He won't be coming back....
"Injuries to Yemen leader called ‘serious’; Burns may mean longer absence" by Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times / June 8, 2011
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen suffered injuries far more extensive than previously known in an attack on his presidential palace last week, with burns over 40 percent of his body, Yemeni officials and Western diplomats said yesterday....
They mean previously told because people had to have known.
It also show that governments lie.
“His face was quite charred,’’ said a Western official, speaking anonymously according to governmental rules. “The burns are serious; he is not as well as his aides are portraying it.’’
The source of the explosion, which killed several guards and the imam of the mosque and injured several other government officials, has also been mysterious. It was initially believed to have come from a mortar or rocket attack from outside the compound.
But as the investigation continued, opinion has shifted to the possibility of at least one or more explosive devices inside the compound, including in the minbar, or pulpit, a Western official said.
Oh, it was an INSIDE JOB to GET HIM OUT of the WAY!!
The explosive material also apparently contained some kind of accelerant that spurred flames, a Western diplomat said....
The burns are not life-threatening, both the Yemeni and Western officials said. Given the pain involved with burns, however, the president would require strong sedation, the officials said.
The burns are expected to heal, but are extensive enough to need three or four months for that, said the Yemeni official, pointing to an extended absence.
There have also been reports that one of the wooden shards that sliced into his body punctured a lung, said Abdul Rahman al-Rashed, the head of the Arabiya television network.
That too could require a more extended convalescent period, he said....
He was removed, cui bono?
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