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Re: Shia rebels who are trying to challenge the Government

Unread postPosted: Mon 04 Jan 2010, 07:54:30
by Roy
I think we should restructure our economy (USA) to use less fossil fuels, not be dependent upon oil imports, pull back the tendrils of our empire, and stop meddling in the affairs of foreign countries with the goal of maximizing profits for multinational corporations and realizing the aims of whatever Israel's foreign policy happens to be at the moment.

The odds of that happening voluntarily? About 1000000:1. Odds of it happening eventually due to resource and financial constraints? Near unity.

People should have the right of self-determination. If they feel their governments are not serving their interests then they have the right to revolt, IMO.

But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.


The above is from the US Declaration of Independence.

Being an idealist, I believe it to be true and applicable anywhere there are men chafing under the rule of a tyrannical government.

Re: THE Yemen Thread (merged)

Unread postPosted: Mon 04 Jan 2010, 08:17:15
by FishAreBest
In 1991, Yemen had one of the rotating seats on the UN security council, and used it to vote against the first gulf war.

The US ambassador famously told the Yemeni ambassador

"That was the most expensive ‘no’ vote you ever cast."


The US promptly removed all aid and support from what was one of the poorest countries in the world, and it soon descended into anarachy.

When democracy means "Vote with us or we destroy your country", it is easy to understand why people reject democracy.

Re: THE Yemen Thread (merged)

Unread postPosted: Mon 04 Jan 2010, 10:11:17
by mcgowanjm
FishAreBest wrote:In 1991, Yemen had one of the rotating seats on the UN security council, and used it to vote against the first gulf war.

The US ambassador famously told the Yemeni ambassador

"That was the most expensive ‘no’ vote you ever cast."


The US promptly removed all aid and support from what was one of the poorest countries in the world, and it soon descended into anarachy.

When democracy means "Vote with us or we destroy your country", it is easy to understand why people reject democracy.


Thank you. Sounds just right. We're great with the stick.
Carrots? Not so much. Which is why they hate us. 8O 8)

Re: THE Yemen Thread (merged)

Unread postPosted: Mon 04 Jan 2010, 10:14:29
by mcgowanjm
Veterans Today wrote:When nothing adds up, its time we starting looking at what we know. --snip-- Next, what do we know about the two Al Qaeda leaders Bush had released, the ones who planned this?
Which is why the MSM finally stopped talking about the Crotch Bomber. They only had facts to report and none of them supported the DC version. So we get stories on Missing Persons this AM. :roll:

Re: Shia rebels who are trying to challenge the Government

Unread postPosted: Mon 04 Jan 2010, 11:13:39
by mcgowanjm
[quote="Keith_McClary"]This was posted on our "News" page (I discern a political agenda):

McG work in ( 8) )

For several years the government of Yemen a Sunni country has been fighting a civil war with Shia rebels who are trying to challenge the Government and introduce a shia country with an Islamic radical agenda. The rebels are heavily backed with moral and military support from the Iranian Government. The Government of Yemen is very weak and poor, and therefore is unable to exercise full control over the country. The situation is so bad that the last Jews in Yemen who have been there for over 3,000 years have been forced to leave in the past few months due to violence from the Shia rebels. (This tells us who you are).

The situation is deteriorating so rapidly that the Saudi (Sunni) Government has sent its military into Yemen to help the Yemeni Government. (Help what? Keep XOM's LNG Train functioning while keeping the pop w/o electricity on $955 per capita annual income?)

There have been reports that many Arab Sunni countries including Jordan, Morocco and Egypt have sent commando units to Yemen to help the government. (The US/Israel/UK Coalition of the Willing-And note not one of these is a functioning Democracy :twisted: 8O

The US is also helping Yemen financially and militarily to fight the rebels. (Plus aerial Bombing and Cruise Missiles with Spec Ops and of course CIA Paramilitary)

The ultimate goal of Iran is to impose a shia Government that will be obedient to it. (But as of yet, the Iranians have attacked no one while the US/Israel/UK can't remember a time when they weren't invading someone.)

