Tribes, military blamed for hijacking Yemen revolt

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — With remarkable resilience, unarmed protesters demanding reforms from Yemen's autocratic government have thronged the streets for the past seven months and braved a violent crackdown by government forces that killed hundreds.

But their uprising has been hijacked by Yemen's two traditional powers — the tribes and the military — all but ensuring that even if a new regime emerges from the chaos, it will not look or act much differently from the old one.

"Today, our revolution is at a crossroads," said protester Mansour Hamed. "It can either triumph through peaceful means or the whole nation will slide into civil war, in which case the military and the tribes …