The US sent its top counterterrorism official, John Brennan, to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on Thursday to discuss the deteriorating situation in Yemen, where recent clashes between tribesmen and forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh threaten to drag the country into civil war. The White House said it condemned the "deplorable use of violence by the government against peaceful demonstrators," and that Saleh must "immediately" sign a pact brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) under which he would stand down.
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机译：美国周四将其最高反恐官员约翰·布伦南（John Brennan）派往沙特阿拉伯和阿拉伯联合酋长国，讨论也门局势恶化，那里部落民与效忠总统阿里·阿卜杜拉·萨利赫（Ali Abdullah Saleh）的部队之间最近发生冲突，威胁该国陷入内战。白宫表示，它谴责“政府对和平示威者的可恶使用暴力”，萨利赫必须“立即”签署由海湾合作委员会（GCC）促成的一项协议，在该协议下他将下台。
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