Yemen PM in Saudi while Saleh hangs on to power

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Report and counter-reports have been published throughout today on whether or not Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been taken to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment following the attack on the Presidential Palace on Friday. It would seem that he is still in Yemen which is unsurprising…

Protester beating picture of Saleh - Sign of disrespect in the Arab world 

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Is the Threat of Iran the 'New Terrorism' for Gulf State Leaders?

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After the assassination of Osama Bin Laden and the Arab uprising across the Middle East the West is taking a hard look at its own foreign policy in the region unsettling the status quo and their leaders.

Fmr. US Embassy Tehran © flickr/pooyan

This was no more evident when the US changed its policy and withdrawing support for Egypt’s former President Hosni Mubarak much to the annoyance of it main ally in the region Saudi Arabia. This policy is now unravelling further with the eminent downfall of Saleh in Yemen which is now creating a security dilemma in other Gulf states which have also adopted the same pro-American policy at the expense of personal freedoms of its own people...


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