YEMEN, LIBYA, SYRIA TRIO

YEMEN
With Libya flaring up on one side, Yemen too is in doldrums on the other side. In fact even before the Libyan conundrum, Yemen had started flaring up. While the spark of rebellion turned into wild-fire across Libya the fire has engulfed Yemen just a few days ago.
The demands of rebel protesters to Yemen ruler Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down at the earliest was turned down by him which angered the civilians. His promise of quitting the post in 2013 had no takers as the rebels wanted him to get out of office within no time. The adamant attitude of rebels and their raging protests were not taken lightly by Abdullah Saleh. He went on the offensive and ordered his soldiers to take on the protesters with an iron hand gunned down 52 protesters at Taghyer Square, the mass murder instead of silencing them served as a catalyst to the already charged atmosphere prevailing among the civilians. Then it turned a do-or-die battle which resulted in 20 more killings. In the meanwhile disillusionment and dissatisfaction among the soldiers came out into the open and breaking ranks, a group of soldiers joined the opposition.
This naturally weakened the military which in turn proved a shock to Ali Abdullah Saleh.
First he renewed his offer of stepping down in the year end which was also turned down by the rebels. They wanted nothing but his abdication of power and are not satisfied with other solutions.
On Friday ten lakh protesters after performing prayer marched to his palace demanding his ouster. He put forward a suggestion in the meanwhile and that was nothing but talks with the leaders of the civilians in an ambience of cordiality. He is anxious to know who will replace him in the event of his exit as he is very much concerned with the ‘safety and well-being of the people’. Leaders with dictatorial streak often boast in public like King Louis XVI, ‘After me, the deluge’. This man also think along these lines. His misrule of Yemen landed him in such a piquant situation, still he is concerned with the safety and welfare of the country in case of his exit. As Muammar Qadhafi claims ‘I am Libya’ why these dictators behave like this is not a difficult question to answer. They are megalomaniacs, that they are above common citizens and that ‘power is their birthright’. Such people are always pushed into the hell by their own citizens in fact by themselves.
Libya
The fight in Libya has reached a flash point with NATO taking over the military actions and the enforcement of a ‘no-fly-zone’. Allies too have joined NATO and the reports about allied forces withdrawing from the scene already denied by allied forces commanders. Among the 22 member Arab League, two Arab nations, UAE and Qatar have sent F16 Fighter planes and Mirage 2000 planes to fight the Libyan forces.
It is alleged that a visibly hit Libyan forces are supplying weapons to their supporters and to prevent this, NATO has enforced a strict vigil. NATO Director General Anderson Rogh Rasmussen has declared in no uncertain terms that the intervention will continue till the Operation Odyssey Dawn is accomplished.
Qadhafi could have avoided such a frightening situation had he listened to the saner voices of United Nations Security Council. UN Secretary General Ban-Ki-Moon had appealed to him to stop the massacre forthwith and if Qadhafi could listen to him UNSC resolution 1973 would not have come into effect leading to intervention by powerful nations.
Now that Libya has turned into a burning cauldron, how long it would take to reach a solution is a billion dollar question.
Syria
Syria too is caught in the grip of a rebellion. Lakhs and lakhs of people marched into Damascus, the capital city of Syria demanding the ouster of Syrian ruler Bashar Al Azad. In the visual media people were seen climbing atop a building kicking, tearing apart big hoardings of the ruler. Protests and processions are fast spreading against the ruling elite like wildfire the sole reason being their misrule and suppression of the masses since decades.