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Sunday
Mar132011

Yemen Feature: Is President Saleh Finished? (Johnsen)

Sanaa, 12 March 2011This leads us to the big question: what does it all mean?

To put it succinctly: this is the end for [President Ali Abdullah] Saleh in Yemen....The only question left is when and in what manner he goes.  But he will not survive this term.

The sooner the US recognizes this the better it will be for not only US policy in Yemen but for the security of the homeland --- already people in Yemen are chanting against the US for its support of Saleh.  Getting shot at with US-made tear gas canisters doesn't help either. 

Saleh has alienated too many different segments of society in Yemen.  He can no longer survive as president.  This is his final dance.

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