Thursday, July 07, 2011

Yemen's Saleh, before and after rocket attack

That's a Russian rocket tan on the left.

This definitely falls in the couldn't-have-happened-to-a-nicer-guy category.  Yemen's leader Ali Abdullah Saleh has been president of North Yemen (and then Yemen) since 1978.  He refused to step down amid protests and was seriously injured (and burned) during a rocket attack on his compound on June 3.

Here is him today:

Here he is in late May:

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