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Adnan Oktar
(Harun Yahya)

diture is grossly excessive: Income per capita in Yemen is only $2,500.

In other words, the earnings of some 500,000 people in Yemen are used
entirely for military purposes.
Why does Yemen, with national revenues far below the global
average, feel the need for such great military spending? Yemen has
been the scene of many coups and attempted coups
in the past. Politicians and soldiers have been
assassinated, and many civil conflicts and

uprisings have occurred in the country. All
these threats emanating from inside
Yemen have led to great security con-
cerns in the state for many years. The
security forces in Yemen are organized,
not against any external threat or com-
mon crime within the country, but
against political instability and
domestic enemies.

Therefore, every incoming
administration regards it as
absolutely essential to establish
control over the military or
police in order to remain in
power. That control is

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