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Saleh has twice backed out of... Email Print Related News Saleh calls for early election as Yemenis protest Fri, May 20 2011 Yemen leadership may yet sign transition deal Thu, May 19 2011 Yemen transition deal falls through at last minute Wed, May 18 2011 Gunmen fire on protesters in Yemen, wounding 35 Sat, May 14 2011 Yemen's Saleh defies crowds demanding his exit Fri, May 13 2011 Analysis & Opinion Taliban talks – a necessary but not sufficient condition for peace Washington Extra – Au contraire Related Topics World » Yemen » Related Video Saleh calls for early elections Fri, May 20 2011 1 / 11 A boy shouts slogans with anti-government protesters during a rally to demand the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa May 20, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Khaled Abdullah By Mohamed Sudam SANAA | Sat May 21, 2011 11:52am EDT SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Saturday that al Qaeda could take over after him, as preparations started for a possible power-transfer deal that he said he has accepted. Saleh has twice backed out of the Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) transition deal, most recently on Wednesday, despite diplomatic wrangling by U.S., Gulf and European officials. But a Yemeni official said Abdullatif al-Zayani, the GCC secretary-general who has headed mediation efforts, arrived again in Yemen on Saturday, and the opposition was expected to sign the plan later on Saturday, while Saleh and the ruling party were due to sign on Sunday. "If the system falls ... Qaeda will capture Maarib, Hadramout, Shabwa, Abyan and al-Jouf (and) it will control the situation," Saleh said, listing provinces where al Qaeda's Yemen-based wing has been active. "This is the message that I send to our friends and brothers in the United States and the European Union ... the successor will be worse that what we have currently," he said "We welcome the Gulf initiative and we say that we will work with it in a positive way for the sake of our homeland (although) in reality it is a mere coup operation ... and part of foreign pressures and agendas," Saleh said at a ceremony. On Friday, Saleh called for early presidential elections, which he said was aimed at preventing bloodshed as three months of protests raged on in the fractious country. Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in cities across Yemen on Friday, demanding Saleh end his three-decade rule. The United States and Saudi Arabia, both targets of foiled attacks by al Qaeda's Yemen-based wing, are keen to end a stalemate that has pushed Yemen further to the brink of chaos and could give al Qaeda more room to operate. On Saturday at some 35 protesters were injured as security forces confronted protesters at the university in the Red Sea port city of Hudaida, witnesses said. Dozens were suffering from the effects of teargas. A civilian was shot dead on Friday as gunmen clashed with the army at security checkpoints around the flashpoint Abyan province, where al Qaeda militants are active. Saleh is a clever operator who has survived many tussles with rivals, and skillfully used patronage and favors to keep tribal and political backers loyal. Even before the wave of pro-democracy protests against his rule, Saleh was struggling to quell a separatist rebellion in the south and a Shi'ite insurgency in the north. Yemen, where half the 23 million people own a gun, and already facing regional rebellions, has become a concern for regional stability among its Gulf neighbors, particularly neighboring oil giant Saudi Arabia, and the United States, which has seen Yemen as an ally against al Qaeda. (Writing by Firouz Sedarat) World Yemen Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (1) JamVee wrote: I think this threat is about 90% scare tactic . . . , but it does have, at least, a 10% possibility of being accurate. 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