Saleh forces bombs north of Sanaa Sanaa – Khaled Lehroji The Yemeni capital Sanaa sees, since Thursday afternoon, Incessant bombing over the neighborhoods of Hasba, Soufan, and the headquarters of the first Armored division. Witnesses said central security forces and the Republican Guard loyal to president Saleh is bombing by tanks and heavy artillery and Katyusha rockets large areas in the neighborhoods of Hasba, Soufan, and Al Nahda north of Sana\'a, where there are the houses of Sheikh Sadek Al Ahmar, the leader of Hashed tribe, and his family, in addition to the bombing of the headquarters of the First Armored Division which supports the revolution.
Witnesses told \'Arabs Today\' that there are sounds of heavy explosions echoed in those areas, and they made clear that the forces loyal to president Saleh, equipped with tanks and armored vehicles, arrived to the areas near the house of Sheikh Ahmar in Hasba neighborhood, and this force in addition to similar force in Imran street near Ghotheim market adjacent to Soufan neighbour are trying to break into these neighborhoods, maybe to reach the sites that are holed up by Sheikh Ahmar and his brothers.
Witnesses reported that the violent clashes are taking place in those areas between forces loyal to Saleh and the followers of Sheikh Ahmar, in addition to other clashes in Mazda street neat Al thawra park, which is close to the ministry of interior headquarters, and according to tribal sources one has killed and another 18 was wounded from the followers of Ahmar, while it is not known yet whether there were any casualties among the troops of the Armored Division.
This fighting and bombing comes with the heavy deployment of armed civilians loyal to Yemeni president in different parts of Zubairi street, south to Al Taghyeer square in Addition to Bab Al-Gaa, while well-informed sources in Taghyeer Square think those militants, who are backed by military and security forces, are preparing to storm the square from those sides.
In the mean time, the media center of the pro-revolution army said the regime of Saleh began on Thursday distributing a leaflet calling on his opponents to surrender, and take advantage of what they described as \'the last chance\'. The center pointed out that the leaflet contained threat to crush opponents, unless they surrender to the nearest point of the armed forces or security forces, in order to escape from a certain death.
The leaflet contained statements says: \"This is your last chance, if you want to keep your life and do not want to leave your kids, brothers and, and family in pain\". It also urged, those it said they are \'mislead\', to surrender and warned: \"surrender to be safe, before the land you stand on turns to volcanoes over the enemies of God, homeland, security, and stability.\"
The media center of the pro-revolution army accused some \'Iraqi experts\' to stand behind the idea of this leaflet, and that it was approved in meeting of the president with the military leaders on Sunday, and with the standing committee of his party on Wednesday. They noted that chairman of moral affairs department Brigadier General Ali Al Shater printed ten million copy, and the task of distributing it entrusted to the son of Saleh\'s brother, Ammar Saleh chairman of the National security.
Yemenis celebrates today the death of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and his son Al Mu\'tasim in most of the Yemeni cities, where the revolutionary youth organized a festival in Taghyeer square in Sana\'a, chanting the revolutionary hymns and carrying the Libyan flags, to celebrate the killing of Gaddafi which they see as a normal end to the dictators and tyrants.
The same scene repeated in different cities and provinces of Yemen, mainly in the cities of Hodeidah, Taiz, Ibb, Dhamar, Al Baydha, and Hadramout, While local sources in the city of Eden said tens of thousands from on the province pour into streets with their cars in long parades carrying Libyan flags, and singing revolutionary songs through speakers.