Page 137 - What Kind of Yemen ?

Adnan Oktar
(Harun Yahya)

The recent developments in Yemen match the description of a col-

lapsed state.
The Houthi riots, the acts of al-Qaeda, the intervention by Saudi
Arabia, USA and Iran in Yemen and the separatist Southern Movement
asking for help from Russia all prove that there is a serious lack of
authority in the country. The recent bomb attack targeting the Iranian
Ambassador in Sana'a, Hassan Sayed Nam, is also a clear indication
that there are some who wish for the continuance of the negative

atmosphere in the country. In early November 2014, the attendees of
Friday prayers in Hormaksar, Aden urged for 'independence screams'
to save the country from its political dilemma. And the supporters of
the Southern Movement, which doesn't accept the march of the Ansar
Allah Movement in the north (Houthis), urged independence for
'Aden'.
This unrest caused important security problems. Considering that
there are 60 million weapons owned by the civilians in Yemen, against
a population of only 25 million people, the reason behind the frequen-

cy of incidents of violence and conflict becomes clearer.
Armed groups raid military bases, arm their supporters and sell
some of the weapons they seize. For this reason, there are almost two
weapons per person in the country. Guns are so easily accessible that
the weapons trade is now almost as prevalent as khat (a narcotic herb)
trade.
All these developments drag Yemen into a downward spiral of

economic failure and instability. The economic problems Yemen has
been suffering since 2011 make the people poorer who already had a
very low purchasing power. Due to the long-running negative atmos-
phere in the country, food prices go up as the markets, groceries and
supermarkets suffer from a lack of demand.
The predictions that political instability will continue and the fact
that inflation went up to two-digit figures for the first time this year

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