Yemen president says will leave power in coming days

[Bosonic]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Saturday he would leave power in the coming days after the country has been largely paralyzed by nearly nine months of mass protests against his 33 year rule.

"I reject power and I will continue to reject it, and I will be leaving power in the coming days," he said in a speech on state television.

Saleh has been clinging to his position while opposition and ruling party representatives cast about for a formula to see through a transition-of-power deal.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/08/us-yemen-saleh-idUSTRE7970W420111008

[Arctic Dave]

1. Uh, dude, that's not a protest you are seeing, it's a civil war. nt

[Jackpine Radical]

2. Nah.

A civil war is when everybody runs around in funny hats & shoot off a lot of black powder muskets.

This is a revolution.

[Arctic Dave]

4. Don't they do that in revolutions too?

And after sports championships?

[Jackpine Radical]

5. I think revolutions have something to do with guillotines,

or dressing up like Indians and throwing teabaggers into the harbor or something like that.

[pampango]

3. I think he has promised this several times before only to renege at the last minute. n/t

[Posteritatis]

7. Yep. (nt)

[bemildred]

6. He's lying. nt