An Uproar In Yemen

Security officers attacked protesters in Yemen yesterday, which ended with about 830 injuries and one fatality. This happened in the city of Taiz, which is near the famous Mocha port (by the Red Sea). The city is also the capital of the Taiz government. The protesting was in frustration over how President Ali Abdullah Saleh should hand over power after his reign ends. When Saleh steps down at the end of the year, he will eventually hand his former position to the current Vice President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi. Hadi's intentions differ from Saleh's, but the overall goal of the regime is to keep a fair balance in power over Yemen. Protesters who have agreed with Saleh's rule have grown substantially in the last few weeks, with the support peaking yesterday. Saleh held his position since 1978, and has been a U.S. ally in the Al-Qaeda disputes in that area and all around the Middle East. When Hadi's term ends, Saleh has also agreed not to run again, dashing all hopes of a 2nd reign as President.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/04/03/yemen.rallies/index.html

-Tharryn Wright