Yemeni general killed, 30 troops taken hostage; Saleh\'s calls for talks rejected A general was killed and thirty other troops loyal to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh were taken hostage overnight when tribesmen attacked their base north of Sana\'a, tribal sources and officials said on Monday as Saleh\'s opposition rejected calls for negotiations and power transition. General Abdullah al-Kulaibi, head of the 63rd brigade of the elite Republican Guard unit, was killed in the attack by Tribesman opposed to Saleh\'s rule in the strategic town of Nihm, the defense ministry said in a statement. Four of the attackers were killed during the attack on the military base, about 60 kilometers (42 miles) from the Yemeni capital, it said, according to AFP. Yemen Join a secret Republican Guard Square change Sanaa-26. 09. 2011- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1BlaU_AMkg Yemen-Sana- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAJZMhI7E_c&feature=related