[Series-51] Yemen: U.S. support for authoritarian regimes, and the interference

"Imperialism and neo-liberal destruction of the unity government" Yutaeyoung Ph.D. (Ethnic Communications Senior editorial writer) for the 51st time "Minjok-Tongshin" series... the" Yemen "is discussed in The countries involved in the United States, supporting the Yemeni regime"s interference, and the corner of the U.S. imperialist forces of globalization. Around the corner and pointed out that the country is untouched. He recently about the situation in Yemen, "Yemen, two of which System is integrated in four years, collapsed in 1990, is here today, ranging from the dangerous confrontation across the inter Are running into a civil war and the war. "He explained, and for the cause" of imperialism and neoliberalism in Yemen today, so Made, "he analyzed. Appear to be professional.

* Author: Dr. yutaeyoung


<##IMAGE##> Yemen, located on the Arabian Peninsula, southwest of the peninsula to the country about 2.4 times the total area (527,970 sq km), but most of the land is desert and the fertile agricultural areas in the western coastal areas, and underground resources, petroleum, marble, gold and is napdeungyi. Population of 24 million people and the vast majority of Muslim and Christian religions which amounts to 1%.

Old Testament King Solomon, Queen of Sheba had brought a rare and precious gift that the kingdom was in Yemen, archaeologists say. Yemen"s old "black pearl of the Red Sea as" the kingdom of the movie was called. But today, the old colonial rule because of the Yemen Arab country apart from the most declasse and is one of the world"s poorest countries. Yemen, as well as the most dangerous country in the world is also.

According to research published in the international arms agency owned by the whole nation of Yemen and the number of firearms in 17 million adults chisels have a per capita average of 3 guns and have defined the world"s most "heavy" is categorized as a country. Last four years, according to statistics of 20,003 with thousands of incidents were caused by firearms. This small country every day, he raised an average of 16 cases chonggisa is the situation.

But what is surprising is the most attention among the many accidental shooting incident in Yemen, based in the kidnapping of diplomats and their families following the incident and the kidnapping of foreign businessmen and tourists to keep the incident has occurred.

As examples of the Embassy of Korea in January 1998 juyemen wife and daughter of a diplomat with the Koreans in a causal event was abducted by armed emenine. Last year, 15th March 2009 called "seyiyun bombing" incident ilhaengin 18 hit the South Korean tourists were killed in four bomb wounded four people.

South Korea to settle the case, government officials and families again, they went to Yemen bombing casualties this time could not guarantee that had been known.

Yemen"s armed forces do Koreans think that targets of terrorism?

The answer is simple. Korea, the United States apart from the Middle East countries participated in the war and because the followers are diagnosed. In addition, a Yemeni people and his followers in the United States as South Korea is thinking is also used to find the cause. This also occurred in Afghanistan, South Korea is similar to the case of missionaries and missionary sources, respectively.

Koreans are the target of Islamic terrorism in the fact that it is not expected for a distant country. In recent years, also a follower of Korea and the United States position in relation yirangwaeu so many benefits, lost in the Middle East to abandon the position of the ROK-US relations and overly dependent on the United States, and is close enough to hyunghal pioneered his own destiny, not in a position will become. For Koreans here, hazing incidents occurred 12 times in recent years has been known.

[1] Brief History of Yemen


Yemen, a 3000 year old ancient pride of the rich and long history, is a country. According to tradition, the ancestors of Yemen in the Old Testament, Noah"s son Shem, descendants yokdanui emerging as heir to the kingdom just can lack the fertile valley between the ages have lived.

BC (BC) 12 century AD 6 centuries, ranging from the kingdom and Saba Mina had ruled the kingdom of Yemen, Egypt to Greek and Roman trading spices, etc. This was a rich agricultural wealth be enjoyed. Especially Queen of Sheba (Kings 10) fragrances and jewelry by visiting Solomon presents a history of the old stories and wisdom learned have been told for so long.

Since the kingdom of Saba Yemen kataba, Hami Oh Retreat, ahwoosan, hard, and the Persian invasion of the Kingdom of Rama Float including all the 7th-century dynasty that came to geochyeooh Yemen has opened its doors to the Islamic era.

Yemen"s southern plains of Sunni and Shiite governing system of the northern highlands of Yemen sells Zayed settles hetda rule. But not until the 9th century imam of the northern par Zayed (Imam) and the rajideu founded a dynasty that ruled the region of Yemen.

