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| Systematic Extermination of Foreigners in Yemen |
| 2003-12-27 |
| Yemen Times 25 December 2003 The US embassy in Sanaâa cautioned December 20 all American citizens and its personnel to be on alert following the stabbing of three Westerners in Sanaâa last week. In a press statement, the US embassy requested the American citizens to âbe particularly alert and to avoid travel on foot around Bab al Yemen, Tahrir Square, the Bounia neighborhood and the areas surrounding the Taj Sheba Hotel, Jamal Street and Suq al Qaâh.â I once visited the Middle East, including the Arabian Peninsula, and did so without the slightest security concern. It now appears impossible to travel there in safety. This warning comes after the three stabbing incidents of Westerners were reported on the 15th, 16th and 17th of December. Following these incidents which were condemned nationwide, security alert was raised around the diplomatic areas, embassies and hotels. âThe American Embassy has advised its personnel to travel in groups with security accompaniment if they want to visit these areas. We also recommend that the use of public transportation be limited to known, reliable operators and conveyances,â the warning statement added. Yemeni government announced Monday that the assailant was arrested red-handed, attempting to stab another foreigner. Yemen Times learnt from security source that investigation with the attacker revealed that the assailant was annoyed by the arrest of the ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and the way that was exposed in the media. He attacked a Dutch tourist, German businessman and an Austrian student. A diplomat at the Dutch embassy denied while talking to Yemen Times news reports that the Dutch tourist was stabbed by his Dutch friend. He said that he was attacked by an unidentified person. He also denied that the injured tourist was taken by a special plane to be hospitalized in Oman. He pointed out that âthe stabbed tourist is now in good condition and has resumed his tourist tip with the other Dutch group.â But, the German businessman has been reported to be still in the Yemen-German hospital for medical care as his injury was serious. Why is this happening? If you consult www.memri.org you are aware that Wahabi clerics incite murder of non-Muslims, at every opportunity. The government of Yemen and Saudi Arabia are obviously willing to let this incitement and killing go on, unimpeded. |
| Posted by:Vlad the Muslim Impaler |
| #1 "investigation with the attacker" mistranslation, or second-language writing, nonetheless inspires a plethora of primeval images. NGM had an article on Yemen in which a prominent local prided himself on his people's hospitality. Admitted real Yemenis kidnapped tourists, but claimed worst they could expect would be really bad food until their captors got bored after a few days and let them go. He blamed all the trouble on foreign terrorists. Small world. |
| Posted by: Glenn (not Reynolds) 2003-12-27 6:28:05 AM |