Date: 31/05/05

I'm forwarding to you the footnotes for both articles in case they might be helpful to your news department. I have no interest in any credit for this story, only getting the story into the public domain and generating support for the victims and targets of the Yemeni government.
Jane Novak

First article: Sistani and the War in Yemen

Massive sweep of the region: http://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/e_default.asp

Clashes and bombing http://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/e_default.asp

Yemeni election 2006: http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=835&p=local&a=7

Extremist school closure: http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=835&p=local&a=8

Schools blaspheming: http://www.yobserver.com/news_6002.php

Ongoing violence against Shiites: http://www.yobserver.com/news_6018.php

Iraqi Shiites denunciation: http://www.sabanews.net/view.php?scope=f9129&dr=&ir=&id=91563

Jamestown, foreign influences, moderate Zaidi: http://www.jamestown.org/news_details.php?news_id=61

Amnesty International: http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/699/re5.htm

Govt statement homes destroyed, resident claim of 65000 displaced, residents pamphlet: http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=833&p=front&a=1

Use of tanks and artillery, international orgs prohibited, Shiite parties pressured, foreign influences blamed: http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=832&p=front&a=1

Blaming Hezbollah, opposition statement, deviant ideology: http://www.ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=24539

Iranian backing claim: http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/05/front2453473.0125.html

US State Dept: Judge imprisoned, mass arrests, blame the Jews for rebels, 96% of the vote: http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41736.htm

Shiite Eid celebrations banned: http://www.yobserver.com/news/article_3617.html
(article no longer available on line, copy of text available)

Bodies dragged behind cars: http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=838&p=front&a=3

second article: Jihad in Broad daylight
Power and Interest News Report: (I have written permission for this citation) http://www.pinr.com/report.php?ac=view_printable&report_id=153&language_id=1
US State Dept, terrorist financing: http://www.state.gov/g/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2005/vol2/html/42395.htm
Sistani statement: http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=840&p=front&a=3
Ambassador al-Hasani statement re Mohsen: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1602813,00.html
Ambassador al-Hasani statement re Saleh: http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=827510&C=america
Witness testimony: http://www.alwasatnews.com/  Al-Wasat newspaper, issue 50, May 4, 2005, page four, (translated from Arabic)
Freedom House Report 20003: http://www.freedomhouse.org/research/freeworld/2003/countryratings/yemen.htm
Schools blaspheming: http://www.yobserver.com/news_6002.php

Ongoing violence against Shiites: http://www.yobserver.com/news_6018.php

US State Dept: mass arrests: http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41736.htm

Bodies dragged behind cars, books confiscated, arbitrary arrests, sermons banned: http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=838&p=front&a=3

Death penalty for journalists: http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=838&p=front&a=1

Zindani, US Treasury: http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/js1190.htm

Ansar al-Islamm ansar al-sunna http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/ansar-al-sunna.htm
 
Al-Qaeda praise for Saleh: http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=671&p=front&a=2

Kidnapping: http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=843&p=local&a=1

PFU headquarters stormed: http://www.alsahwa-yemen.net/e_default.asp

Mohsen reformer: http://www.yobserver.com/cgi-bin/yobserver/exec/view.cgi/1/6746

PFU: secretary general detained: http://www.yobserver.com/news_6876.php

YSP "political terrorism" http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=843&p=front&a=2

Saudi quote hourly, Yemeni military & gun trade: http://jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2369685

Israeli intell quote: http://www.menewsline.com/stories/2005/may/05_18_2.html

North Korean visit: http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/Yemen/183994

2002 North Korean interception: http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/4710183.htm