SANA, Yemen - dueling protests took this dusty and divided city on Friday as tens of thousands of people in the streets for the end of President Ali Abdullah Saleh rule prayed, while its own warning of chaos staged his followers of mass demonstrations that would come in the Yemen, if he makes the were driven.
The Division was in the city with people on the street screamed passers-by to hear: "Are you with Saleh or are with those who want to drop the regime?"
Government hostile demonstrations swelled to its largest levels nor seen in weeks of protests throughout the country, called it a "Friday the is enough," like thousands of other Mr to defend Saleh tottering administration mounted, what they called a "Friday of the brotherhood".
The protests highlighted a deepening standoff between Mr Saleh that clings to the will, and his opposition, which grew in strength 10 days with the edition of the most powerful Commander of the country, major General Ali Mohsin al-Ahmar.
Protest, South for more towns along the route as of the Sana'a University toward the center of the city was two miles, General Ahmar soldiers took positions on rooftops in an obvious effort to protect the masses. It was two weeks after more than 50 linked Friday prayers, killing along a similar large protest that same street attacked sniper came with the Government.
But not drive this attack demonstrators from the streets, where she staged a sit-in continuous since mid-February to have succeeded. The large anti-Government crowds on Friday remained defiant, as she prayed together on one that took on strong revolutionary sounds.
"33 Years hunger had,", said to rule an Imam, Mr Saleh. "We had 33 years crises."
Opposition parties have Mr Saleh crawled towards the door, first extract the promise that he would resign by the year 2013, then he would leave before the end of the year. But neither timetable is acceptable, demonstrators in the street, demanding that Mr Saleh, an ally of the United States against the rising Al Qaeda here immediately resign presence.
In the sign of the mounting tensions, which British Foreign Office called his "now to leave" as Reuters reported that tanks through the streets of the capital were roles and had deployed hundreds of security forces at checkpoints throughout the city.
"It is highly unlikely that the British Government in the position to evacuate you or consular assistance will make if you do not now," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Laura Kasinof reported from Sana, Yemen, and j. David Goodman of New York.
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