Barack Hussein Obama to the New York Times, 2007
Posted on 09/17/2008 12:05:21 AM PDT by HAL9000
Obamuh-uh-uh would think that.
I hear it every evening (and at other times throughout the day.) I wouldn't describe the sound as "pretty" at all.
The sound of the nightingales singing at sunset...now that is a pretty sound.
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16 dead in suicide attack on U.S. Embassy in Yemen
CNN ^ | September 17, 2008
Posted on September 17, 2008 4:12:35 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
(CNN) — A suicide bomb attack Wednesday outside the gates of the U.S. Embassy in the Yemeni capital Sanaa killed 10 security staff and civilians and six attackers, an embassy spokesman told CNN.
Mohammed al-Basha said the blast, described by witnesses as a “fireball,” was caused by a suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest.
A Yemeni security official said there was a gun battle between attackers in police uniform and security staff.
The second car exploded after it passed an outermost gate to the Embassy but before it reached a second protective barrier, the official said.
Another U.S. Embassy spokesman, Ryan Gliha, said an initial explosion at 9.15 am local time (0615 GMT/2.15 ET), was followed by several secondary explosions.
No U.S. Embassy employees were killed, a senior State Department official told CNN. It was unclear whether the main explosion was caused by a car bomb or rocket-propelled grenade, the official said.
The heavily-fortified compound in the capital of Yemen — the ancestral home of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden — has previously been targeted by attacks that have prompted authorities to evacuate non-essential staff.
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British consulate in Yemen threatened after car bomb kills 16 outside U.S. embassy
Daily Mail ^ | September 17, 2008
Posted on September 17, 2008 4:13:52 AM PDT by Schnucki
The British embassy in Yemen has been threatened with attack after 16 people died when a car bomb exploded outside the American embassy this morning.
The heavily-fortified compound was on fire after the two explosions. Heavy gunfire was also heard and smoke seen rising from the compound, witnesses said. A Yemeni security source said 16 people including six attackers died in the attack. Four were bystanders.
A group calling itself Islamic Jihad in Yemen took credibility for the attack. It also threatened that it would target the British, Saudi and Emirati missions in the Yemeni capital, according to a statement received by AFP.
Islamic Jihad has roots in the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and is affiliated with Al Qaeda. The Egyptian branch was led by Ayman al-Zawahiri, who merged it with Al Qaeda in 1998.
It had threatened in a previous statement on Tuesday to launch a series of attacks unless the Yemeni government met its demands for the release of several members from jail.
“We, the organisation of Islamic Jihad in Yemen declare our responsibility for the suicide attack on the American embassy in Sanaa,” the statement read.
“We will carry out the rest of the series of attacks on the other embassies that were declared previously, until our demands are met by the Yemeni government.”
Initial reports suggested the attackers, who were said to be dressed as soldiers, managed to get through numerous checkpoints on the road leading to the embassy.
Only when they reached the gate of the embassy did someone check their identity. At that point they detonated a bomb, opened gunfire on the compound and launched rocket-propelled grenades.
Yemeni officials were not immediately available to comment on the cause of the blasts or the number of casualties, but ambulances and fire engines rushed to the scene
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Prayers for our countrymen & women and their families.
Barack Hussein Obama to the New York Times, 2007
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I prefer the Gulf Coast in Hurricane Season to living in Yemen.
And that's saying something coming from you right now.
Yes, the Middle East sucks. I don't understand why anybody would want to live there. ;-)
My Arabic teacher showed us a video of a muezzin in Yemen singing (or more like shouting) the adhan....I think my ears are still hurting.
When she was in Yemen she heard the call to prayer and thought the muezzin’s singing was horrible...so she went to someone at the mosque and said “You need to replace this guy, he’s terrible!” And he said “Are you kidding? He’s one of our best ones!”
It must not be fun to hear that at 5 in the morning...and I thought alarm clocks were annoying!
Fortunately, I live in a hard building and don't hear the early morning adhan. (I also sleep through any sounds...and I mean ANY sounds. LOL)
Some of the muezzins sound almost like they're being strangled, and then I've heard some that are quite melodic.
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022745.php
(CQ TRANSCRIPTS WIRE)
September 17, 2008
“Bush: Yemen attack reminder that we’re at war with ‘extremists’”
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=51213
“Bush Praises Petraeus, Denounces Attack in Yemen”
By John J. Kruzel
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17, 2008
UPDATE:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,424386,00.html
“25 Arrested for Attack on U.S. Embassy in Yemen”
Thursday, September 18, 2008
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “SAN’A, Yemen — At least 25 militants with suspected links to Al Qaeda have been arrested in connection with the deadly attack on the U.S. Embassy in the Yemeni capital, a senior security official said Thursday.
The Yemeni official said the 25 have been rounded up from various parts of Yemen over the past 24 hours and were being questioned by Yemeni and U.S. investigators.”
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2074194/posts?page=461#461
US woman killed in Yemen embassy attack
Cleaned-up AP version of the story.....
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has confirmed that a young American woman and her Yemeni husband were killed in a terrorist attack at the U.S. Embassy in Yemen.
A spokesman says officials have verified reports from the family of Susan Elbaneh that the 18-year-old from Lackawanna, N.Y., was among the victims of Wednesday’s attack. Elbaneh, who was recently wed in Yemen in an arranged marriage, was outside the embassy with her husband apparently waiting to complete paperwork, according to her brother.
The attack killed 16 people, including six militants, and was the deadliest direct assault on a U.S. Embassy in a decade. The attackers failed to breach the compound’s walls, and none of those killed or wounded were U.S. diplomats or embassy.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iqrhSsoaEWOZh-6VxL709JlBSGxwD9395EU80
This is the REAL story!!
The family of Susan Ali Elbaneh, a US citizen, said she was killed today in the terrorist attack in Yemen. The 19 year old Yemeni-American was killed outside the US embassy during the attack. The newlywed Elbaneh was alongside her husband of two months, a family member reported. Susan Elbaneh is a relative of Yemeni-American Jaber Elbaneh who is on the FBI’s most wanted list. Yemen has refused to extradite him. There are no indications that Ms. Elbaneh’s presence at the embassy was anything more than a random occurrence. She accompanied her sister in law who had an appointment with the embassy. A Yemeni American child aged three, Ms. Elbaneh’s nephew, may also be among the casualties.
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/194126.php
Susan Elbaneh, 18, a U.S. citizen from Lackawanna, N.Y., who was recently wed in Yemen in an arranged marriage, was killed along with her Yemeni husband as they stood outside the embassy, family members said Wednesday. They were apparently there to do paperwork for the husband’s move to the U.S. when the attackers struck, said Elbaneh’s brother, Ahmed.
Susan Elbaneh was apparently related to Jaber Elbaneh, a member of the Lackawanna 6. Jaber Elbaneh is a convicted terrorist charged with planning attacks on oil installations in Yemen. He’s facing US charges for training at an Al Qaida terrorist camp. He is believed to be in custody in Yemen. Her family stresses that Susan was an innocent victim of this attack in Yemen, and had no contact with Jaber.
http://www.wkbw.com/news/local/28596599.html
461 posted on September 18, 2008 7:14:11 AM PDT by all4one (NOOOOOOOOObama!!)
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