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Yemen: 2 stabbing incidents of foreigners cause concern | |||
2003-12-20 | |||
Security sources told Yemen Times that two incidents of stabbing foreigners by [using] traditional Janbiyas and running away have started to cause concern. A Dutch tourist was stabbed last Monday while touring Bab Al-Yaman’s traditional market along with a tourist group, while another German walking alone in Al-Tahreer in the middle of the city was also stabbed on Tuesday and this culprit was also able to escape. Despite intensive efforts by security men, the offenders, who may be the same person have not been arrested. It is hoped that these incidents would only remain as separate insignificant events, especially as the injuries of the two men were not life threatening.
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Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
#6 There are a couple of places in Yemen I'd like to visit, but they're waaaayyy down the list, crowded out by several thousand other places, such as Yellowstone, Bryce Canyon, Big Bend, and Acadia Island in the US, several HUNDRED castles and walled cities in Europe, the Great Wall of China, Machu Pichu in Peru, Easter Island, and scores of other places. Now if the Yemeni government wants to pay for my trip (and a nice kevlar vest), I'll consider changing my itenerary. As for the fear of stabbing, heck that can happen if you make a wrong turn on Colfax Avenue, up in Denver! |
Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-12-20 12:20:36 PM |
#5 I don't know about you, but I'd rather tour grain siloes in Indiana than go to Yemen to begin with. And German tourists tend to deserve whatever they get. |
Posted by: John Mendenhall 2003-12-20 11:51:53 AM |
#4 I gotta tell ya Rhajib...my sense of Arab dignity has been restored!!! LOL! I think these people need more iron in their diet. |
Posted by: Shipman 2003-12-20 10:25:43 AM |
#3 This is just a ploy by the Saudis to make Yemen a less attractive vacation spot. |
Posted by: Super Hose 2003-12-20 9:33:09 AM |
#2 Oh Rhajib...I woke up this morning thinking of Saddam and feeling so HUMILIATED. So I decided to go out and stab a couple of kufr like tourists in the back with my trusty janbiya. I gotta tell ya Rhajib...my sense of Arab dignity has been restored!!! |
Posted by: Mark 2003-12-20 7:33:18 AM |
#1 ... merely traditional costumes and not weapons. But the use of jambiyas Wavy-edged dagger with rhino-horn handle (Does PETA know about this?) generally worn openly, no? may be the alternative to regular light weapons which have been reduced in number in Sanaa after a ban issued by the government years ago. Geez, the Brady Bunch sez if you take guns away the bad guys won't have anything to commit crimes with. Caveat: I'm the NRA, too. |
Posted by: Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-20 4:24:24 AM |