonzo
Report Post »KOCHLEFFEL
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 10:25amNO! it means f…u.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 9:50amWell, at least when they are busy killing each other, they can’t fully concentrate on killing us.
Report Post »Bigliardi
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 9:50amHere we go again…..
Report Post »Obama Bin Lying
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 10:06amThe religion of tolerance hard at work. As we can clearly see, regimes run by Islamic Law claim they are open, democratic and honor the right to free speech. That is right up until you try to use free speech or democracy…..
Islam is the religion of perpetual outrage
Report Post »constitutionparty
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 10:10amOkay Obama, you stuck your nose in too late with the no fly zone in Libya. Now are you going to request one here?
Report Post »912828Buckeye
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 10:12amIsn’t Yemen a hot bed of terrorist activity? Probably the
Report Post »Muslim Brotherhood stir’n the pot again.
Now this is Art
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 10:21amoh how i love when muslims kill muslims. isnt it grand? it not only helps with our budget deficit (so we dont have to spend more money killing them ourselves) but it is just plain good. mohammed was a murderer, hater and a pedophile…who the hell follows such a person other than other haters and murderer?
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 10:55amYemen was where the USS Cole was bombed in their harbor – and yes it is a hot bed of terrorist activities. I can’t believe that we would get involved in Yemen but the way things are going lately – I really hesitate to guess what we or the UN would do in this country. http://wp.me/pYLB7-KJ
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 11:14amWhere is Obama? Shouldn’t he be telling President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down like he did with Egypt and Libya? Oh, that’s right, Obama typically waits to see which way the political winds are blowing before he makes a statement and only after the press makes such an issue of his inaction that he feels he has to take some type of action. Being that this has been escalating for 30 days and it is being reported on more now…wait for it….just wait for it….“a statement by the President will be coming out shortly about Yemin”.
Report Post »happyboy
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 11:29amTesting: nice people, nice people, nice people.
Report Post »happyboy
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 11:30amTesting: white trash, white trash, white trash.
Report Post »happyboy
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 11:31amTesting: black people, black people, black people.
Report Post »happyboy
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 11:38amGLEN BECK CENSORS ALL PC WORDS THE LIBERALS DO NOT LIKE.
I just ran an experiment posting comments with the following words.
nice people
kcalb (backwards)
yag (backwards)
hsart etihw (backwards)
Every comment except the one with “nice people” was censored not allowed to be posted.
Glen Beck has given into the Dark Force, he has sold out to the liberals. Liberal barrages of lies do work. Try the experiment yourself.
Report Post »Kasman
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 11:55am@happyboy
Look again…. Your idiocy was post directly above your stO_Opidity … o¿O DOH
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