Almotamar.net - President Ali Abdullah Saleh called Wednesday on the international community to form an international force for confronting the pirates in collaboration with international forces and the countries situated on the Red Sea and the Arab Gulf. President Saleh said an effective international force must be formed to prevent these events and hated acts.
Attending a graduation ceremony today of two batches of masters degree in police sciences and a number of training courses in the police academy the president reiterated Yemen's condemnation of piracy acts in general against all Arab and foreign ships.
The president also drew the attention to recent improvement in performance of security apparatuses, noticeably after the 5th time of security deployment. President Saleh said piracy is enlisted among terrorist acts. They are am abhorred terrorist act and that the ministries of interior and defence and the navy and coast guard have to perform their duty well so that to secure ships and navigation in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea. He expressed his regret of what the Somali pirates are doing, reminding o Yemen's humanitarian stands towards the brothers in Somalia.
President Saleh said," Yemen embraces many thousands of Somalis in al our cities and we host and treat them generously but it is much regretted this is the answer to the favour, to kidnap ships at the time we bear great economic, social and health burdens for 18 years and we are still receiving our Somali brothers in Aden, Shabwa, Hadramout, Taiz, Hudeida and everywhere and welcome them as brothers." He wondered if the answer to favour is to kidnap a Yemeni ship carrying 600 tons of construction materials from offshore Muklalla to the Somali coasts.
The United Arab Emirates acknowledged on Tuesday that two of its pilots were killed when their military aggression plane crashed over Jawf province, a military official said
The official added that the aggressive crashed plane was an apache that was
Artillery of the army and popular shelled a gathering of Saudi-paid mercenaries in al-Moqadra area in Serwah district of Marib province, a military official said on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, dozens of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed and others injured in Wadi al-Theek in the district, the official added.
The army and popular forces carried out on Monday unique military operations in Taiz province.
A military official said that a number of Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed at the hands of the army and popular forces in al-Jazami Hill in al-Kadaha area in al-Ma'afer district.
A Saudi aggression fighter jet targeted a citizen's car driving in Fara area of Kutaf district in Saada province overnight, killing the driver and injuring his friend, a security official said on Monday.
The army artillery and popular committees launched a fierce attack on Saudi-paid mercenaries' sites in Jawf province, a military official said on Monday.
The attack destroyed a military vehicle belonging to the mercenaries and killed all on board in Sabran area in khab and shaaf district.
Scores of Saudi enemy soldiers were killed and injured on Sunday when the army and popular forces repelled a Saudi military attempt to sneak into Shurfah site in the border province of Najran, a military official said.
The operation was accomplished successfully against the Saudi
The army and popular committees have killed a total of 18 Saudi-paid mercenaries in sniper operations over the past hours in the central province of Marib, a military official said on Sunday.
Ten mercenaries were killed in Nehm district and eight others were killed in Serwah district, said the official.
Saudi aggression warplanes have launched more than 49 airstrikes over the past hours on several residential areas across Yemen, a security official said on Sunday.
The airstrikes targeted the areas of Malahiz and Husama in Dhahir district, and areas Thuban, Masahif and Sdad in Bakim district of northern Saada province.
President calls for forming international force to fight pirates
