By: Mohammed Taher - LAHJ- The General People's Congress (GPC) held Wednesday an electoral rally in Lahj governorate for Ali Abdullah Saleh. Saleh launched the rally by standing one moment praying for the victims of Ibb rally stampede that occurred Tuesday.
Saleh said Lahj governorate had stood by the 26 September and 14 October revolutions, reminding them of Rajeh Labouzah , Faisal Abdul-Latif, and Saeed Saleh who died martyrs in the 14 Revolution.
"The political motion Yemen is witnessing nowadays is a basis for democracy. What the opposition says nowadays falls under the frame of freedom and democracy," Saleh added.
Saleh emphasized the electoral rallies held in various governorates are matchless comparing with those held in Europe or America. Electoral festivals in Europe and America are held in closed halls, he said.
"We are in the country of Shoura, freedom and democracy: the land of Sheba and Balqis. We go back to our ancient history. We don't accept democracy imposed on us by the West. We have established democracy on 22 May, 1990, and no force in the world can bring us back to partition," Saleh noted.
The GPC's presidential candidate called on people to forget the past and think of a unified, democratic country.
Concluding his speech, Saleh said, "We greet all of you, people of Lahj, and affirm that we will work to distribute residential and agricultural lands among young people all over the country. By the end of 2008, there will be no jobless youths."
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.
Saleh praises the democratic motion in Yemen
