Head mediator in Yemen conflict on top of arms dealer blacklist
The Source: sabanews.net - 05/10/2009
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Yemen has circulated a blacklist of arms dealers, with chief mediator between the government and the Houthi rebels in Saada on top of the blacklisted.The authorities warned against trading in weapons and dealing with Faris Mana'a, the chief mediator, and other arms dealers in Saada.
Violators would be punished as tough measures are imposed on weapons trade, the authorities announced.Most of the Yemeni people have weapons, triggering extensive disarmament campaigns.According to some reports guns in civilian hands outnumber the people in a country where carrying weapon has become tradition that a man without a gun means nothing.
In recent years, the authorities said thousands of people disarmed willingly and other thousands by the authorities as they launched anti-public weapon carrying drive.
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