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182712
Tue, 05/17/2011 - 15:23
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Yemeni Politician Reveals Abdullah Saleh's Close Ties with Mossad
TEHRAN (FNA)- A Yemeni opposition figure condemned the close relations between the Yemeni dictator, Ali Abdullah Saleh, and Israel, and said that the Zionist lobby in the US is pressuring Washington to provoke a civil war in Yemen.
"It is more than 33 years that Ali Abdullah Saleh has relations with Mossad and the ties still continue," Safvan Asha'ri told FNA on Tuesday, adding that Israel's influence on the US and Washington's pressures on the Persian Gulf littoral states have kept Saleh in power.
He said the Zionist lobby is pressuring the US administration to persuade Saleh to start a civil war in the country since Israel wants a war against the socialists in Southern Yemen.
Earlier, a prominent Yemeni politician had underlined the imminent collapse of Ali Abdullah Salah's regime, and said the Zionist regime has decided to shelter the Yemeni dictator.
"All the Yemeni people are aware that Ali Abdullah Saleh has strong secretive ties with Tel Aviv and I predict that after his ouster, Saleh will escape to Tel Aviv which is the best place for him," Abdullah Al-Hakami told FNA in April.
Stressing the Yemeni people's resolve to continue protests until the complete collapse of Saleh's regime, he said, "Ali Abdullah Saleh is doing whatever he can to remain in power but the Yemeni people are determined to end the life of his regime through peaceful ways."
Anti-regime protesters vowed to stay put despite the mediation efforts of the Persian Gulf neighbors. They rejected the initiative which urged Saleh, in power since 1978, to ensure a peaceful transition of power to Vice President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi and a national unity government led by the opposition.
The protesters have rejected any dialogue with Yemen's embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who said he was ready for a "peaceful and constitutional" transfer of power, but refused to do so in action.
"We refuse any dialogue with the assailant and the tyrant," says activist Mohammed Ibrahim, from the Youth for Change coalition of protest groups that has led demonstrations since late January.
"It is more than 33 years that Ali Abdullah Saleh has relations with Mossad and the ties still continue," Safvan Asha'ri told FNA on Tuesday, adding that Israel's influence on the US and Washington's pressures on the Persian Gulf littoral states have kept Saleh in power.
He said the Zionist lobby is pressuring the US administration to persuade Saleh to start a civil war in the country since Israel wants a war against the socialists in Southern Yemen.
Earlier, a prominent Yemeni politician had underlined the imminent collapse of Ali Abdullah Salah's regime, and said the Zionist regime has decided to shelter the Yemeni dictator.
"All the Yemeni people are aware that Ali Abdullah Saleh has strong secretive ties with Tel Aviv and I predict that after his ouster, Saleh will escape to Tel Aviv which is the best place for him," Abdullah Al-Hakami told FNA in April.
Stressing the Yemeni people's resolve to continue protests until the complete collapse of Saleh's regime, he said, "Ali Abdullah Saleh is doing whatever he can to remain in power but the Yemeni people are determined to end the life of his regime through peaceful ways."
Anti-regime protesters vowed to stay put despite the mediation efforts of the Persian Gulf neighbors. They rejected the initiative which urged Saleh, in power since 1978, to ensure a peaceful transition of power to Vice President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi and a national unity government led by the opposition.
The protesters have rejected any dialogue with Yemen's embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who said he was ready for a "peaceful and constitutional" transfer of power, but refused to do so in action.
"We refuse any dialogue with the assailant and the tyrant," says activist Mohammed Ibrahim, from the Youth for Change coalition of protest groups that has led demonstrations since late January.