While Yemen does not have much oil(BS and they have tons of NatGas which I'm sure is not far from the impoverished Houthi's).

a collapse of the government could have a large impact on oil prices. (Because then the wealth of the nation would be used to take care of it's own people)

Iran’s main goal in defeating Yemen would be to overthrow the Saudi Government which is the largest producer of oil in the war. (Non plussed. As we read further)

Even though Saudi Arabia has a majority Sunni population, if the Government collapsed Sunni Al Qaida extremists could take over who will align with the Shia government in Iran.(When the KSA
collapse, which has been a figment of ChevronBigOil since
oil was discovered in 1932 it can only benefit the poor
oppressed and women in the region.

But further, the US will takeover with all it's military might abandoning even the outer regions of it's empire to maintain
the King of Oil Fields.

Further, so how do the Sunnis all of a sudden unite with Shia's?

Will this be like Fundys uniting with Jews who seem to be the only ones keeping Sunni Shia apart according to your analysis :twisted: :shock: 8) ))

Are you Sunni, Shiite or Jewish (Tell us your political agenda):(Which of course tells us who you are and what your agenda is:

Keep the BAU Top .01% as wealthy as possible with the Bottom 90% Debt Slaves.

Re: THE Yemen Thread (merged)

Unread postPosted: Mon 04 Jan 2010, 12:20:32
by mos6507
FishAreBest wrote:The US promptly removed all aid and support from what was one of the poorest countries in the world, and it soon descended into anarachy.

When democracy means "Vote with us or we destroy your country", it is easy to understand why people reject democracy.


Aid is a privilege, not an entitlement. Something the 3rd world should remember when TSHTF and isolationism and export-land-model rule the day.

Re: THE Yemen Thread (merged)

Unread postPosted: Tue 05 Jan 2010, 22:09:09
by Graeme
Here's an interesting article by controversial author, William Engdahl. Near the end, he claims:

Some fifteen years ago I was told in a private meeting with a well-informed Washington insider that Yemen contained “enough undeveloped oil to fill the oil demand of the entire world for the next fifty years.” Perhaps there is more to Washington’s recent Yemen concern than a rag-tag al Qaeda whose very existence as a global terror organization has been doubted by seasoned Islamic experts.


Please members tell me how much truth is in the above statement, and, for that matter, the rest of the article.

Yemen Warns US Is Strengthening Al Qaeda

Unread postPosted: Thu 07 Jan 2010, 19:48:47
by mattduke
In its strongest language yet, Yemen's government declared Thursday that there are limits to its military cooperation with the United States, warning that any direct U.S. action in this impoverished Middle East nation could bolster the popularity of Islamic militants.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 02184.html

Re: Yemen Warns US Is Strengthening Al Qaeda

Unread postPosted: Fri 08 Jan 2010, 03:18:27
by seldom_seen
The Obomba administration can't get enough war. They've expanded the Iraq and Afghanistan wars in to now Pakistan and Yemen. What country is next?

Maybe they're trying to set the whole middle east ablaze to divert everyone's attention from the endless wall street bailouts and money printing?

Re: Yemen Warns US Is Strengthening Al Qaeda

Unread postPosted: Fri 08 Jan 2010, 07:47:41
by dukey
they had military operations in Somalia as well

Re: THE Yemen Thread (merged)

Unread postPosted: Wed 13 Jan 2010, 00:30:19
by pablonite
mcgowanjm wrote:Thank you. Sounds just right. We're great with the stick.
Carrots? Not so much. Which is why they hate us. 8O 8)


You got that backwards according to ex-the economic hitman John Perkins. The sticks come out when the carrots fail because not everyone eats the carrots. You would have to admit, to build consensus for another military adventure in America is stretching it right now so top Yemenite officials have already been bombarded with carrots to no avail already.

Re: THE Yemen Thread (merged)

Unread postPosted: Thu 14 Jan 2010, 06:27:18
by galacticsurfer
link Interesting article here with good graphics:
The Arabian subcontinent located in Southwest Asia is, evidently, geopolitically very critical due to its vast oil and natural gas reserves. Three easily blocked straits, commonly known as "chokepoints," may hamper ships from entering or exiting this area or the Red Sea and Persian Gulf. These three narrow chokepoints are the Strait of Hormuz, Bab el Mandeb Strait, and the Gulf of Suez or the Suez Canal.

