I want to talk about these kids that everyone already seems to have forgotten when they are the ones who risked everything to start the protest movement in Yemen two months ago. It was they who were the first, called the fall of the regime. They chanted "Ali Saleh, go away!", "No to the partisan, non-parties!", "For a modern state, not to the tribes, not the military!", Besides "The people want the fall of diet! " [Chanting the slogan in all Arab revolt].
These were the slogans of the youth who dream of freedom and wants to live in a country where they would be allowed to live their lives and realize their ambitions. They are the ones who started the spark of revolution. Despite the arrests from the power and the ostracism of the media, they have persisted and defended their right to assemble.
Gradually they managed to attract the eyes of the world and make room Taghiir [site of the Change, phonetically close to Tahrir Square, the Liberation, Cairo] the focal point where all Yemenis mixed origin [townspeople, tribal Sunnis, Zaidi etc..], distinguishing itself from a bloody history and leaving their weapons at home to chant "Silmiya, Silmiya [peaceful, peaceful].
They also wanted to free itself of political parties, whose leaders were discredited in their eyes as the regime itself. Hashem Al-Abara, a youth with whom I am still in touch via Facebook, had repeatedly expressed his fear that the revolution into the hands of those parties. Another man, Abdul Nasser Al-dumayne, especially apprehensive that it is the tribal leaders who present themselves as "saviors" to the rescue of the young.
I'm curious to know what they think today of those soldiers who have now as the heralds of movement [several soldiers have resigned and rejoined the ranks of the opposition], though heretofore they were on the list of persons whose opposition demanded the transfer to Justice. I remember the scenes of the massacre that took place last Friday.
Young people willing to die because they were sure that their dreams would continue to live. They were convinced to express the aspirations of an entire people. I can not help wondering now: Do they have offered their bare breasts to bullets for nothing? For it seems we are about to replace a general by another general and propose alternative spirit tribal-military-Salafi even more pronounced than what we already know.
March 22, in fact, has seen the resignation of a significant number of senior military officers [and their rallying the opposition]. The most emblematic figure is General Ali Mohsen Al-Ahmar. In Memory of Yemenis, his name is linked to the war in 1994 [against the secessionist South] and the war of Saada [cons Houthi rebellion in the north].
It said half-brother of the president, which was denied by a television station owned by another member of the same tribal clan of the Al-Ahmar. Anyway its direct relationship with the current president, he is someone who was close to the regime. There are a few more days, he participated in a meeting for security affairs.
It also maintains close relations with the tribal leaders with the main political party of the country [Al-Islah, again dominated by the Al-Ahmar] and the ruling family in Saudi Arabia. I fear more than the fate of Yemen decided unfortunately outside the country. 
These were the slogans of the youth who dream of freedom and wants to live in a country where they would be allowed to live their lives and realize their ambitions. They are the ones who started the spark of revolution. Despite the arrests from the power and the ostracism of the media, they have persisted and defended their right to assemble.
Gradually they managed to attract the eyes of the world and make room Taghiir [site of the Change, phonetically close to Tahrir Square, the Liberation, Cairo] the focal point where all Yemenis mixed origin [townspeople, tribal Sunnis, Zaidi etc..], distinguishing itself from a bloody history and leaving their weapons at home to chant "Silmiya, Silmiya [peaceful, peaceful].
They also wanted to free itself of political parties, whose leaders were discredited in their eyes as the regime itself. Hashem Al-Abara, a youth with whom I am still in touch via Facebook, had repeatedly expressed his fear that the revolution into the hands of those parties. Another man, Abdul Nasser Al-dumayne, especially apprehensive that it is the tribal leaders who present themselves as "saviors" to the rescue of the young.
I'm curious to know what they think today of those soldiers who have now as the heralds of movement [several soldiers have resigned and rejoined the ranks of the opposition], though heretofore they were on the list of persons whose opposition demanded the transfer to Justice. I remember the scenes of the massacre that took place last Friday.
Young people willing to die because they were sure that their dreams would continue to live. They were convinced to express the aspirations of an entire people. I can not help wondering now: Do they have offered their bare breasts to bullets for nothing? For it seems we are about to replace a general by another general and propose alternative spirit tribal-military-Salafi even more pronounced than what we already know.
March 22, in fact, has seen the resignation of a significant number of senior military officers [and their rallying the opposition]. The most emblematic figure is General Ali Mohsen Al-Ahmar. In Memory of Yemenis, his name is linked to the war in 1994 [against the secessionist South] and the war of Saada [cons Houthi rebellion in the north].
It said half-brother of the president, which was denied by a television station owned by another member of the same tribal clan of the Al-Ahmar. Anyway its direct relationship with the current president, he is someone who was close to the regime. There are a few more days, he participated in a meeting for security affairs.
It also maintains close relations with the tribal leaders with the main political party of the country [Al-Islah, again dominated by the Al-Ahmar] and the ruling family in Saudi Arabia. I fear more than the fate of Yemen decided unfortunately outside the country.
- "Yemen Can Spark Total Revolution Across Region" and related posts (03/04/2011)
- Yemen conflict: "Can you hear me now? Good!" (photo) (04/04/2011)
- "The revolution of Yemen : Happy birthday Ali Abdullah Saleh !!" and related posts (22/03/2011)
- US Shifts on Yemen, Now Wants Saleh Out (04/04/2011)
- International Crisis Group : Popular Protest in North Africa and the Middle East II: Yemen between Reform and Revolution (13/03/2011)
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