Yemen clashes: Freedom Square in fire
May 30, 2011
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A Reuter’s photographer at the scene, police fired live ammunition, tear gas and used water cannons to disperse demonstrators protested out of a civic building to call for the liberation of a mate demonstrator who was detained Saturday; Yemen.
Clashes took place around Freedom Square where thousands of anti-government protesters camping in January to demand the overthrow of Saleh. Police have set up two tents on fire in the square. The protesters threw petrol bombs and stones at the policemen.
In the capital Sanaa, seven explosions heard Sunday night near Hasab, the scene of fighting a week between forces of Saleh and a rival tribe, where 115 people were killed, residents said.
There was no immediate details of the explosions appeared to be partially violated a truce between troops and hash powerful tribe led by Saleh Sadeq al-Ahmar is the bloodiest battles since the unrest erupted in January.
Ahmar condemned what he described as a new Saleh massacres against civilians in Taiz. Earlier Sunday, the husband has returned control of the government building as part of the neurotransmitters of the ceasefire deal.
An armed separatist group has called for other army units to join in the fight to reduce Saleh, piling pressure on him to end his reign of three decades in the troubled country.
Regardless of the worldwide and regional powers, demanding his resignation, Saleh has refused to sign an agreement, the mediation of the Gulf States, to begin the transition of power to avoid civil war that could shake the region to offer the world oil.
We urge you not to follow orders to deal with other units of the army or people, it detached units said in a statement read by General Ali Abdullah Aleiwa, a former defense minister.
Opposition leaders accused Saleh Zinjibar separately to allow the city on the Gulf of Aden, to fall to al-Qaeda and Islamic militants in the region to raise the alarm, which in turn translate to support for president.
Zinjibar residents, about 270 kilometers (170 miles) south of the capital, said gunmen from Al-Qaeda may have control of the city in the province of Abyan flashpoint.
About 300 Islamic militants and Al Qaeda men came in and took everything Zinjibar Friday, said a resident.
Three men armed militants and three civilians were killed in the fight against the locals, who were joined by a few government soldiers, trying to retake the city of al-Qaida group and the Islamists, medical sources said.
Almost 300 Yemenis have been killed in recent months the president has tried to stop pro-reform protests by force.
Generals and government officials began to fall after the deadly crackdown on demonstrators Saleh began in force in March. There were no major clashes between military units and separatist troops still loyal to Saleh.
Opposition groups and diplomats have accused of using the threat Saleh al-Qaeda to gain the support and the support of regional powers to seek help for his government’s fight against militants.
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