... When one looks at that part of the world it is not a bright picture. The problems that may occur are numerous-- Inter Arab rivalries, Arab-Israeli conflicts, Arab-Iranian disputes, potential Iranian-Israeli hostilities, piracy, lawlessness, and terrorism. The Arab, conservative oil producing, countries of the gulf, as well as Iraq all depend on American military power for their protection if not their outright survival. Similarly, the responsibility of protecting shipping lanes in the area falls, entirely, on the United States Navy. The heavy American military presence in the neighborhood is not for show.

Re: THE Yemen Thread (merged)

Unread postPosted: Thu 04 Feb 2010, 12:32:36
by pablonite
Fake "War on Terrorism": The US is Fighting Democracy in Yemen
Interview with Mohamed Hassan
http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=17402
A pair of trousers catches fire in an aeroplane close to Detroit and missiles rain down on Yemen. Is this is what is called the butterfly effect? For Mohammed Hassan, the terrorist threat is only an excuse. In this latest chapter in our series "Understanding the Muslim world", our specialist explains what is really at stake in Yemen: i.e. undermining democracy in the Gulf in order to keep control over its oil.


Since the failed attack on the Amsterdam-Detroit flight, Yemen has hit the headlines. It's there that the young Nigerian terrorist is supposed to have trained. How could this country, an ally of the US, become of refuge for al-Qaeda?

First of all we must note this phenomenon which is repeating itself: every time that a regime backed by Washington is threatened, then terrorists appear on the scene. In the case of Muslim countries, it's al-Qaeda that gets the blame. This phantom terrorist group always pops up where nationalist or anti-imperialist movements give trouble to puppets supported by the US. That's what's happening now in Yemen. This country is ruled by a corrupt regime that is allied to Washington. But it is threatened by resistance movements...

Noticed in the news the port of Boston is set to receive a LNG tanker from Yemen in a couple of weeks. Homeland security and the coast guard say it's all good!
cube wrote:The US military can't even intercept planes on it's own soil and it takes them a week to mobilize just within US borders.
:lol:
You don't seriously believe that do you?

Payne Stewart was a participant or observer in the following events:
http://www.historycommons.org/entity.js ... _stewart_1
...After air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane, it was tracked by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), assisted by several Air Force and Air National Guard fighters and an AWACS radar control plane, up until when it crashed. It was also tracked on radar screens inside the National Military Command Center in the Pentagon...

They were all over a private Learjet in minutes but let 3 commercial airliners fly all over the eastern seaboard for hours? Because they had multiple exercises running that day, one that simulated planes flying into the world trade center of all things! These exercises conveniently interfered with what is normal procedure - an FAA request to intercept wayward planes. You can imagine the confusion as one air traffic controller is quoted, "Is this real-world or exercise?"...

Re: THE Yemen Thread (merged)

Unread postPosted: Sat 13 Feb 2010, 14:45:51
by Oilguy
If you're after a Geopolitical update on Yemen: http://www.oilprice.com/article-media-a ... tance.html

Yemen joins the political-unrest party

Unread postPosted: Sun 06 Mar 2011, 20:57:41
by Niagara
Another "me too" uprising taking shape, in Yemen this time.

Leave Yemen, Ottawa warns Canadians
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/03/06/yemen-travel-warning.html

Canadians should leave Yemen as soon as possible, the Department of Foreign Affairs reiterated Sunday, as new political violence swept the Middle Eastern nation.

In an update of an earlier warning to travellers, Foreign Affairs urged Canadians to use commercial transportation links to leave the Middle Eastern country, which has been caught up in the political turmoil sweeping the region since mid-February. A similar warning was issued to Americans on Sunday.


How long before this s***storm hits Saudi Arabia? $10 gas coming?

