.- Sanaa Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh today urged thousands of supporters "to resist all challenges" and "ensure the safety" of Yemen to avoid "chaos and bloodshed." 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 homeland security, the army of the country, "said the president, in power since the unification of north and south in 1990. Yemeni President appeared before his followers while in another place in Sana'a opposition groups held political protests that erupted in the heat of popular revolts in Tunisia and Egypt.
"We are looking for a way forward because we are against the chaos and because we fear more bloodshed (...). We will resist all challenges and we will defy all aggressors," the ruling. In 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 that has been 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's end and bring 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.
Yemen authorities have rejected that 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 also protests from 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 in the region. 
"You must ensure that Yemen's security and stability. You are homeland security, the army of the country, "said the president, in power since the unification of north and south in 1990. Yemeni President appeared before his followers while in another place in Sana'a opposition groups held political protests that erupted in the heat of popular revolts in Tunisia and Egypt.
"We are looking for a way forward because we are against the chaos and because we fear more bloodshed (...). We will resist all challenges and we will defy all aggressors," the ruling. In 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 that has been 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's end and bring 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.
Yemen authorities have rejected that 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 also protests from 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 in the region.
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