This built by Imam rajideu dynasty ruled Yemen until 1872 hadaga doeyeo conquered by the Ottoman Empire to defeat completely fell away as Yemen. Rajideu dynasty of Imams of Yemen after gone back to the rule of the Ottoman Turks were received this time Britain in the southern part of Yemen"s strength quickly by land north and south of Yemen are ruled over bundanhae. Since then, the tragic fate of Yemen was commenced.

Ottoman rule of Yemen a new Getting Started represent a political motive in the UK to act quickly to exploit the opportunities of the southern Yemeni port of Aden region to permanently seize key point is who. Why the British seized the port of Aden in the Iberian Peninsula as a strategic base for the British East India Company has already seized the port of Aden and the Suez Canal in 1869, but especially because of the new openings are listed as a port of Aden UK namyemenui yearned desperately need This long-term occupation of the rest of the dream that had come to rob.

Britain fought the Ottoman Turks, and let"s win the first Southern Yemen"s strengths, and to govern this country again, to separate the imperialist tactic I developed a technique often has divided the north and south Yemen. Yemen, the southern part of the British gangjeomhan case that the tragic history of Yemen is divided north and south led to the start. Machido division of our country and the history of the peninsula was divided in 1945 by the United States to raise such a situation is floating. In other words, a line drawn 38 occurred in the context of the case and it is exactly the same situation in Yemen was divided.

[2] North Yemen"s independence movement

The Ottoman Turks ruled Yemen is a World War II in 1918, defeated the doeyeo end 50 years of Yemen"s ruling was completely removed. Due to the withdrawal by the Turks of Yemen, Imam of the old monarchy, the Islamic theocracy to return to the department again Mixed hwaldoeyeo theocratic political system was being conducted.

But under British rule, was quite different in the south of Yemen. Namyemeneun there since 1839 under British colonial rule because of the North Yemen bokgwidoen totally unrelated to the Muslim state was a monarchy. 2 divided into north and south of the country, positioning us to make sure there"s only head-on conflict with each other, respectively.

The Muslim imam bukyemeneseo restored the monarchy that was like? Never in the political career has not fared well in the North Yemen had always faced a crisis. The reason is that South and North Korea as well as a divided country in a state seen as a crisis occurred, but because it is larger than nine times the monarchy, Islam arose as a reaction to the "Cavalier> and" liberals> direct cause of the confrontation, respectively. In other words, to reform demands of the times you have a great influence on the rising political unrest in North Yemen is precipitated.

Thus, leaving the Turks to go back to the Islamic monarchy, 54 years have been recovered in September 1962 that officers in North Yemen, a military coup led by Colonel Saleh due to the collapse of the monarchy "Yemen Arab Republic> This was a newly founded .

At this time, the newly founded United States and the Soviet Union north of the scrambling of the "Yemen Arab Republic> was approved immediately. In the UK, and the disposition of the bill namyemeneul strengths while north of the newly founded "Yemen Arab Republic> was rejected for approval.

But as a newly founded north of the military coup d"etat "Yemen Arab Republic> mothayeo the rocky political situation is never again fell into confusion. So 16 years after the military coup occurred in the four presidents have often appeared. All four of the president was assassinated in another coup, or was coming in all things disappear.

Subsequently, Colonel Saleh was the instigator of a coup in 1978 that the president and the president Salleh doeyeotneunde twice survived assassination threats yohaenghi consigned to the president"s mission has continued. When the newly founded North "Yemen Arab Republic> The pro-conservative nature of the military regime stood for. This regime was behind the U.S. intervention under the circumstances there was a complete 112.

But the U.S. continues bukyemenui South Yemen, the involvement of the internal confusion of left field drove in the allegations. In other words, the United States of South Yemen and North Yemen to fight each other semyida induced. So what happened in 1972 and again in 1979, armed clashes occurred between North and South, respectively.

President Saleh bukemenui this situation since the violence, but they still withdraw the namyemeneseo namyemene have regrets to maintain friendly relations with the British diplomatic efforts were intentionally. About the UK division of Yemen "byeongjugo yakjunda" acting in the old adage still sneaking around privately bukyemengwa invasive in the UK was revealed as the reality of spirit.