Re: Yemen joins the political-unrest party

Unread postPosted: Sun 06 Mar 2011, 21:06:39
by Plantagenet
The domino theory of politics in action..... 8)

Re: THE Yemen Thread (merged)

Unread postPosted: Mon 21 Mar 2011, 06:43:58
by Mesuge
It seems to be over for the old regime there, 60-90% of army switched sides as of today. It looks as rehashed egyptian scenario, mil. will step up provide some stability, chunks of the former elites will have time to escape/channel out some of the funds. But what if anything substantial will change in terms of relations with US, SA/Gulf? Just reminder, Yemen sits just south of the SA border and the Gulf.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middl ... 9476.html#

Yemen is in Ruins / Yemen is OK

Unread postPosted: Fri 06 May 2011, 10:44:53
by bratticus
Oh, dear what can the matter be?

Yemen light crude output, exports slashed
By Humeyra Pamuk and Mohammed Mukhasaf / Reuters / May 4, 2011


Yemen's production and export of light crude oil from its offshore terminal in the Red Sea have come to a standstill after a mid-March blast on its main oil pipeline, shipping sources said on Wednesday.

The poorest Arab country's output of 110,000 barrels per day of Marib Light crude from its offshore Ras Isa terminal closed three weeks ago after an explosion on the main pipeline carrying oil.

"There have been no exports of crude from Ras Isa for the past three and a half weeks," one shipping source said. "There has been no production of Marib Light crude since then." ...


Yemen LNG says production, exports normal despite unrest
Platts / May 5, 2011


The Yemen LNG project, the biggest foreign investment in the country, continues to operate normally despite unrest in Yemen, the project's general manager said Thursday.

"Everything is normal," said Francois Rafin of Yemen LNG by telephone from Sanaa. "The wells are producing. We are shipping. There's absolutely nothing exciting to report. Beyond that, we have no further comment."

Re: Yemen is in Ruins / Yemen is OK

Unread postPosted: Mon 09 May 2011, 08:14:41
by bratticus
Attacks on oil pipelines - Yemen on verge of economic catastrophe
Gamal Ragay / Global Arab Network / May 9, 2011


Global Arab Network - Yemeni caretaker Minister of Oil and Minerals Amir Salim Al-Aydarus warned against an imminent economic catastrophe due to the ongoing unrest and the recurrent bomb attacks on oil pipelines.

"The acts of sabotage on the pipeline in Wadi Ubaida, Ma'rib Governorate, north Yemen, hampered the flow of oil since mid March and undermined the trust of investors in the country," the minister said in a briefing to the House of Representatives here.

"Several oil companies have quit the country and the refineries in the southwestern governorate of Aden came to a standstill a week ago," Al-Aydarus revealed.

He admitted that the caretaker government is unable to discharge its missions regarding meeting the basic needs of the people according to the constitution.

The minister said the engineering teams failed to fix the pipeline since the last blast to the inability of the security services to ensure safety on the roads to Ma'rib, affirming that "it is a security problem in the first place." The Yemeni economy relies on the revenues from the oil and gas resources of Ma'rib which account for 50 percent of the country's GDP.

"If the problem persists, the government will be unable to meet the minimum needs of the citizens. The situation will pose a catastrophe beyond imagination," Al-Aydarus made clear.

Re: Yemen is in Ruins / Yemen is OK

Unread postPosted: Mon 09 May 2011, 08:17:58
by bratticus
Yemeni official admits state unable to offer necessary services to people
News Yemen / May 7, 2011


Yemen's Oil and Minerals Minister admitted that the caretaker government has become unable to provide citizens with basic needs.

While attending the parliament's session on Saturday, Dr. Amir Aidarous warned of an imminent economic collapse as a result of the bombing of an oil pipeline in Abeeda in Marib last March.

Aidarous stated that stopping the flow of oil through the pipeline caused a drop in the confidence of some oil companies working in Yemen and the withdrawal of a number of them. He added that Aden refinery has stopped the production of various petroleum products since a week.

The official said that the situation is more serious than demonstrations or sit-ins.

“The fact is that Yemen depends in half of its income on oil and gas from Marib, so if the problem persists, the state will fail to provide the minimum needs of citizens of domestic gas and oil derivatives, and the situation will be disastrous,” Aidarous said.