Yemen: Opposition Rejects National Dialogue

Yemen’s opposition rejected government plans for peace talks on Monday claiming that they “had not heard of any such roadmap for peace” thoughVice President Abd-Rabbu Hadi Mansour claimed that a roadmap toward peace would be launched within a week.  The opposition said that they would not engage in peace talks until President Ali Abdullah Saleh signs a transition plan introduced by the Gulf Arab states, which Saleh has backed out of three times.

Despite efforts aimed toward peace, violence still continues within Yemen.  A booby-trapped car exploded in a suicide attack outside Yemen’s southern port city of Aden ,killing at least six people and injured 15 on Sunday.