ktlight
14th May 2011, 11:05
...he refuses as troops shoot three dead
Anti-government protesters climbed onto a towering sign in Yemen today as demonstrators gathered across the country today to demand President Ali Abdullah Saleh leave office.
But the leader refused to step down after months of unrest which has put the Arab world's poorest country on the brink of an economic meltdown - and troops opened fir one protesters in one city.
In a defiant speech to thousands of flag-waving supporters in the Yemeni capital, Saleh declared: 'We will confront a challenge with a challenge.'
Three people were killed and 15 wounded when troops shot at protesters in Ibb, a city south of Sanaa, medics and witnesses said.
Demonstrators then set fire to an armoured troop carrier. Gunfire wounded three protesters in Yemen's third city, Taiz.
The latest killings pushed the overall death toll since protests began to at least 170.
Saleh, a wily political survivor, has clung to power despite defections from politicians, army officers and tribal leaders.
Armoured vehicles, troops and even military academy students with batons deployed in Sanaa to contain a sea of protesters stretching seven km (four miles) down a main street in Sanaa.
source
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1386930/Standing-room-Crowds-gather-Yemen-demand-president-steps-But-refuses-troops-shoot-dead.html
Anti-government protesters climbed onto a towering sign in Yemen today as demonstrators gathered across the country today to demand President Ali Abdullah Saleh leave office.
But the leader refused to step down after months of unrest which has put the Arab world's poorest country on the brink of an economic meltdown - and troops opened fir one protesters in one city.
In a defiant speech to thousands of flag-waving supporters in the Yemeni capital, Saleh declared: 'We will confront a challenge with a challenge.'
Three people were killed and 15 wounded when troops shot at protesters in Ibb, a city south of Sanaa, medics and witnesses said.
Demonstrators then set fire to an armoured troop carrier. Gunfire wounded three protesters in Yemen's third city, Taiz.
The latest killings pushed the overall death toll since protests began to at least 170.
Saleh, a wily political survivor, has clung to power despite defections from politicians, army officers and tribal leaders.
Armoured vehicles, troops and even military academy students with batons deployed in Sanaa to contain a sea of protesters stretching seven km (four miles) down a main street in Sanaa.
source
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1386930/Standing-room-Crowds-gather-Yemen-demand-president-steps-But-refuses-troops-shoot-dead.html