Yemen Fighting Intensifies as Cease-Fire Is Called

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Source: NYT

The northern part of the capital city has turned into a virtual war zone in recent days, and even as the government announced a cease-fire on Tuesday, explosions boomed across the city.

The failure to end the bloodshed was another sign that fighting has intensified between the nation’s elites, a dynamic that began to unfold when antigovernment protests began months ago, inadvertently aggravating longstanding rivalries between heavily armed groups. The largely peaceful protesters still camped out in the streets calling for democracy remain a vulnerable backdrop to an armed conflict that has defied resolution.

On Tuesday at least two more protesters were killed.

“We will fight them until they return to the right path,” said Sheikh Sagheer bin Aziz, a tribal leader from northern Yemen who is an ally of President Ali Abdullah Saleh and has taken up the fight against the opposition.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/26/world/middleeast/yemen-fighting-intensifies-as-cease-fire-is-called.html

[Arctic Dave]

1. I guess we know were the US troops in Iraq are heading to.

Can't have the wrong people running around next our oil supply.

[Fool Count]

2. I am not so sure, there are so many choices. There is also Syria and Iran.

Somalia also seems to be a possibility with our Kenyan allies already fighting a war there.
Then there is Uganda and Southern Sudan, where trouble is stirring among lots of oil. But why choose?
I am sure they think they can do all of the above at once.

[Arctic Dave]

3. You are probably right.

Its not like they are using their money or risking their lives.

[Fool Count]

4. In fact, I think, part of the reason they decided to leave Iraq was

precisely to free up troops and resources for all those other places.