Yemen is an essential partner of the United States of America and the international community in combating terror.

Ali Abdullah Saleh (21 March 1946 – 4 December 2017) was the president of Yemen from 1990 to 2012.

Quotes

• You should continue carrying your arms, ready to sacrifice your lives in defence against these belligerent attacks
  • Referring to the Houthis (members of a rebel group) in Yemen, as quoted in "Will the Houthis abandon Ali Abdullah Saleh?" at english.alarabiya.net (4 June 2015)

• Yemen is an essential partner of the United States of America and the international community in combating terror.
  • President Bush Welcomes President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen to the White House (May 2007)

• Ruling Yemen is hard. I always say it’s like dancing on the heads of snakes
  • The Man Who Danced on the Heads of Snakes Dec 2017)

Quotes about Saleh

• The Yemeni people are well aware that Saleh and the Houthis did not turn against the government in a military coup, but turned against Yemen. Houthis arrest all the activists and throw them in jails illegally, and whereabouts of some of those detainees are unknown [he said noting the rebels arrest any activist who expresses his opinion in any means of social network will be held by them, and they arrest thousands of people]. They should work on building trust, release the detainees, stop media incitement and economic pressure, as they (the rebels) are attempting to tamper with the central bank and the future of the Yemeni people, without knowing the consequences of what they are doing.
  • Foreign Minister Abdul Malik Al Mikhlafi, while addressing media in Abu Dhabi, as quoted in "Saleh has no role in Yemen's future, says minister" in Khaleej Times (January 25, 2016)

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