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Yemen: Saleh’s Continued Presence Is Helping al Qaeda
Anti-government protesters in Sanaa, Yemen shout slogans as one holds up a sign in Arabic that reads, 'No immunity' during a rally to demand the trial for Yemen's outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh, January 16, 2012. (MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images)
January 17, 2012
| Security
| Middle East and North Africa
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The decision by former President Ali Abdullah Saleh to remain in Yemen to manage the presidential campaign of his vice president, Abdu Rabo Mansour Hadi, in next month’s election is certain to inflame the opposition and delay efforts to restore stability in that strife-filled nation. Further unrest will benefit al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), which captured the town of Radda, located about 105 miles southeast of Sanaa on January 14.

Saleh’s decision was something of a surprise. After he signed the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) power transition deal in late November, he said he would leave Yemen to seek medical treatment in the United States. But when the Yemeni cabinet approved an order required by the GCC deal that granted immunity to Saleh and “those who worked with him in all civilian, military and security state bodies and institutions during his rule,” he abruptly changed his mind.

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