Friday, January 23, 2015

neighborhood looking unfriendly for the kingdom



BBC News | Less than 48 hours had passed after the latest agreement between the Houthi rebel movement and the Yemeni government, and the ground had shifted once again.
The resignations of President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, newly-appointed Prime Minister Khaled Bahah, and the entire cabinet were quickly followed by reports that the parliament had rejected their requests.
Given Yemen's mercurial political playing field, another new configuration could be just around the corner.
The tension from four days of fighting and negotiation between the rebels and Yemeni security forces seemed to have reached a resting point, with President Hadi and Houthi leaders reaching an agreement on Wednesday.
That agreement essentially saw Mr Hadi capitulate to rebels' demands in exchange for a ceasefire, release of a kidnapped presidential adviser, and the withdrawal of rebel forces from some key positions in Sanaa.
Yet a day later, the presidential adviser had not been released and rebels still surrounded the presidential palace and Mr Hadi's private residence.
Empty promises
Judging from their mass resignation, Mr Hadi and his government decided that operating under the rebels' thumb was untenable and found little reason to believe the Houthis would ever fulfil their end of the bargain.
Either they have given up entirely, or they are now playing their strongest card.
The Zaidi Shia movement, whose traditional stronghold is the northern province of Saada, led massive anti-government rallies over the summer and then suddenly infiltrated the capital with its heavily-armed militia and tribal supporters, taking de-facto control Sanaa by mid-September.
The government, political parties, and the Houthi movement signed the Peace and National Partnership Agreement (PNPA) on 21 September, but it has largely gone unimplemented.

5 comments:

CNu said...

It's literally the 8000th post. Why I postponed publication of your other thoughts du jour for about an hour. They'll appear after 8:00am CST.

lol, it's a crackling this morning!

Dale Asberry said...

It's crackalackin!

rohan said...

That's what's up with all the keyboard macho and hollyweird fakery around American Sniper http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/blake-shelton-kid-rock-blast-celebs-for-american-sniper-criticism-2015221

https://celebrity.yahoo.com/video/american-sniper-controversy-kevin-costner-194000817.html

https://celebrity.yahoo.com/news/ap-exclusive-rogen-responds-american-sniper-comments-021017322.html

Respeck to Alec Baldwin for bringing appropriate levels of bass in his voice http://www.cbsnews.com/news/alec-baldwin-comes-to-seth-rogens-defense-over-dean-cains-american-sniper-comments/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17

rohan said...

Y'all still ain't make a peep about this punk-assed serial-killer lie-onized by Clint Eastwood and the hollyweird delusion-machine. Chris Kyle was not a hero. He did not protect America or keep it safe. He killed a lot. He also, apparently, lied a lot as well. Sometimes truth lies beyond the lens of star-spangled glasses and once you have the courage to look beyond a constructed work of fiction, you may realize that the facts do not align with your belief system. It may not be easy, but sometimes the truth is harsh. If we, as a people are genuinely in pursuit of truth and the justice that follows, we must distance ourselves from the warm feelings that certain narratives provide and search objectively without the blinders that provide us comfort. http://theantimedia.org/the-real-american-sniper/

CNu said...

I noticed him, and so did the lords of karmic justice. Everything else is conversation....,

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