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Yemen's
top army generals join protesters
Monday March 21, 2011 08:02:31 PM,
IANS
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Sana'a:
A group of Yemen's senior military officers, including General Ali
Mohsen al-Ahmar, announced Monday to join the protesters against
President Ali Abdullah Saleh, Xinhua reported.
Al-Ahmar is the commander of the northwest military area, also known
as the army's 1st Armoured Division. He is also a half brother of
President Saleh.
"On behalf of my colleagues in the army, we announce our joining in
the protesters' peaceful revolution," al-Ahmar said in a tape
recorded broadcast at the centre of the anti-government protest
sit-in outside Sana'a University in the capital.
The officers joined in protest against Friday's shootings that
claimed the live of 52 protesters in Sana'a.
Besides al-Ahmar, General Mohammed Ali Mohsen, commander of the
northeast military area, and Brigadier Hameed al-Qushaibi, commander
of armoured brigade 310 in the northern province of Amran, have also
joined the protesters, the statement said.
Meanwhile, military troops backed with tanks and armoured vehicles
were deployed Monday from the army's 1st Armoured Division camp to
the capital Sana'a to protect the protesters, immediately after the
announcement by the army commanders was made.
According to diplomatic sources in Sana'a, Yemeni ambassadors to
Czech Republic, Japan and Syria announced their resignation from
their posts and the ruling party, protesting Friday's violence
against protesters.
A government official said Yemen's seaport city Aden's governor also
resigned Monday from his post and the ruling party for the same
reason.
Monday's development came a day after President Saleh dismissed his
government and appointed it as a caretaker until he formed another
government.
On Sunday, a group of Yemeni senior government officials declared
their resignation after Friday's shootings.
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