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Topic started on 21-3-2011 @ 05:42 AM by MikeboydUS

Tanks deploy in Sanaa as top army general defects (Yemen)


news.yahoo.com
SANAA, Yemen – Three army commanders, including a top general, defected Monday to the opposition calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down as army tanks and armored vehicles deployed in the streets of the Yemeni capital.

The most senior of the three officers is Maj. Gen. Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, a longtime confidante of Saleh and commander of the army's powerful 1st Armored Division. Units of the division deployed Monday in a major square in Sanaa where protesters have been camping out to call for Saleh to step down.

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reply posted on 21-3-2011 @ 06:31 AM by Xcathdra
reply to post by MikeboydUS


Thats my concern... While I am encouraged to see the people protesting their governments actions, and am glad to see some of those governments fall, we should be careful what we wish for.

Sometimes the devil you know beats the devil you dont.

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