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Current Events => Terrorism In the US and Around the World => Topic started by: cavegal on May 24, 2010, 02:14:35 PM
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http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/05/24/couple-kidnapped-yemen/?test=latestnews
Tribal gunmen kidnapped two American tourists in Yemen on Monday and are demanding the release of a jailed tribesman for the pair, U.S. officials have confirmed.
"The kidnapping has been claimed by a tribal group and is not believed to be terrorism related," U.S. State Department spokesman PJ Crowley said Monday. "At the present time we are working actively with local authorities to gain the release of our two U.S. citizens.
Yemeni security officials, a taxi driver and tribesmen said the two -- a man and a woman -- were seized while traveling in al-Hudaydah province west of the capital San'a.Taxi driver Mohammed Saleh, who was driving the two, said six gunmen stopped them on the road and took them to the al-Hamra village. Al-Sharda tribesmen said the hostages were now "guests" in the village.
Kidnappings are endemic in Yemen and are usually carried out by disgruntled tribesmen hoping to win concessions from the government. In the past few years, however, Al Qaeda has begun kidnapping foreigners as well, often with lethal results.
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Seriously, who in their right mind would go on a tourist trip to Yemen? REAL touristing, as opposed to being there for something else entirely with a tourist visa, I mean?
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Seriously, who in their right mind would go on a tourist trip to Yemen? REAL touristing, as opposed to being there for something else entirely with a tourist visa, I mean?
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I agree who would?
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Idiot DUmmies wanting to "act Globally"?
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I have a buddy that works in the oil biz. He gets to go to nifty places like Siberia and Yemen. When he is in Yemen, he has FIVE Saudi body guards. He never goes off compound. Why ya gonna go on a vacay there? That is just asking for trouble, just like those English peeps that got kidnapped by the Somalis in the Indian Ocean.