UPDATE...
THANKS to eleni121 for this update:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=yemen
QUOTE:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1837413/posts?page=31#31
elBaneh has been captured but will not be turned over to us.
http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=34657
31 posted on 06/23/2007 5:43:40 PM PDT by eleni121 (+ En Touto Nika! By this sign conquer! + Constantine the Great)
Off Topic...
THANKS to Ali Veritas for the ping to this thread and touching video:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1855164/posts
“BBC / YouTube - US troops in dramatic rescue”
BBC - YouTube ^
Posted on 06/23/2007 11:08:55 AM PDT by J.J.P.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=yemen
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=oil
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6233272.stm
Last Updated: Saturday, 23 June 2007, 18:37 GMT 19:37 UK
“Britons hurt in Yemeni shooting”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The guard, named as Jamil Mohammed al-Raai, was arrested at the scene.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A security official in Yemen said the group was leaving a plane at the oil company’s airstrip when the guard opened fire.
The wounded, who have not been named, were taken to hospital in the capital.
The US Embassy in Sanaa confirmed in a message on its website that an American had been “critically injured” in the incident.
Occidental Petroleum Corp is a California-based international company with oil and gas operations in three core areas - the United States, Latin America and the Middle East, including Yemen.”
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http://usembassy.state.gov/yemen/citizen_services.html
“WARDEN MESSAGES
Warden Information
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http://usembassy.state.gov/yemen/wm062307.html
Travel warnings and warden messages
“Attack on oil company personnel in Marib/Shabwa”
June 23, 2007
WARDEN MESSAGE SNIPPET: “An attack on oil company personnel near the border between Marib and Shabwa governorates this morning has resulted in casualties, including one American citizen critically injured. The U.S. Embassy has cancelled all official and non-official travel by Embassy personnel to Marib and Shabwa governorates for the near future. The Embassy continues to recommend that American citizens avoid traveling to Marib and Shabwa, and remain vigilant throughout Yemen.”
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Note: The following text SNIPPET is a quote. Click on the link below this note to read the entire text.
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http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_936.html
Travel Warning
United States Department of State
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Washington, DC 20520
This information is current as of today, Sat Jun 23 2007 23:27:57 GMT-0700.
YEMEN
April 30, 2007
This Travel Warning updates security information for Yemen. This supersedes the Travel Warning for Yemen issued October 13, 2006.
The Department of State continues to strongly urge U.S. citizens to consider carefully the risks of traveling to Yemen. The security threat level remains high due to terrorist activities in Yemen, and U.S. citizens in Yemen should exercise caution and take prudent measures to maintain their security: maintain a high level of vigilance, avoid crowds and demonstrations, keep a low profile, vary times and routes for all travel, and ensure travel documents are current. The U.S. Embassy in Sanaa advises American citizens in Yemen to exercise particular caution at locations frequented by foreigners countrywide and at restaurants and hotels frequented by expatriates. Americans who believe they are being followed or threatened while driving in urban centers should proceed as quickly as possible to the nearest police station or major intersection and request assistance from the officers in the blue-and-white police cars stationed there.
The Department remains concerned about possible attacks by extremist individuals or groups against U.S. citizens, facilities, businesses, and perceived interests. On December 5, 2006, a lone gunman opened small arms fire outside of the U.S. Embassy compound during the early morning hours. The assailant, wounded by host-nation security personnel and subsequently arrested, was the sole casualty. On February 3, 2006, 23 convicts, including known affiliates of al-Qa’ida, escaped from a high-security prison, in the capital city, Sanaa. Among the al-Qa’ida associates were individuals imprisoned for their roles in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole and the 2002 attack on the French oil tanker Limburg. In the weeks following the escape, some prisoners voluntarily turned themselves in to authorities; to date however, some escapees remain at large. Two of the escapees were killed in vehicle-based suicide attacks on oil facilities near Mukalla and Marib on September 15. Those attacks were followed by the arrest the next day in Sanaa of four suspected Al Qa’ida operatives, who had stockpiled explosives and weapons.
Since January 2007, the Government of Yemen has been battling al Houthi rebels in and around the northern governorate of Saada. While foreigners have not been targeted, hundreds of soldiers and civilians have been killed in the ongoing violence. U.S. citizens traveling in Yemen should be aware that local authorities occasionally place restrictions on the travel of foreigners to parts of the country experiencing unrest. In addition, the U.S. Embassy itself often restricts travel of official personnel to the tribal areas north and east of Sanaa, such as the governorates of Amran, Al Jawf, Hajja, Marib, Saada, and Shabwa. Travelers should be in contact with the Embassy for up-to-date information on such restrictions.
U.S. citizens who remain in or travel to Yemen despite this Travel Warning should register at the Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa and enroll in the warden system (emergency alert network) in order to obtain updated information on travel and security in Yemen. This can be done online prior to arrival in Yemen at https://travelregistration.state.gov/ibrs .”