[3] South Yemen"s independence movement


Since 1839, 128 years under British colonial rule was at last the first time since 1963 namyemeneseodo independence movement began to sprout. Britain could start withdrawing without a namyemeneseo and severe violence in 1967 namyemeneun After I get up on 30 November 1967 "People"s Republic of South Yemen> establishment has declared.

In 1970, a radical Marxist, "the Democratic People"s Republic of Yemen, PDRY> and set the country of all political activities and political activities of all parties together to create a single, integrated" Yemen Social Democracy, YSP> would have done. PDRY in southern Yemen, Yemen, officially becoming a founding history of the irreversible division began.

"Yemen> cross-country skiing, while the United States and the Soviet Union, China and Arab countries to aid the conduction of the first socialist country started. Bukyemenyi three times more than the population of Yemen in plenty bukyemenyi forces were far more superior.

"Yemen> alsyabi President of the Chapter 1 (1967), and Article 2 Ali, President (1978) contributed greatly to the construction of a socialist state namyemenui not resign in disgrace has not. But namyemenyi independence from Britain after it built a socialist country facing the biggest problem was the civil war occurred in 1986. The lining of the civil war, the forces of moderation and it woopain Foreign hammadeu against hardline President jwapain "Yemen Social Democracy> occurred between the secretary-general Ismail power struggle between two factions in the civil war was due.

Woopain moderate President Mohammed regime to maintain the authority to use the Paladin self-produced a coup. Paladin coup caused the moderate Mohammed president first winner doeyeo Yemeni Socialist Party"s hardline leader Ismail Secretary, including the four people important to those loyal to them for killing a success but, but, after a bunbalhan leftist junta"s powerful counterattack and the bombing due to both severe victims occurs and the two sides had entered into a long civil war. As a result of the long civil war, President Muhammad finally right to give up their lives to save the regime bukyemeneuro turns into exile was an urgent situation.

Due to the civil war, "Sahwa Yemen Democracy> of the main shaft 50 people were killed and 2,000 members of the casualties occurred. But barely survived the party Politburo Al carbide "Yemen Social Democracy> emerged as the new silgwonja. Fortunately, "Yemen Social Democracy> rectify the situation very well and caused the coup rather Paladin namyemenui incumbent president into exile to become bukyemeneuro obviously urgent measures of the Soviet Union gave the background to provide assistance because of the known.

Civil war in the Soviet Union was traveling home to a awards party namyemenui ahtaseu seogijangeu appeared to know the new challenges of post-civil war with carbide and arrangements went well. In addition, the background of Western relations released bukyemengwaui samgo I have to get a real good handle on the problem, such as the United States was wary of his back for a moment the bukyemene infiltration also was prepared without caution.

"Yemen Social Democracy> emerged as the new leader of Al carbide, when the British colonial rule also participated in the labor movement from the port of Aden independence movement is reflected in the" National Front> was involved in the founding of the People"s young. He belongs to the left within the organization was active in the enthusiastic members. He is always causing trouble within the organization and the right-wing conservative forces took the lead time to purge.

Al carbide in 1969 to expel the British invaders namyemeneseo entirely on the independence movement was the vanguard "National Front> The banyoungguk were involved in a bloodless coup. After such recognition for an independent government based on namyemenyi served as foreign minister was even.

Awards and carbide ahtaseu namyemenui emerge as leaders in many ways the general secretary of the North-South reconciliation efforts to the north of the right-wing followers of exiled President Muhammad broadmindedness tried a reconciliation policy. In some cases, as well as the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and Gorbachev"s reform policies, but because of the influence of the opinion, anyway namyemenui unification issue rather than the rulers in the past had turned more positive.

September 1972 2nd February 1979 in North border caused a fierce conflict, but the Arab League countries, including Libya as a mediator of the active summit in Cairo was the second summit meeting in Kuwait on unification with so north and south or has had against the expectations.

Thus, in July 1986 the general secretary of the Socialist Party in May 1988 namyemenui Saleh Al carbide and North Yemen President Gaddafi of Libya in Tripoli at the invitation of President met together. The two leaders reunification and refugee gyohwandeung discuss several practical issues and future agreed to continue contacts. With such frequent contact between the two Koreas conducted a cross-out discussion.

