Yemenis protest factory carnage
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March 31, 2011, Thursday
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HUNDREDS of thousands of anti-government protesters packed the streets of several Yemeni cities yesterday to demand the president's ouster and denounce a munitions factory blast that left at least 100 people dead.
Opposition groups have accused President Ali Abdullah Saleh of collaborating with al-Qaida militants by pulling back the army from the factory area and allowing the terror network to overrun it.
"Without this organized pullout and the planned chaos by the regime, the massacre at the factory would have not happened," a statement said.
Saleh has cooperated closely with the United States in the battle against Yemen's branch of al-Qaida, which has used areas of Yemen long out of state control to launch attacks including the attempt to bomb a Detroit-bound airliner with a bomb sewn into underwear.
Youssef Said, a leader in Saleh's ruling Congress Party and a professor at Aden University, denied the charges. "These accusations are false and are part of the opposition's political maneuvering."
Anti-government protests resumed yesterday in the capital Sanaa as well as Saada, where Shiite rebels have fought Saleh's forces for years, and Marib, an al-Qaida stronghold.
Opposition groups have accused President Ali Abdullah Saleh of collaborating with al-Qaida militants by pulling back the army from the factory area and allowing the terror network to overrun it.
"Without this organized pullout and the planned chaos by the regime, the massacre at the factory would have not happened," a statement said.
Saleh has cooperated closely with the United States in the battle against Yemen's branch of al-Qaida, which has used areas of Yemen long out of state control to launch attacks including the attempt to bomb a Detroit-bound airliner with a bomb sewn into underwear.
Youssef Said, a leader in Saleh's ruling Congress Party and a professor at Aden University, denied the charges. "These accusations are false and are part of the opposition's political maneuvering."
Anti-government protests resumed yesterday in the capital Sanaa as well as Saada, where Shiite rebels have fought Saleh's forces for years, and Marib, an al-Qaida stronghold.
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