After months of fighting, the barricades were taken down today, while the U.S. is deciding if they should block a visit by Saleh.

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An armed Yemeni tribesman loyal to Sheik Sadeq al-Ahmar, head of the Hashid tribe, watches as a bulldozer carries away the sandbags set up by armed tribesmen loyal to al-Ahmar during months of deadly protests in Sanaa, Yemen, Dec. 28, 2011.