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Wednesday, April 06, 2011

US to Continue Arming Yemeni Government Despite Massacring of Protesters


The US has acknowledged that it has no plans to suspend its military assistance to Yemen despite the wave of anti-regime protests in the country.

"As far as I know, it has not been," Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said in response to a question whether the US administration was considering withholding military aid to stop the violence against demonstrators.

Tensions are running high in Yemen after 19 anti-regime protesters were shot dead by the police on Monday, with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh facing demands to step down without delay.'

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