Yemen's Embattled Leader Leaves for U.S.
Hours later, Yemen's air force mutinies against their commander, President Saleh's half brother.
By Abby Ohlheiser | Posted Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, at 10:42 AM ETMembers of the Yemeni Air Force protest outside the residence of Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi
Photograph by Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images.
A month before the country is supposed to hold a presidential election and transfer power to a new leader, Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh has departed for for the United States in order to receive medical treatment, effectively ending his 33-year rule.
The United States approved Saleh's visit Sunday, and almost immediately began fending off suggestions that the visit has a political motive, stressing Saleh's visit will last a "limited time," and that he'll return to Yemen after his treatment is finished. The Christian Science Monitor explains that if the United States is seen as harboring the leader—a longtime American ally—the country's security missions in the region would be jeopardized.
Before departure, Saleh addressed the nation, apologizing for "any shortcoming that occurred during my 33-year rule."
Saleh was injured during a bombing in June 2011, in the midst of an uprising against his regime that ultimately led to the embattled president signing an agreement in November to transfer power. The president would have been required to step down next month, in exchange for immunity from prosecution.
As the Associated Press notes, many of Saleh's friends and family remain in charge, and the opposition to Saleh fears that nothing much may change after the official transfer of power to a new president. Hours after Saleh's departure from Yemen, mutinies began to spread through the country's Air Force bases. The commander of Yemen's air force is Major General Mohammed Saleh, President Saleh's half brother.
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