Amal Al-Yarisi via Yemen Times/http://www.yementimes.com/en/1623/variety/1596/Saleh-loyalists-pledge-to-stay-in-Tahrir-tents.htm
Highlights:
Yemen: Journey to a land in limbo
Financial Times — 2 November 2012
Not everyone wants secession or feels implacably hostile to the central government. Many simply want government. Anssaf Mayo, head of the powerful Islamist political party Islah, argued that people demanding independence for the south are actually a minority. One of the pragmatic, if somewhat fudged, proposals being talked about is a federal solution, which would give the south more autonomy, and the right to hold a referendum on independence at a later date. But the voices calling for more radical solutions are getting louder. “Al Ayyam was the first to talk about federalism after the war in 1994,” said Tammam Bashraheel, the managing editor of the now banned newspaper. “Now, if I were to go outside this door and talk about federalism, I’d be beaten.” “If not shot,” his nephew, Bashraheel Hisham, interjected.
Losing Yemen
Foreign Policy — 5 November 2012
After more than a decade of on-again, off-again aid to Yemen, the al Qaeda branch in Yemen is stronger than it was on September 11, 2001. The money the United States has spent in Yemen has enriched dozens and the missiles it has fired into the country have killed hundreds — and yet AQAP continues to grow.
Yemenis Say Restructured Army Is Needed for a National Dialogue
Al-Tagheer via Al-Monitor — 7 November 2012
According to Nabil al-Bakiri, a researcher on Islamic groups, any dialogue that takes place without considering clear steps towards restructuring the army will be doomed to failure, adding that the Coalition Agreement of 1993 is further proof of that. Bakiri provides a number of reasons proving that restructuring the army is crucial to the success of dialogue. Continue reading
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