منقول : المخابرات البريطانية: علي عبدالله لديه علاقة بالقاعدة والدور عليه بعد بن علي

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المخابرات البريطانية: علي عبدالله لديه علاقة بالقاعدة والدور عليه بعد بن علي

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الصحفي البريطاني Con Coughlin الذي رافق وزير الخارجبة البريطاني اثناء زيارته الى اليمن بتاريخ 2011/2/9 كتب مقال في جريدة التيليغراف البربطانية قال فيه ان عناصر في المخابرات البريطانية اخبرته ان علي عبدالله صالح على علاقة بالقاعدة.
من ضمن ما قال ايضا ان وزير الخارجية البريطاني استخدم المكر في ايصال رسالة الي علي عبدالله صالح ان الدور قادم عليه بعد بن علي حيث قال له اثناء تناول الغداء
وزير الخارجبة البريطاني: مثير ما يحدث في تونس
فجاءة بدى القلق على وجه علي عبدالله صالح وقال : ولكن الامر قد انتهى؟
وزير الخارجبة البريطاني: اه نعم ...........والان لديهم حكومة (نظام) جديد

يبدوا ان الغرب قد رفع يده عن علي عبدالله صالح والنظامSana’a, Yemen

William Hague was left in no doubt as to the widespread anger many Yemenis feel for their government during our brief stopover in one of the world’s most dangerous and impoverished countries.

I am travelling around the Middle East with Hague during his whirlwind five-nations-in-three-days tour, and Yemen is number three on the list. Mr Hague’s emergency diplomatic mission is an attempt to dampen down the flames of political unrest that have erupted throughout the Middle East in the wake of the recent revolts in Tunisia and Egypt.

As our small party arrived in an RAF BAe 146 at Sana’a airport, the Yemeni welcoming committee rolled out a tatty red carpet that had clearly seen better days (for security, I’m not allowed to write about our whereabouts until we’ve left).

Mr Hague was then whisked to the presidential palace in a heavily armoured convoy for lunch with the country’s president, Ali Abdulah Saleh. As one of the Foreign Secretary’s bodyguards later told me, “It was like driving through a war zone.” Not only is Yemen in the midst of a brutal civil war: it has recently become a haven for a new group of Islamist terrorists called al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which is behind the recent spate of terror attacks against the UK.

As if this was not bad enough thousands of demonstrators had taken to the streets to call for the government to undertake long overdue reforms. The president says he will stand down in 2013 but, as in Egypt, many protesters fear this is just a delaying tactic to get the demonstrators off the street, and that Mr Saleh has no intention of surrendering the authoritarian control he has enjoyed for 32 years.

Mr Hague’s delicate diplomatic mission, as I report in today’s Daily Telegraph, was to encourage Mr Saleh to reform the government while at the same time doing more to counter the al-Qaeda threat in his country. That’s quite an ask, particularly when many British intelligence experts I’ve spoken to on this trip believe Mr Saleh actually has links to al-Qaeda.

But I must say I was impressed with the way Mr Hague mischievously made his point when he first sat down with Mr Saleh for lunch. “It was very interesting to see what was happening in Tunisia,” said Mr Hague. Tunisia was the first stop on his five-nation tour, where the old, corrupt regime of President Ben Ali has been already been overthrown following a popular uprising. Suddenly Mr Saleh looked worried. “But it’s over?” he inquired with concern. “Oh yes,” replied Mr Hague pointedly. “They have a new government now.”

Next stop is Abu Dhabi, and talks with the emirate’s ruling family on their own plans for political reform, as well as the looming threat posed by Iran’s nuclear programme to Gulf security.

Con Coughlin is travelling with the Foreign Secretary