FBI chief meets with Yemeni president

April 25th, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

During their meeting on Tuesday, Mueller pledged that the United States would support Yemen “with full force” in all respects, Reuters reported.

“Mueller visits Yemen on an annual basis so this is not a special or secret occasion,” claimed Mohammed al-Basha, Yemen’s Embassy spokesman in Washington.

Al-Basha added that, during the talks, Hadi stressed his strong commitment “to combating extremism and working with the US to counter the mutual threat of terrorism.”

The meeting came two days after almost two dozen people were killed in attacks by the Yemeni Army and US assassination drones in southern and eastern Yemen.

About 275 people have been killed in fighting and airstrikes in southern Yemen over the past two weeks.

The government says the goal of the attacks is to foil potential threats by al-Qaeda — a claim that has not been independently confirmed.

Ali Abdullah Saleh, who ruled Yemen for 33 years, stepped down in February under a US-backed power transfer deal in return for immunity from persecution after nearly a year of popular demonstrations demanding his ouster.

His then vice president, UK-trained Field Marshal Hadi, replaced him on February 25 following a single-candidate presidential election backed by the US and Saudi Arabia. Hadi will serve for an interim two-year-long period as stipulated by the power transfer deal.

On April 6, Hadi dismissed nearly 20 high-ranking officers, including the commander of the country’s Air Force, Saleh’s half-brother Mohammed Saleh al-Ahmar, but did not replace Saleh’s son, nephew, and other allies, who head important military units.

Currently, Saleh’s eldest son Ahmed commands the elite Republican Guard, his nephew Yehya heads Central Security Services, and another nephew Tariq controls the Presidential Guard.

Yemenis have repeatedly staged demonstrations across the country to demand the political restructuring of the country and the dismissal of the members of Saleh’s regime from government posts.

MHB/HN