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Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh was critically injured after the presidential palace was hit by shells, Al Arabiya TV reported. –Photo by Reuters
SANAA: Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh was shot and injured after an attack on the presidential palace, Suhail, a TV station run by the country’s opposition, reported.
The opposition-run channel also reported the President’s death, but the government official announced that he is alive and will soon make a nationwide address.
“The president is well and he will address the people in one hour, there are some slight injuries among officials,” Abdu al-Janadi, deputy information minister, told Reuters.
The presidential palace was hit by shells earlier on Friday during fighting between Saleh’s forces and a powerful tribal federation. This marked another escalation in the uprising to end Saleh’s three-decade long rule of the impoverished state which started in January.
This the same shaitan president that when Amerika launched drone attacks and missle attacks on yemen, he said to americans don’t worry we will claim it was us who launched missle’s.
the president’s remark prompted Yemen’s deputy prime minister to “joke that he had just ‘lied’ by telling Parliament” that Yemeni forces were responsible for strikes carried out by the US.
Mr Saleh, who rules a conservative Muslim country, was also said to have joked that he was not concerned about whiskey smuggling from Djibouti “provided it’s good whiskey”.
this is the shaitan in charge of muslims in yemen aoozobillah
has he left for good to Saudi Arabia?
i think he is probably dead because most of his associates who were physically close to him died and also because he hasn't been seen on TV while his audio [recorded post attack] was out. what do you think Syed saaHab?
maybe he is badly hurt, initial reports suggest that his face, neck and chest were burnt. He didn't come on TV so thats raising doubts as well, but it seems that his reign over Yemen is finally over. Its a pity that he didn't leave the rule when he could have easily done that. Now due to his ego he has pushed Yemen on the brink of civil war.