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Saturday, April 16, 2011

Create the Future !!



Help create the Future!
Help create bonds of understanding with the future which will arise from the Democracy Movement in the Arab World.

You can start by keeping up to date. Read Egypt Today ( Al Masry Al Yaum ), a fine English-language news website for information of what is happening in the area.

Today:

http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/401717
Sanaa--A coalition of tribal sheikhs has succeeded in preventing the Yemen-based Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) from taking over its districts.
The coalition accused the government of encouraging Al-Qaeda to spread its operations in some cities to create fear that regime change would allow the organization to engender more chaos.
Sheikh Hussein bin Saleh bin Othman, head of the Sheikh coalition to stop AQAP from spreading, particularly in Azan, Maifa’a, told Al-Masry Al-Youm that 800 sheikhs from various tribes gathered on a bridge in Azan earlier this week to give AQAP members a stern warning.
“We told them that they have to leave our land and that we will not be watching them taking over. We are the majority and there is no comparison,” said bin Othman.
He also said the state is urging AQAP to attack locals.
"The state wants to affect the country negatively and make the world think that Al-Qaeda is a real threat in Yemen so they will financially help (President Ali Abdullah) Saleh fight Al-Qaeda,” he said...
Well worth a read before someone sends troops into that country on this global skirmish against Al Qaida

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