by Heather Murdock, Voice of America, USA -A man stands on a rocky hillside in southern Yemen, an area known to many local as “al-Janoob al-Harr,” The Free South. He says 15 men once tried to take his gun, after he attacked a security office with a grenade. When he grows up, Madian wants to be a soldier. He hopes the southern rebellion will start soon. Technically, the Yaffa region is well within the boundaries of the arid Arabian country, but the Yemeni government does not rule this area. It is controlled by a network of sheiks, and the Southern Movement.