[4] system integration rather than reunification


As a result, on 22 May 1990 namyemengwa North Yemen merged the two institutions are "the Republic of Yemen> establishment of a surprise was declared less.

In the meantime, in 1962, "Yemen Arab Republic> This was founded, in 1963," Yemen, Democratic People"s Republic of> the two sides are divided on the way over 28 years, respectively, the two institutions "Republic of Yemen> was integrated into. This integrated "Yemen, Republic of> in the north of Sinai," Sinai administrative capital "and called the naming of the southern port of Aden as compensation for" economic capital of Aden, "called the two sides agreed to the naming. President Saleh in the north of Yemen"s presidential inauguration, and the integration, the south of the Socialist Party secretary-general of the Al carbide was sworn in as the vice president.

Such a full scale institutional integration of Yemen"s political commentators about the world, East and West camps is extremely negative view of the observations were analyzed. Because the institutional integration of Yemen ago gyeokjeokin recklessly made purely because of economic benefits is very urgent
Integration because it was unstable.

The integration of the divided country, each of the regional integration of tradition and the uniqueness of this equation is different, but generally "the basic principle of national unification> (1) of national reconciliation and reunification in the spirit of cooperation, (2), foreign interference excluded and the rule of independent reunification, (3), predicated on principles of mutual help and economic independence should be the unification of economic integration and reunification that can be strengthened somewhat in Yemen was estimated that it has not been conducted.

In that sense, the integration of Yemen is a rush that was carried. Simply pressing economic problem solving and the development of petroleum resources sigeupham hasty statement when the state carried in the integration because the aftermath was a problem predators. Bukyemeneseoneun as well as the collapse of the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, including the reasons to apply the logic of Sanya strong push to send the unconditional way, went ahead with integration. The changing namyemeneseoneun
The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and the impatience of the international situation at all because no state is ready for integration, the analysis has been conducted passively.

Namyemeneseo oil to be found for the first time in 1982 and thereafter commenced in the southern coastal areas where large oil reserves were discovered 4. The oil reserves in northern than in southern Yemen, the ship was three. However, due to the conditions of Yemen is divided north and south than in other Arab oil stocks oil development were very backward. Just heard soon consolidated the government of Yemen"s oil industry to facilitate the development of the economy"s survival depends doeyeo a major oil industry expects the development will focus on the arduous not only wrote some points for the integration of the two sides should be complementary in terms of negligence on both sides had been estimated. Therefore, the integration of Yemen after that did not go smoothly. In other words, basically three principles for integration of both sides that could do to support the integration because it was conceived, its aftermath has become another phase.

[5] Today"s "Republic of Yemen> Where to go


22 May 1990 on the institutional consolidation was achieved "Republic of Yemen> May 5, 1994 the collapse of once again caught up in the situation. That is integrated across the board for four years, ever since the collapse and civil war ensued.

Entries for both the foreign and the different positions. The differences in national sentiment was a problem between layers, regional conflicts and the economic collapse of some of the problems caused by an imbalance of factors have been acting. Strong push by foreign powers to send a logical way, because it was the Entire yirwojin integration had to be destroyed soon be diagnosed.

Nevertheless, the Western media and political position of President Saleh of Yemen after integration was a strong and long-term support of the United States based on the composition of the ruling system has been reported. Yemen"s support for the U.S. economy in 2009 to $ 4030 to $ 10,000 has increased from 6,300 in 2010. However, such a huge amount of U.S. aid in maintaining chinmijeonggwon President Saleh will be consumed, but the benefits of such aid did not return to the Yemeni people. In other words, the vested interests that benefit only the forces of U.S. aid because it was a situation that did not help for the people of Yemen. This phenomenon takes care of the Rhee regime, the United States vested the power to fill the stomach as has been applied in similar situations can see Yemen.

Unlike the unilateral aspect of the Western media only reported was happening. Yemen, which has been accumulated since the collapse of integration deepening civil conflict has turned out. Nonstop day protest of the people was the explosion. The riots and arson, and every day has been no shortage of things daegyu demo. This indifference of the police and a riot of people such as tear gas and brandishing a vicious cycle of Yemen was a continuation of the situation. This was also happening throughout the country.

For this situation, including the United States in January 2010 that the Western media through press 5, "Civil War powder magazine of Yemen .. 3 Worsening of the United States declared war with> is introduced as a headline.

