Globalist Conspiracy with al-Qaeda, Allowed to raid and then blow up Yemen weapons factory. 150 dead.

Hundreds of people protested in the southern city of Aden on Tuesday, blaming the explosion on the authorities. Al-Qaeda Pentagon run?

The death toll from explosions at an ammunition plant in southern Yemen has risen to 150 bodies pulled out of the factory in the town of Jaar.




The explosion has caused great anger among locals, who accuse the authorities of planning it to try to win further support from the US, a BBC correspondent says.

Yemeni officials have blamed al-Qaeda for the blasts. Al-Qaeda Pentagon run?

They occurred while residents were searching for ammunition left behind by suspected Islamist militants, who had been involved in clashes with government forces in the area on Sunday.

Local officials said the death toll was based on the number of bodies found and the number of people missing following the blasts, adding that some bodies had been burnt beyond recognition.

Hundreds of people protested in the southern city of Aden on Tuesday, blaming the explosion on the authorities.

Residents quoted by Reuters said the authorities had deserted Jaar over recent days.

Authorities withdrew after President Saleh said that "Yemen is a ticking time bomb, that he is the only one who can prevent it from blowing up".

A statement from the opposition Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) said it held "the president and his entourage accountable for the conspiracy with al-Qaeda" in the Arabian Peninsula.

The authorities said fighters from the al-Qaeda group raided the factory on Sunday, stealing carloads of weapons.

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Yemen: Economic and social problems

Poorest country in the Middle East - 40% live on less than $2 a day
More than two-thirds of the population under the age of 24
Illiteracy 50%, unemployment 40%
Dwindling oil reserves and falling oil revenues; little inward investment
Acute water shortage
Weak central government
Analysts fear that the group, which claims affiliation with Osama Bin Laden's militant network, is taking advantage of instability caused by the spate of anti-government protests.

The Yemeni government has been a key US ally in the region, conducting numerous joint anti-terror raids. BECAUSE of this, militancy has continued to flourish.

Yemen is also chronically poor - unemployment runs at about 40%, and there are rising food prices and levels of malnutrition.