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Yemen’s Foreign Minister, Abu Bakr al-Qirbi: “I think there are a lot of experts on Yemen who write a lot of articles about Yemen, and analyses, and they have never […]

December 21, 2010

Yemen's Foreign Minister, Abu Bakr al-Qirbi: "I think there are a lot of experts on Yemen who write a lot of articles about Yemen, and analyses, and they have never visited Yemen."

Of course he also stood by the government's claims that it had killed al-Raymi and others.

Yemen’s Foreign Minister, Abu Bakr al-Qirbi: “I think there are a lot of experts on Yemen who write a lot of articles about Yemen, and analyses, and they have never visited Yemen.”Of course he also stood by the government’s claims that it had killed al-Raymi and others.

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