Yemen tribe leaders denies link to palace attack

Reuters , Friday 3 Jun 2011

Sadeq al-Ahmar, leader of Hashed tribe federation, denies any links to presidential palace attack

The leader of a powerful Yemeni tribal federation on Friday denied his group was behind an attack on the presidential palace earlier in the day that injured several officials, his office said.

Sadeq al-Ahmar, head of the Hashed federation, blamed President Ali Abdullah Saleh for the attack, saying it was done to help justify a government escalation of street fighting in the capital.

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