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To: Former Proud Canadian
Seems like it was just yesterday

73 posted on 04/20/2015 1:21:31 PM PDT by McGruff (Maybe my comments are too nuanced for some.)
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To: McGruff

Today:

Stranded Americans fend for themselves in war-torn Yemen
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/20/middleeast/yemen-american-citizens-escape/

...The State Department said it is too risky to conduct an evacuation of citizens from the area.

“We have to make a decision based on the security situation and what is feasible to do,” State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said earlier this month. “And given the situation in Yemen is quite dangerous and unpredictable, doing something like sending in military assets even for an evacuation could put U.S. citizen lives at greater risk.”


83 posted on 04/20/2015 1:42:32 PM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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