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...Ali Mohsen al-Allaq, the previous incumbent, was named as acting governor....
...Within a quiet alleyway off Baghdad’s Mutanabbi Street, Sitar Mohsen Ali plies his trade, which is not so much the selling of books but the peddling of subversive, even dangerous ideas, which he does with...
...Other units from the elite Republican Guards, which is led by Brigadier General Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh, the ex-president’s son, were placed under different regional commands....
...“Our schoolbooks called for unification,” said Mohsen Fareed, now an activist for southerners’ rights, as we talked in a car on the seafront....
...These include his son, Ahmed, leader of the elite Republican Guards, and nephew Yahya, who heads the Central Security Forces....
...Ali Mohsen, a defected general, and Hamid al-Ahmar, a businessman and tribal chief, are powerful factional leaders emboldened by their fight against Mr Saleh....
...His relatives, including his son, Ahmed, head of the elite republican guard, show no signs of being dislodged from their positions of command in the security forces....
...“There were heavy machine guns and explosions,” said Salim Ahmed, a Sana’a resident. “Many people were injured.”...
...“The sales pressure shows that people are unloading because of fears about the protests,” said Ahmed Hanafi, head of research at Gothour Trading....
...al-Ahmar, a kinsman and long-time ally of the president, came out in support of the opposition and promised that they would protect the protesters. … But Mr Saleh’s son, Ahmed, still commands the elite...
...Monowar Uddin Ahmed, the committee chairman, told the Financial Times....
...“Today is the biggest day for change,” said Ahmed al-Wosabi, a protester....
...The replacement of Sheikh Ahmed bin Attiatullah al-Khalifa, the minister of cabinet affairs, with Kamal Ahmed, a technocrat close to the reformist crown prince, could be the most important move....
...Mohsen al-Awaji, an Islamist activist “He was extremely sensitive when he addressed Muslim women’s issues....
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