Yemen and Libya
- 28 March 2011 21:0999025In Yemen, 40% of the population is under the age of 24.
A brief outline of Yemen's problems shows that there is an acute water shortage; malnutrition, 40% unemployment; 40% of the people living off less than £1.50 a day.
Adding to this, the country's oil sales are dwindling.
The tribal structure, and some religious differences, are cause for internal strife, and also an Al Quaeda militancy that the Yemeni government has been trying to curb. But it seems that increasing poverty is the main problem in the country.
The situation seems very much on the brink of getting out of control, and it is interesting that not one government in western Europe has a clue what to do about it.
It is, however, interesting to note that Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi, the emerging leader of the Libyan rebels, is an Al Quaeda commander, who has recruited men in Eastern Libya to fight American soldiers in Iraq, and who has just stated that Al Quaeda members are not terrorists.
For all we know, he may be responsible for the deaths of British soldiers in Afghanistan.Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
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Kent First http://youtu.be/04F3mAP3fV4 Keep banging on http://youtu.be/qYCU_SKmkGQ - 28 March 2011 22:4599034Very interesting I'm sure, however I thought this was DOVER Forum?
- 28 March 2011 22:5199036May-be you are not aware, Tony, that many threads have been brought up on Dover Forum about world matters, including individual Arabic countries where unrest has broken out.
Although I personally usually write about Dover on the Forum, your reply is in no way in line with the standards set on the Forum.Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
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Kent First http://youtu.be/04F3mAP3fV4 Keep banging on http://youtu.be/qYCU_SKmkGQ - 28 March 2011 23:1099037Oh well... never mind Alex, you get on with it then - you usually do.
- 28 March 2011 23:4599039I can see your point, Tony, that the topic is rather uneasy, as our Country is involved in war-operations, but the idea that British warplanes could be bombing to power an Al Quaeda commander - who is also the commander of the Lybian rebels - while at the same time British soldiers are supposedly fighting Al Quaeda in Afghanistan (or was it the Taliban) just points out that PM Cameron has ruined his career.
The man is making desperate speeches, together with another odd leader, Sarkozy, for the Lybians to abandon Col. Gedaffi "before it's too late".
Too late for what? one would ask. The fact is, the rebels cannot advance any further unless western warplanes bomb to smithereens a couple of Lybian cities and kill off hundreds of thousands of Lybians who are prepared to fight the rebels.
I suppose before long someone in high will confront PM Cameron with the fact that the rebel leader is an Al Queda commander. A larger proportion of the British public is against PM Cameron's war in Libya than is in favour.
But not everyone knows that the rebel leader is an Al Queda commander.
Alright, I did my part, got the message over, and will look out for another Dover topic to write about or coment on.
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Kent First http://youtu.be/04F3mAP3fV4 Keep banging on http://youtu.be/qYCU_SKmkGQ - 29 March 2011 09:1799081we never seem to get these things, we did out best to get the taleban in power now we are trying to overthrow them.
listening to our world leaders, they all have grave doubts about what happens if/when gaddafi is toppled.
there are many countries in the arab world that face regime change, unsettling all round. - 30 March 2011 15:3699287It would appear that we (UK) are adapting the rabbit in the headlights syndrome We, that is the government are slowly being sucked into something that is best left to tribal elders in Libya.
I should have thought it was painfully obvious that this country is not governed by tribal elders, unlike most arabic countries. It ill becomes William Hague to continue to drag this country into this arabic morasse. Initially we were supposed to be "protecting civilians" one has to ask how does one define a "civilian" when all the combatants on the whole are indistinguishable one from another.
Today we hear that it may be "possibly legal" to arm the so called rebels. How soon before it becomes "possibly legal" to place our troops on the ground to "possibly legally" teach them how to use the "possibly legal" arms, I trust you all get just where this situation is going.
We should have no truck with arabic policies as 99.9 times out of a 100 it always leads to death and destruction.
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Thought I had better do a post before Paul decides to assasinate me from the forum!! - 30 March 2011 22:0799362There's even more to it than that, Jimmy: the Al Quaeda rebels (one group among the various rebel groups in Libya) are reported to have carried away surface to air missiles looted from Libyan arms-depots, and other stuff.Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
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Kent First http://youtu.be/04F3mAP3fV4 Keep banging on http://youtu.be/qYCU_SKmkGQ