'Yemen sacks ousted president's security chiefs'

September 12, 2012 03:07

Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi sacked top security chiefs seen as loyal to ousted leader Ali Abdullah Saleh in a reshuffle announced on state television today that pushes forward a transition of power.

Among those removed from their posts was the head of the country's National Security force, Ali al-Anisi, and Saleh's half-brother, Ali Saleh al-Ahmar, who was director of the office of the armed forces' top commander. Ainsi was replaced by the governor of Shabwa province in the south, Ali al-Ahmadi.

The two dismissed chiefs have been compensated with low-profile posts as ambassadors at the foreign ministry, according to the decrees. Yemen's military intelligence chief, Mujahid Ghoshaim, was also removed from his post.

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