Yemen: state of emergency after pro-government snipers massacre protesters

Yemeni security forces and plainclothes snipers on rooftops shot dead up to 42 protesters at an anti-government rally in Sanaa after Muslim prayers on Friday. President Ali Abdullah Saleh has since declared a state of emergency. "The Interior Ministry put the death toll at 25, but doctors said 42 people had died and at least 300 were injured." (Reuters)

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Yemen is a member of the Arab League. They probably voted for the no-fly zone in Libya, because as long as all the attention is on Gaddafi, they can literally get away with murder.
Eark_the_Bunny

Oh, Damn!
Nadreck

Remembering the world-wide riots (in which 6 people were killed) following unfounded rumours of a mistreated copy of the Koran in a US prison and also the many UN emergency sessions following the Israeli use of rubber bullets against rock throwing mobs I can only imagine what the response of those who are so concerned about human rights in the Middles East will be to this slaughter.

I imagine the response will be nothing.