Yemen’s former President Ali Abdullah Saleh assassinated

How exactly Yemen’s long-serving ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh was killed on Monday is not clear. Some sources say his residence in Sanaa the capital was bombed by the Houthi rebels; others that his convoy was attacked on its way to the city and his armored car struck with an anti-tank rocket. On Saturday, Saleh who had fought with the Iranian-backed Houthi insurgency, announced he was ready to “turn the page” and join the Saudi-led coalition fighting the rebels – provided Riyadh lifted the blockade imposed on Yemen and halted its attacks. It seems that he paid the price for changing sides.

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8 thoughts on “Yemen’s former President Ali Abdullah Saleh assassinated

  • Dec 4, 2017 @ 19:13 at 19:13
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    Man o man … it is simply fascinating to observe the chaos in the middle east. 58 Islamic nations clawing at each other generation after generation after generation. I wonder how this ends.

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    • Dec 4, 2017 @ 19:28 at 19:28
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      The problem with the Islamic languages, is that they don’t have too many words for “peace”, and this heavily influences their thinking process. However, some refinements are there, like for a sample in the Palestinian language, which is the Hamas dialect of Islamic, they have 534 ways to say “bomb vest” and 103,756 expresions for “kill the jews”.

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      • Dec 5, 2017 @ 2:55 at 2:55
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        Yes. The problem is the dialect they speak. A word pronounced in one dialect is something like cursing/ murder/ sexual explicit to the other dialect. Maybe that is why they only fight and kill each other.

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    • Dec 5, 2017 @ 10:17 at 10:17
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      it ends with more dead muslims

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  • Dec 4, 2017 @ 19:19 at 19:19
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    Poor guy. That’s too bad. When people can’t stop and look at things, and say “Wait, maybe this is not a good idea, driving our country to ruin and destruction”
    He will remain one of the few who had a sober second thought.

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    • Dec 4, 2017 @ 20:46 at 20:46
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      Haha you clearly know nothing about Mr. Saleh. “Poor guy” haha bless your heart

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  • Dec 4, 2017 @ 19:19 at 19:19
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    I see a problem here. No Hezbullah rebels, no PLO rebels, and no Hamas rebels, why not?

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    • Dec 4, 2017 @ 22:23 at 22:23
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      Because they have all been murdered by the Terrorstinians! !!

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