Yemeni soldiers have fired into the air to prevent a crowd of supporters of President Ali Abdullah Saleh arrived in an area where tens of thousands of people protest in which they have given for calling "Friday the Game" (Saleh) requesting immediate departure and rejecting its bid to advance the presidential election this year, witnesses said.
At the same time, negotiations between President Ali Abdullah Saleh and the military strongman, General dissident Mohsen al-Ahmar, "have failed", according to sources close to them. The meeting was to reconcile the positions between the Yemeni president and general to prevent dissent within the army and review mechanisms for transfer of power.
The president said days ago that only cede power wherever "in safe hands," said this source. The failure of this meeting explains the tone of President Ali Abdullah Saleh told thousands of followers who have been asked "to resist all challenges" and "ensure the safety" of Yemen to avoid "chaos and bloodshed." At the same time crossed the opposition of "small minority" of "drug traffickers." Saleh made the call at a rally he led in a square in Sana'a, which since last January is still the scene of demonstrations calling for the end of his regime and deep political reforms.
"You must ensure that Yemen's security and stability. You are the homeland security, the army of the country, "said the president, in power since the unification of north and south in 1990. The Yemeni president appeared before his followers while in another place in Sana'a groups kept the opposition political protests that erupted in the heat of popular revolts in Tunisia and Egypt.
"We are looking for a way forward because we oppose because we fear chaos and further bloodshed (...). We will resist all challenges and we will defy all aggressors, "the ruling. The Plaza of the Seventy of the capital used for public meetings of President Saleh expressed his willingness to dialogue with the opposition, an offer has reiterated in recent weeks.
"We do not want power or we need it, but we have to transmit to those who really deserve it, not sick hands," said Saleh, who has pledged to leave office before year end and lead the country to new elections. Yemen is a state of emergency since Friday last week. It was decreed by Saleh hours after fifty protesters in the capital killed by gunfire from unknown.
Authorities in Yemen have refused Security forces were involved in this massacre, the most serious incident occurred in the country since the outbreak of political protests against the regime of Saleh. Yemen is the poorest country in the Arabian Peninsula. In addition to the protests of the opposition, Saleh faces an attempted secession in the south, a Shiite rebellion in the north and sporadic actions of Al Qaeda in Yemen has installed its main base of operations in the region 
At the same time, negotiations between President Ali Abdullah Saleh and the military strongman, General dissident Mohsen al-Ahmar, "have failed", according to sources close to them. The meeting was to reconcile the positions between the Yemeni president and general to prevent dissent within the army and review mechanisms for transfer of power.
The president said days ago that only cede power wherever "in safe hands," said this source. The failure of this meeting explains the tone of President Ali Abdullah Saleh told thousands of followers who have been asked "to resist all challenges" and "ensure the safety" of Yemen to avoid "chaos and bloodshed." At the same time crossed the opposition of "small minority" of "drug traffickers." Saleh made the call at a rally he led in a square in Sana'a, which since last January is still the scene of demonstrations calling for the end of his regime and deep political reforms.
"You must ensure that Yemen's security and stability. You are the homeland security, the army of the country, "said the president, in power since the unification of north and south in 1990. The Yemeni president appeared before his followers while in another place in Sana'a groups kept the opposition political protests that erupted in the heat of popular revolts in Tunisia and Egypt.
"We are looking for a way forward because we oppose because we fear chaos and further bloodshed (...). We will resist all challenges and we will defy all aggressors, "the ruling. The Plaza of the Seventy of the capital used for public meetings of President Saleh expressed his willingness to dialogue with the opposition, an offer has reiterated in recent weeks.
"We do not want power or we need it, but we have to transmit to those who really deserve it, not sick hands," said Saleh, who has pledged to leave office before year end and lead the country to new elections. Yemen is a state of emergency since Friday last week. It was decreed by Saleh hours after fifty protesters in the capital killed by gunfire from unknown.
Authorities in Yemen have refused Security forces were involved in this massacre, the most serious incident occurred in the country since the outbreak of political protests against the regime of Saleh. Yemen is the poorest country in the Arabian Peninsula. In addition to the protests of the opposition, Saleh faces an attempted secession in the south, a Shiite rebellion in the north and sporadic actions of Al Qaeda in Yemen has installed its main base of operations in the region
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- Yemen's Saleh offers elections as pressure mounts - Reuters (23/03/2011)
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