Escalating bloodshed in Yemen's three-month-old revolt

Ahmed Jadallah / Reuters

An anti-government protester demanding the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh helps a fellow protester who was wounded during clashes with police in Sanaa on Wednesday, May 11.

Yemen Lens / AP

A Yemeni army soldier gestures to anti-government protestors attending a rally demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Taiz, Yemen on Wednesday. Yemeni security forces, including snipers, opened fire on thousands of anti-government protesters marching to the Cabinet building.

Hani Mohammed / AP

A wounded anti-government protester is brought to a field hospital during clashes with Yemeni security forces in Sanaa on Wednesday. Yemeni security forces, including snipers, opened fire on thousands of anti-government protesters marching to the Cabinet building on Wednesday.

Yahya Arhab / EPA

Yemeni anti-government protesters shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the ousting of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa on Wednesday. According to media sources, protesters Wedneday seized various government offices, including a police station, in the southern Yemeni city of Taiz, reported a witness as anti-government protests continue in the country.

Khaled Abdullah / Reuters

A boy jumps over a burning tyre during a demonstration demanding the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the southern city of Taiz on Wednesday.

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the poor yeminis faith are being manipulated by the elite, either by saleh the corrupt stubborn guy or america who really really want to go to yemen just as afghanistan

    Reply#1 - Wed Jun 15, 2011 3:57 PM EDT
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