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The government of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, preoccupied with a simmering tribal rebellion in the north, an increasingly violent secessionist movement in the south, al-Qaida terrorism, a faltering economy and fast-disappearing oil reserves, appears to be helpless in the face of this accumulation of adversity.
If the country collapses, it would have strategic repercussions around the entire region, including providing a breeding ground and sanctuary for al-Qaida adjacent to Saudi Arabia, the world's leading oil producer. The killings in southern district of Shara'ab in May resulted from a standoff between security forces and villagers who wanted to drill a new well because others were running dry….
High-rises at Shibam, Wadi Hadhramaut (or Hadhramout, Hadramawt) Yemen. Shot by Jialiang Gao www.peace-on-earth.org, Wikimedia Commons, under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License
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