Yemen’s Regime Change Gets Personal
When Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh ordered his military on March 18 to fire on peaceful protesters, a wave of military, government, and diplomatic defections, led by his long-time ally Ali Muhsin al-Ahmar, followed. But al-Ahmar merely sought to settle a score with the president’s family.
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SANAA – When Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh ordered his military on March 18 to fire on peaceful protesters calling for his resignation, he sealed his fate. A wave of military, government, and diplomatic defections, led by his long-time ally First Armored Brigade Commander General Ali Muhsin al-Ahmar, rocked his regime.