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Doing the bidding of the Saudi Royal family by fighting “al-Qaeda” insurgents in Yemen, supporting “al-Qaeda” insurgents in opposition to the Assad regime in Syria and putting sanctions in place on Iran. As our favorite son and Vietnam POW [bomb, bomb Iran] made clear: “Our military intervention in Syria would be a welcome blow to Iran.”

Iran is of course nuclear armed Israel’s mortal enemy as we heard from Medal of Freedom recipiënt Shimon Peres. Never mind the civil war you have initiated and the tens of thousands of victims in Syria. I’m just getting too old and tired to keep reading about all these lies and covert operations done in our name.

Democracy and freedom huh! Money and greed makes the world turn. Bah.

Yemen power-play, decades of covert operations

(Yemen Observer) – As Yemen remains enthralled in a political stalemate Yemen decades’ long “political make-up” slowly unravels, bringing up to the surface tales of manipulations and betrayals.

To better understand the Yemen of today one needs to go back in history to 1962, when a coup d’état against the last of the Imam brought about the first Republican system in the Arabian Peninsula and set in motion a series of event which are still today threatening Yemen’s unity. 1962 coup d’état In September 1962, the Imam of North Yemen was overthrown in a popular coup.

Imam al-Badr had been in power for only a week having succeeded his father who had presided over a feudal kingdom where 80 percent of … the population lived as peasants and which was controlled through bribery, an arbitrary and coercive tax system and a policy of divide and rule.

The coup was led by Colonel Abdullah al-Sallal and a pro-Nasser, Arab nationalist group within the Yemeni military, which proclaimed the Yemen Arab Republic.

The Royalist forces supporting the Imam took to the hills and began an insurgency, supported by the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, while Gamal Abdel Nasser’s Egypt deployed troops in North Yemen to shore up the new Republican government. Against the advice of several top officials in Yemen – Christopher Gandy amongst them – Britain soon resorted to covert actions to undermine the new Republican regime, in alliance with the Saudis and Jordan monarchy.

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One has to remember that Saudi King Faisal was ideologically opposed to President Saleh, hoping he would at some point manufacture his demise and bring to power the powerful al-Ahmar family as their “blue blood” made them the legitimate contenders to Yemen’s throne. However, the ascension of King Abdullah pushed back such plans.

A moderate, King Abdullah saw President Saleh as a partner in the region rather than an enemy, seeking to tighten both countries economic and political ties. Under the scene, Prince Nayyaf, now Crown Prince continued however to run Yemen special committees.

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Exposed: secret committee of Yemen chiefs getting million dollar pay-offs from Saudi Royal family …

Exposed: secret committee of Yemen chiefs getting million dollar pay-offs from Saudi

(Albawaba) – Yemenis have learnt how to exude a peculiar sort of tolerance towards many of their politicians who persist in leading them into poverty and corruption.

For years it has been said that many Yemeni figures and politicians had received large sums of money from the coffers of their northern neighbor Saudi Arabia in the form of monthly checks through what has been dubbed the “special committee,” which was formed while the revolution against the imam in 1962 gained ground.

At first, the committee was entrusted with supporting the royalists in their attempts to bury the nascent revolution. It later attracted many republicans and its membership ultimately reached about 2,700 people.

It included senior leaders, politicians, tribal sheikhs, academics, military commanders, journalists, and intellectuals. At one time, its budget reached $300 million a month but had recently shrunk to $15 million. The committee’s main purpose was to win over senior Yemeni statesmen and ensure their compliance with the Saudi royal family.

The Yemeni ‘Al-Shareh’ newspaper published a list of those allegedly receiving monthly salaries through the Saudi committee.The Saudis wanted to stop any debate on the issue of the borders between the two countries, which were later resolved through agreements that favored the Saudis.

People knew about the committee. They knew about some of the big names in it, such as Sheikh Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar, who was one of Yemen’s most prominent tribal leaders and the speaker of parliament for more than two decades.

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"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."

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