Yemeni president's shock return throws country into confusion

Republican Guard clash with renegade soldiers as President Ali Abdullah Saleh flies after months of convalescence in Riyadh

waiting for provisional release of eight months of political crisis in Yemen were plunged into confusion by the sudden return of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, after three months in Saudi Arabia to the restoration of an attempted murder.

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sudden reappearance followed five days of brutal violence in the capital in which more than 100 demonstrators were killed, some by government troops, anti-aircraft weapons. Sanaa is now plagued by street battles and exchanges of fire between the Republican Guard led by Saleh's son and a division of renegade soldiers who were supporting pro-democracy demonstrators.

hours after landing, Saleh called for a truce between the two parties. "The solution lies not in the mouths of guns and pistols, is in the dialogue and stop the bloodshed," the Defense Ministry quoted him as saying. But it was unclear whether those who struggle with Saleh's troops were ready to respond to his call for peace. The sound of mortars echoed from the mountains surrounding the capital late at night, when the fighting continued.

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dawn arrival of the president extended shots of celebration. A short video on state television showed Saleh of Yemen temporarily holding a cane and down the steps of a private jet at the airport in Sanaa.

For many, the arrival of President was a shock. Western diplomats in Sanaa, although members of the ruling party, Saleh, seemed to have no idea what was expected. Saudi princes and American diplomats are struggling to accept a new political scenario Saleh of Yemen back instead of being trapped in a marble palace of luxury in Riyadh.

• At noon, Sanaa was a divided city. Thousands of people gathered before the president of the mosque, hoping to catch a glimpse of Saleh. "Thank God for their safe arrival. This is the best day in the history of Yemen, no man can govern Yemen, except Ali Saleh," said an excited middle-aged man, jerking a map identification to prove your name, Ali Abdullah Saleh, the president matched.
A few miles north of 100,000 anti-government protesters filled a stretch of two miles of the road for a prayer ceremony on Friday. Faizah Suleiman, one of a number of prominent women leaders in March, said Saleh expected performance to match an even more brutal in their movement, saying: ". If we are still going to live this afternoon, "

Place Change This week - the shanty town of tents in the heart of the capital - was a sanctuary for pro-democracy dissidents in Yemen. On Friday, yesterday was a scene of chaos and despair. Tent with blood, was opened at the seams, was the place where anti-aircraft missile landed Wednesday, killing its occupant. The protesters handed out plastic helmets in a desperate effort to push the balls in the pro-government civilian snipers lurked on the roofs of neighboring houses.

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Saleh remain unclear. Rumors that he was preparing to meet his party, General People's Congress, and announced his resignation were unfounded. Experts say that when he returned to Yemen and then resign, Saleh could be at risk of persecution, a possible explanation for the hesitation.

Gregory Johnson, a scholar of Yemen Princeton University, said the timing of his return was "movement characteristic Saleh ... He did this several times in the past, reaching even national savior two opposite sides. "

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