Morphine Prince 109,698 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Sanaa, Yemen (CNN)Yemen's President resigned Thursday night shortly after his Prime Minister and the Cabinet stepped down -- seismic changes in the country's political scene that come just one day after the government and Houthi rebels struck a tentative peace deal meant to end days of turmoil. The resignations of Yemeni President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi and other officials are the latest fallout from the Houthis' move in recent days to gain power in the capital, which included kidnapping Hadi's chief of staff on Saturday and taking over the presidential palace on Tuesday. The chaos in Yemen is cause for concern far beyond the country's borders. For the United States and its allies, Yemen's government has been a key ally in the fight against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the Yemen-based group linked to attacks such as the recent slaughter at French magazine Charlie Hebdo. The Cabinet and Prime Minister Khaled Bahah resigned before Hadi did on Thursday night, with Bahah telling Hadi in a letter that they essentially wanted to wash their hands of "destructive political chaos," an apparent reference to the deal that was to give Houthis more power. We resigned "so that we are not made party to what is going on and what will happen," Bahah wrote in the letter, which Yemeni Information Minister Nadia Sakkaf posted on Twitter. Hadi's resignation followed soon afterward. It wasn't immediately clear who would succeed Hadi. The Houthis' latest push to power picked up steam on Saturday. The Houthi rebels -- Shiite Muslims who have long felt marginalized in the majority Sunni country -- kidnapped presidential Chief of Staff Ahmed bin Mubarak in the capital, Sanaa, on Saturday. The rebels then took over the presidential palace Tuesday, prompting talk of a coup. Source: http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/22/world/yemen-violence/index.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woolfsmck 2,763 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 They have been fighting insurgents (terrorists) for a while. Its about 50/50 in that country between the radicals and the normal muslims tho. like a cat in a sil, I observe life, moving and still. My words give a clue,look inside to see whats true Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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