With Eyes on Egypt, Revolt in Yemen Gains Momentum http://www.merip.org/mero/mero020911.html

A series of large protests is unfolding across Yemen. Organized by a coalition of parties, demonstrators wear pink to honor the uprising in Tunisia that toppled president Ben Ali and triggered revolts in Egypt and other Arab countries. Yemen's President ‘Ali ‘Abdallah Salih, in office since 1978, is the longest-serving ruler in the Arab world after Muammar al-Qaddafi of Libya. Salih has pledged not to amend the constitution to install himself permanently or allow for his son to succeed him. However, Yemen's opposition remains skeptical. As in Egypt, US military aid has propped up Salih, increasing the regime’s capacity for surveillance and coercion. Stacey Yadav of Middle-East Report writes: “A common thread connecting demonstrations across the Arab world is frustration with aging and bloated, yet brittle regimes that have fed for decades at the trough of US military assistance.”