The New Dark Age

4 June 2011 — williambowles.info

Attack on Yemen’s president adds fuel to a heated conflict
Los Angeles Times
(Mohammed Al-Sayaghi, Associated Press / June 4, 2011) Five senior Yemeni
officials were sent to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment after a rocket
attack wounded Yemen’s president in his personal mosque and appeared to end
hopes for a peaceful …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fgw-yemen-attack-20110605,0,2276632.story
Britons urged to leave Yemen as violence escalates
Telegraph.co.uk
British citizens should leave Yemen on commercial flight as soon as
possible to avoid being stranded amid escalating violence in the Gulf
state, Foreign Secretary William Hague has warned. Mr Hague said the
British Government would not be able to …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/yemen/8556222/Britons-urged-to-leave-Yemen-as-violence-escalates.html

Edwards: No laws broken…Yemen leader attacked
9&10 News
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s embattled President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, has
been treated for injuries he suffered in a rocket attack. He was attending
Friday prayers with other officials when their mosque was struck.
Heavily-armed tribesmen have joined …
www.9and10news.com/Category/Story/?id=293019&cID=3

US condemns violence in Yemen
IBNLive.com
PTI Washington: US has condemned the violence in Yemen, including the
attack on the Presidential Palace in Sanaa, and called for an immediate end
to hostilities. “We call on all sides to cease hostilities immediately and
to pursue an orderly and …
ibnlive.in.com/news/us-condemns-violence-in-yemen/156734-2.html

Violence spikes in Yemen
Washington Post
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was wounded when opposition tribesmen
determined to topple him hammered his palace with rockets Friday in a major
escalation of nearly two weeks of fighting with government forces. (June 3)
(/The Associated Press) …
www.washingtonpost.com/world/violence-spikes-in-yemen/2011/06/03/AGa4EPIH_video.html

MEA sets up helplines for Indians, PIOs in Yemen
Hindustan Times
PTI With over 10000 Indians and PIOs (Persons of Indian Origin) still in
violence-hit Yemen where nearly 200 people have been killed, the external
affairs ministry has set up helplines for them. Pointing out that it has
already advised Indian nationals …
www.hindustantimes.com/MEA-sets-up-helplines-for-Indians-PIOs-in-Yemen/Article1-705621.aspx

Ex-ambassador: Yemen could be like Afghanistan
CBS News
Harry Smith spoke with Edmund Hull, the US Ambassador to Yemen from 2001 to
2004, on the danger Yemen poses if it ends up as a failed state. Former US
Ambassador to Yemen Edmnud Hull appears on the CBS Evening News June 3,
2011. …
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/06/03/eveningnews/main20068810.shtml

Russia evacuates diplomats from Yemen
RIA Novosti
Russia will evacuate 14 diplomats from Yemen to Moscow by the nearest
flight, a diplomatic source said on Saturday. “Considering the complex
situation in the Republic of Yemen… we will send 14 diplomats by the next
plane to Moscow,” the source said, …
en.rian.ru/russia/20110604/164436639.html

Al-Qaida chief inciting Muslims in U.S., Texas congressman says
Houston Chronicle
By STEWART M. POWELL WASHINGTON — The American-born Muslim cleric in
Yemen who allegedly inspired the Fort Hood massacre is angling to succeed
Osama bin Laden by radicalizing impressionable young Muslims already in the
United States to carry out …
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/7594724.html

Yemen’s President Injured in Shelling – The Daily Beast
Yemen’s president, prime minister, and several senior officials were
injured in the shelling of the presidential compound as tribesmen and
government force.
www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-sheet/item/yemens-president-injured-in-shelling/uprising/

Yemen: Reasons Saleh is Late! · Global Voices
By Amira Al Hussaini
Tweeps are having fun while waiting for a speech by Yemeni president Ali
Abdullah Saleh, following reports that he may have been injured when the
Presidential Palace in Sanaa was attacked earlier today. …
globalvoicesonline.org/2011/06/03/yemen-reasons-saleh-is-late/

Yemen Reading | Waq al-Waq | Big Think
By Gregory Johnsen
Even as someone who spends a good deal of my day reading things written
about Yemen, I’m a bit overwhelmed by the number of reports today. Thinking
you may be like me, I put together a short list of recent things to read on
Yemen. …
bigthink.com/ideas/38719

Yemen on verge of civil war, Al Qaeda strengthens – Global Public …
By amarcnn
Editor’s Note: Barak Barfi is a research fellow with the New America
Foundation. By Barak Barfi – Special to CNN Yemeni President Ali Abdullah
Saleh’s decision to attack a key tribal chief has brought the country to
the precipice of a …
globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/03/yemen-on-verge-of-civil-war-al-qaeda-benefits/

Germany closes embassy in Yemen – The Local
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle announced Saturday that Germany
would close its embassy in Yemen, amid ongoing violence in the country.
www.thelocal.de/national/20110604-35457.html

Yemen’s Saleh survives palace shelling – World – CBC News
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is wounded when opposition tribesmen
determined to topple him hammer his palace with rockets.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/06/03/yemen-funerals-friday.html?ref=rss