Revolution in Yemen

Michael Schor Pd 1

• President Ali Abdullah Saleh is currently being overthrown by the revolutionaries however he refuses to give up power.

• Protest leaders include: Abdel-Hadi al-Azazi

Similar with the American Revolution

• Involves a tyrannical leader who refuses to give up power

• There are some people who still support the old power

Different than American Revolution

• Its more of a civil war than a Revolution. The people are fighting their government and only Yemenites are dying unlike in the American Revolution where it was the Americans fighting the British.

Pictures of what’s going on.

Where the country is going

I do believe that the current president will be overthrown. However the country will not see a brighter future unless the next person in power can establish fair laws.

Works Cited• Kasinof, Laura. “After New Pledge to Leave Signs of Yemeni President’s

Resolve to Linger.” The New York Times. October 9, 2011. 10/25/11. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/10/world/middleeast/ali-abdullah-saleh-of-yemen-clinging-to-power.html?_r=1&ref=yemen

• Kasinof, Laura. “Yemen’s Embattled Government Calls Cease-Fire That So Far Fails to End Violence.” The New York Times. October 25, 2011. 10/25/11. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/26/world/middleeast/yemen-fighting-intensifies-as-cease-fire-is-called.html?_r=1&ref=yemen

• Ghosh, Bobby. “Yemen: The Most Dangerous Domino.” Time Magazine. March 14, 2011. 10/25/11. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2056712,00.html

• Al-Haj, Ahmed. “Yemen’s Saleh Returns from Saudi Arabia.” Time Magazine. September 23, 2011. 10/25/11. http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2094613,00.html