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| U.S. national among Yemen dead |
| 2002-11-07 |
| One of the six al-Qaida suspects killed in a car blast in Yemen at the weekend carried U.S. nationality and all were âdangerousâ members of the extremist network, a Yemeni official said on Thursday. MSNBC uses scare quotes becaue they make them look "objective." âInvestigations by Yemeni authorities found that Harthi was accompanied by five dangerous members of the al-Qaida network who were not ordinary passengers,â the official told Reuters. He said that one of the six, identified by a government newspaper as Ahmed Hijazi, had U.S. nationality, but it was not clear if he was of Yemeni origin. Bumping off a traitor makes it twice as satisfying... Yemeni authorities found personal documents, weapons and satellite telecommunication devices in the shattered car, the official said. The government September 26 weekly newspaper said the group had taken part in âplanning and executing acts of sabotage that harmed Yemeni national interests. Like cheesing off the U.S. enough that we might lose the distinction between the Yemeni government and some of its more lawless inhabitant... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |