A former bodyguard of Osama bin Laden warned of an escalation in fighting between al-Qaida and Yemeni authorities and predicted the government would need outside intervention to stay in power.
Yemen needs a women at the supreme elections committee YemenOnline-July 5,20080- President of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh called the political dialogue committee that discuss the formation of the Election Commission to the Importance of the need for women within the High Elections Commission. The Appeal of the president to the Committee which consisting of various political parties came within the framework of its policy to expand women participation in the political aspects in Yemen.