Admin would like to clarify that people in Arhab are not necessarily Islahi, but their tribe leaders may be and the people follow their tribe leaders, and that is why their areas are being bombed by the government. It is very heavy handed diplomacy which shouts out NO NEGOTIATIONS and and we (the regime) wont leave until we spill much blood. There is no stopping it except by the will of Allah.
In the English press tribal fighters are often referred to as opposition fighters. Yes, they oppose, but they are not fighters of the opposition parties, they are tribesmen defending themselves as anyone would if such actions happened in their land or house. They tribal fighters, in a ground fight are stronger than the Republican Guard, but the RG have medium range artilliery and air support.
As for the buckets of sh#@. Admin suggests such ability to overcome such stench and filth is due to qat. People chew qat and they become deadened.
The thawra has lost much energy, and seems failed, perhaps their will be thawra part 2 after Ramadan because if the thuar (thawra people) stop completely the remainder of the regime will round them up and imprison them. Easy done, perhaps a few assassinations.
Al-Hasaba is still full of armed tribesmen, as well as a dug trench on many street corners in case of sudden outbreak of shooting, one might take refuge in one. Some have been renovated into rooved foxholes. Many have become garbage dumps.
Sana'a received its first good rain since the first day of the "war"(23 May). Much of the rain season has passed, punishment from Allah perhaps. But the city looks much better after a rain, especially after months of dust.
Ramadan is upon us, so make much du'a and don't waste the opportunity to do much ibada and good deeds.
Saturday 30 July 2011
Sunday 24 July 2011
Stuck in the Mud
Post by Ayman
Warning: the "s" word appears often in this blog and also contains sarcasm and cynicism.
I am wondering how this thawra (uprising/revolution) can end successfully. I hold a clear contemptuous view of it all, but still hope for its success.
People (non-Yemeni) often comment at how humble and patient Yemenis are in the face of hardship. I can agree to a certain extent. They do put up with a lot of shit and just keep going, but I disagree just as much and say Yemenis lack aspiration and vision of a future that isn't full of it. I also throw in a bucket of laziness for good measure.
So when a Yemeni is handed a bucket of shit they take it and put up with the stink until they don't notice it anymore, then they are handed worse shit and the cycle continues. So thanks to Allah some youths, after seeing Tunisa and Egypt revolution decided, all we need to do is clean out the shit and we can do it peacefully but sitting around in a public space - let's do it! No that's not fair of me, the original youth of the thawra are the one's who aspire to clean out the bucket of aforementioned substance, but some old hands realised that the shi# might actually get emptied out and cleaned up and so joined the thawra, and highjacked the agenda, now the whole lot is stuck in the mud.
We can all go forward and be killed peacefully and be shuhada' (martyrs) because Shaikh Al-Zindane said that those killed in the way of the thawra are shaheed, and I really hope they are, but I add a BIG INSHA ALLAH on the end of that.
Thousands have died now and the loyalist forces bomb daily the areas in Arhab, North Sana'a Governate, Taiz and Abyan. What are these areas guity of?
Arhab: Many areas are strong supporters of the Islah political party (the Islamic party in the style of Ikhwan - Muslim Brotherhood), and the founder of Islah the late Shaikh Abdullah al-Ahmar is from this region.
Northern Areas of Sana'a Government - also Islahi people.
Taiz- Interlectual heartland of Yemen. The thawra was the strongest here and the most organised and the most able to implement governance at the fall of the regime.
Abyan: al-Qaeda heartland - so they say. But really just a bunch of armed hooligans, not the real AQAP. USA are having a big hand in landing cruise missiles on civilians.
How will the thawra end? Here are some suggestions:
1. Ali Saleh and family will run out of bullets and the remainder of their soldiers will embrace the thawra.
2. USA and Saudi Arabia decide to support the Yemeni people for the good of the people rather than self-interests at the expense of Yemeni freedom and lives.
3.The peaceful protesters have an epiphany and take up arms.
4. The 12,000 mujahideen of Aden/Abyan (as in the hadith) come and save the day.
5. Ali Saleh will come back to Yemen during Ramadan and reopen the petrol resources and the gas, and electricity will run without interuption, there will be affordable food in the markets, and then all the ignorant and starving Yemenis will fall in prostration to Him and declare, "ash-sha,ab yureed Ali Abdullah Saleh" and he will fill there buckets with extra shi#.
Have a Happy Ramadan!!!!
Warning: the "s" word appears often in this blog and also contains sarcasm and cynicism.
I am wondering how this thawra (uprising/revolution) can end successfully. I hold a clear contemptuous view of it all, but still hope for its success.
People (non-Yemeni) often comment at how humble and patient Yemenis are in the face of hardship. I can agree to a certain extent. They do put up with a lot of shit and just keep going, but I disagree just as much and say Yemenis lack aspiration and vision of a future that isn't full of it. I also throw in a bucket of laziness for good measure.
So when a Yemeni is handed a bucket of shit they take it and put up with the stink until they don't notice it anymore, then they are handed worse shit and the cycle continues. So thanks to Allah some youths, after seeing Tunisa and Egypt revolution decided, all we need to do is clean out the shit and we can do it peacefully but sitting around in a public space - let's do it! No that's not fair of me, the original youth of the thawra are the one's who aspire to clean out the bucket of aforementioned substance, but some old hands realised that the shi# might actually get emptied out and cleaned up and so joined the thawra, and highjacked the agenda, now the whole lot is stuck in the mud.
We can all go forward and be killed peacefully and be shuhada' (martyrs) because Shaikh Al-Zindane said that those killed in the way of the thawra are shaheed, and I really hope they are, but I add a BIG INSHA ALLAH on the end of that.
Thousands have died now and the loyalist forces bomb daily the areas in Arhab, North Sana'a Governate, Taiz and Abyan. What are these areas guity of?
Arhab: Many areas are strong supporters of the Islah political party (the Islamic party in the style of Ikhwan - Muslim Brotherhood), and the founder of Islah the late Shaikh Abdullah al-Ahmar is from this region.
Northern Areas of Sana'a Government - also Islahi people.
Taiz- Interlectual heartland of Yemen. The thawra was the strongest here and the most organised and the most able to implement governance at the fall of the regime.
Abyan: al-Qaeda heartland - so they say. But really just a bunch of armed hooligans, not the real AQAP. USA are having a big hand in landing cruise missiles on civilians.
How will the thawra end? Here are some suggestions:
1. Ali Saleh and family will run out of bullets and the remainder of their soldiers will embrace the thawra.
2. USA and Saudi Arabia decide to support the Yemeni people for the good of the people rather than self-interests at the expense of Yemeni freedom and lives.
3.The peaceful protesters have an epiphany and take up arms.
4. The 12,000 mujahideen of Aden/Abyan (as in the hadith) come and save the day.
5. Ali Saleh will come back to Yemen during Ramadan and reopen the petrol resources and the gas, and electricity will run without interuption, there will be affordable food in the markets, and then all the ignorant and starving Yemenis will fall in prostration to Him and declare, "ash-sha,ab yureed Ali Abdullah Saleh" and he will fill there buckets with extra shi#.
Have a Happy Ramadan!!!!
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