Meanwhile, we are preparing to evacuate the U.S. Embassy in Yemen "On a moment's notice"(USAToday)
Let the next ride in oil prices due to “fears” begin!
I helped design and build these back in the early 1990s.
https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=15.59198,49.13768&spn=0.038071,0.049181&t=h&z=15
https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=14.69826,49.48975&spn=0.038232,0.049181&t=h&z=15
I spent 5 years living in Yemen back in ‘93 and early ‘94.
Not much news about it here but BBC world news has been covering Yemen.
Yemen state news agency and TV station seized by Shia Houthi rebels
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/19/yemen-state-news-agency-tv-station-seized-by-shia-rebels
Security in Sana’a continues to unravel with street battles and rebels besieging presidential palace, as fears of coup grow
Security in the capital, Sana’a, was unravelling on Monday, with the rebels, known as Houthis, besieging the presidential palace, all foreign embassies closed and the president, Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi, pushing unsuccessfully for a ceasefire.
The violence is the worst to have rocked Sana’a since the Houthis took over the Yemeni capital in September, and poses a serious threat to Hadi’s authority. The spasm appears rooted in the Houthis rejection of a draft constitution that divides Yemen into six regions....
A convoy carrying Yemen’s prime minister was shot at as it left the presidential palace on Monday, and Hadi’s chief of staff was abducted by Houthis over the weekend....
Eat sand, maggots!