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| Yemen Simmers | |
| 2005-08-29 | |
Americans in Yemen have been warned to be careful where they travel in the country. Islamic terrorists are operating in rural areas of Yemen, and have been known to kill or kidnap outsiders. Americans are considered particularly vulnerable to reprisals right now because of the recent prosecution and conviction of Yemeni Sheik Mohammed Moayed, an extremist cleric. Moayed was sentenced to 75 years in prison for financing terrorism and backing terrorist groups. Many Islamic conservative Yemenis back al Qaeda. Osama bin Laden has family in Yemen. At least 46 of the terrorist suspects held at Guantanamo Bay are Yemenis, and security officials from Yemen have been going to Guantanamo Bay to interview prisoners who say they are Yemeni, or are believed to be Yemeni. | |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #5 What American in his right mind would be in Yemen? For a while there, just after the two Yemens re-united, the Multi-nationals were excited about the opportunity to open a new market (the last such opportunity had been when the Iron Curtain came down for Eastern Europe and then Russia). They sent in small teams of Marketing and Product Development specialists to quantify things -- for the U.S.-based companies these were mostly Amis. I've no idea if they are still there, this was in the mid-'90s, but certainly there will be American military and diplomatic people there even now. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-08-29 21:29 |
| #4 Mojo, don't tell anyone but I use an instrumental cover of that when Ima forced to read Tar Beach to yuts in an emergency situation. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-08-29 15:53 |
| #3 The Lovin' Spoonful said it best: Hot town, summer in the city Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty Been down, isn't it a pity Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city All around, people looking half dead Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head But at night it's a different world Go out and find a girl Come-on come-on and dance all night Despite the heat it'll be alright And babe, don't you know it's a pity That the days can't be like the nights In the summer, in the city In the summer, in the city Cool town, evening in the city Dressing so fine and looking so pretty Cool cat, looking for a kitty Gonna look in every corner of the city Till I'm wheezing like a bus stop Running up the stairs, gonna meet you on the rooftop But at night it's a different world Go out and find a girl Come-on come-on and dance all night Despite the heat it'll be alright And babe, don't you know it's a pity That the days can't be like the nights In the summer, in the city In the summer, in the city Hot town, summer in the city Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty Been down, isn't it a pity Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city All around, people looking half dead Walking on the sidewalk, hotter than a match head But at night it's a different world Go out and find a girl Come-on come-on and dance all night Despite the heat it'll be alright And babe, don't you know it's a pity That the days can't be like the nights In the summer, in the city In the summer, in the city |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-08-29 14:12 |
| #2 What American in his right mind would be in Yemen? |
| Posted by: Ebbuth Ebbomonter8999 2005-08-29 11:31 |
| #1 Americans in Yemen have been warned to be careful where they travel in the country. Okay, sure. I'll remember that when I'm in town... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-08-29 11:24 |