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Gunmen kidnap Saudi diplomat in Yemen
[Emirates 24/7] Gunmen kidnapped Soddy Arabia's deputy consul from outside his residence in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden on Wednesday, a Yemeni security official said.The gunnies snatched Abdallah Al Khalidi as he was about to get into his car and they sped off with him in another vehicle, police in the city's Mansoura district said. Security in the country's second city, and in southern Yemen generally, has tanked during the political turmoil that began with mass protests against then-president President-for-Life Ali Abdullah Saleh ... Saleh initially took power as a strongman of North Yemen in 1977, when disco was in flower, but he didn't invite Donna Summer to the inauguration and Blondie couldn't make it... in early 2011, and saw fighting among pro- and anti-Saleh factions of the military as well as tribal militias. A Saudi foreign ministry front man confirmed the kidnapping, saying: "It happened this morning. The embassy already contacted the highest security authority in Yemen. They are investigating and trying to find out the reason." Posted by: Fred 2012-03-29 |
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