Yet the Western media, "a major counter-terrorism against the United States to Yemen before spreading to such an extent that," he said. Meanwhile, U.S. authorities edaehayeo these signs of Al Qaeda in Yemen, the U.S. intervention but rather the power to let out the voices of concern were raised, "the U.S. is now undergoing a war in Yemen, which actually 3 Shiite rebels in the northwestern and southern forces in two separate exercises salrel forces to fight al Qaeda and its missing the opportunity, in the east while the bill has been extended to the situation. "he was even evaluated.

Sweden"s so-called terrorism expert ranseutoreupeuneun "who fought in Iraq from Yemen Hardin ruthless Islamist fighters are 2000 people working in Yemen now," he analyzes the "anti-American organization in Somalia, as well as anti-American struggle to support alsyababeuga in Yemen situation, "he was even analysis.

At that time, President Saleh of Yemen on the offensive against al Qaeda and quell the ability to expand, but every day the global assessment question was workable. And a former U.S. ambassador to Yemen, about Newton"s Day bit "Even if the United States intends to strengthen the offensive, rather than spreading the money made Throw terrorist bases in Pakistan could be terrible," he lamented.

Today"s Yemen Yemen caused by the war, the Bush administration took office and the Obama administration prolonged the war and is just one. Obama"s battle to raise the strength of the Yemeni al-Qaida are only a result of the father. Christmas 2009 when both events occurred against the U.S. attack, including the U.S. central commander of the U.S. president, CNN and the American public to give me to revenge attacks in Yemen over the war only intensified the atmosphere.

U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, the United States for Yemen, claiming pre-emptive strike was declared following poktanjeok.

"The war in Iraq yesterday was the day of the war in Afghanistan if, the war in Yemen that will be tomorrow>

The United States currently in Yemen to consider carefully the risk is regarded as the Earth. The United States currently has a training camp for Al Qaeda in Yemen President Saleh to the site, claiming to have been pressured me to an onslaught. But U.S. pressure on President Saleh as well as the fact that the United States directly to the land of Yemen has been tuhahae hack bomb. Amnesty International (aemneseuteu) According to the United States on 17 December 2009 raid on the village of Yemen was majalra ahbian week killed 55 civilians, most patients are women 14 and children 21 persons have been compiled.

But aemneseuteuga has already confirmed that the weapon used to strike the United States in this notorious "cluster munitions entitled" to. President Saleh"s regime bombed the U.S., it"s a "cluster munitions" act of casting a blind eye to giving the United States has been criticized by the international community dudunhae.

Perpetrating these atrocities to the United States in the international community "use of cluster munitions treaty" is refusing to afford. Yet the other hand, the U.S. sponsored dictatorship, and Yemen to be aggressive as well as a global terrorist base in Yemen, on the other hand he"s to blame and criticism from the international community on this has been escalating.
Understands that the end of this article,

Yemen is four years, collapsed in 1990, is incorporated in to this day inter dangerous confrontation over the civil war and the war but because the self-destruction and winineun wonder?

Legitimate international critics "imperialism and neoliberalism did so today in Yemen" he pointed out, but I tackle this reason, as well as the integration of Yemen Yemen Yemen, leaders and citizens of the unrelenting position and attitude are more important. The rush to integrate, but it also has forced the need for foreign forces because it was carried to the light, the integration will not see again, I see the collapse is HIT.

I discussed the situation of Yemen and integration and unification of our nation and its principles must be firmly think that was way. Some people playing on the German unification, and we can not unify the way in Germany has the particularity. But one that eats the other end is an expression kkaedalahya unification is impossible. In other words, unification through absorption, or a communist reunification of Korea because it meant the upcoming war, should not be such a unification.

The unification of our federal / Confederation level, while the two sides both sides of the institutions and ideologies on the basis approved by Congress in a rational way of operating hadaga day we trust and faith of generations between the two sides together and then go to the accumulation of two As a system, the system, as a way to combine unified to achieve it makes you think. Fortunately, Kim Jong Il and Kim Dae Jung and Roh declaration entered into between 6.15 42 10.4 Declaration agreed at the very top that reunification has set for the drill to provide reasonable, so I can get that settled all of our compatriots abroad will be stresses.

This gives us the history of Yemen is a valuable lesson. (End)



[Source: Dr. yutaeyoung 2010-09-23]