Posted on 09/27/2014 12:05:39 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
(Reuters) - An al Qaeda splinter group launched a rocket attack on the U.S. embassy in Sanaa on Saturday, injuring several guards, to retaliate for what it said on social media was a U.S. drone strike in a northern province the day before.
The rocket landed 200 meters from the heavily fortified embassy, which lies in a compound surrounded by high walls, hitting members of the Yemeni special police force who guard the site. At least two were injured, police said.
The attacker fired the rocket from a M72 light anti-tank weapon from a car before speeding away, a police source told Reuters.
Several hours after the attack, Ansar al-Sharia, an affiliate of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), said on its Twitter account it had targeted the embassy with a rocket, injuring several guards and damaging a vehicle.
The group said the attack was revenge for a drone strike on Friday that had seriously wounded children in the northern al Jawf province.
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From HOTAIR’s Ed Morrisey:
http://hotair.com/archives/2014/09/27/us-embassy-in-yemen-hit-by-terrorist-rocket-attack/
So much for that success story. The US ordered American citizens out of Yemen and reduced the embassy staff yesterday, and it may need to do another evacuation as we just did in Tripoli after terror networks seized the capital in Libya. Their departure would take a large part of the White House’s credibility on fighting AQ and ISIS along with them.
How many milliseconds after this happened did Obama send out Susan Rice to blame it on a Youtube video?
It was because some jerk went on TV and called Muslims peaceful.
No indications at all... except the rocket, and the words of the people who fired it.
"The President today said the attack was the result of an old time comic book, Popeye the crusader which Muslims found very offensive. Steps were being taken to arrest the artist of the comic book until we found out he died in 1967, but we will hold his family accountable for this travesty."
lolz
Obama says we’re not at war with Islam, but Islam is definitely at war against us.
"WHAT IS THIS? THE INFIDELS MOCK US WITH POPEYE??"
"DEATH TO POPEYE!!!"
He says WE aren’t at war with islam.
This is true.
The last thing he wants is to fight against it.
I am so mad at the people who voted for him.
I was on a slow burn, carefully contained rage for years over it.
Just the local JV team. Nothing to see here, move along.
The communists party of America which are mainly Democrats.
Ahhhh....another attempted regime change success story by the US?
I started to read, but as many here at FR was hit face first with a typical Reuters stupid. “An al Qaeda splinter group.............”
If it’s Al Qaeda, it’s Al Qaeda (no matter if it’s at 1400 Pennsylvania Ave.)
Theees Pophi eeenfeedel has gone too far!!! now we has to keel everywhun!!!
Did not Oholea say things were relatively in hand in Yemen recently? Of course no one will cite that in rhe press as the imperious ruler and master of all that he surveys is never taken to task for anything by the press, ever.
LOL! That’s all they need to do, they would be blowing themselves up faster than popcorn on a hotplate lol
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