TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ACIL TABBARA Yemeni General Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar speaks during an interview with AFP in Sanaa on February 18, 2012. Referendum-like elections will be held in Yemen on February 21 to approve Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi as a consensus president for a two-year term to replace President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who is stepping down after a year of protests under a Gulf-brokered deal. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED HUWAIS (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images)
