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| More than 30 Islamists arrested in Yemen as FBI flies in |
| 2003-01-02 |
| Middle East Online Yemen has arrested more than 30 Islamists since the shooting of three American missionaries at work in a hospital in the southern town of Jibla. "Yemeni authorities have arrested more than 30 Yemeni Islamists in various regions of Yemen following the murder of the three Americans and the assassination of Jarallah Omar, deputy leader of the Yemen Socialist Party," an official said on condition of anonymity. Looks like the two back-to-back attacks were enough to make the Yemenis take a hard slap at the Bad Guys. Probably if they'd waited a week between the two, it wouldn't have been quite as hard... A team from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) "arrived Tuesday in Yemen to take part in the enquiry into the killing of the missionaries," the official added, without giving further details. The feds are sure spending a lot of time conducting overseas investigations these days. If they're there long enough, the local mullahs will be able to shape them into a sovreignty whipping boy, like they're doing in Pakland... Yemeni national Abed Abdulrazzak al-Kamel, 30, from Damar province, was arrested immediately after Monday's shooting at Jibla Baptist hospital. Kamel, carrying a concealed Kalashnikov assault rifle, burst into an administration meeting and killed hospital administrator William Koehn, purchasing agent Kathleen Gariety and doctor Martha Myers, and badly wounded pharmacist Donald Caswell. He's just cannon fodder. If all goes well, six months from now he'll be dead and a year from now nobody'll remember his name, except possibly for his Mom. The important target is the men and the organizations behind him. Presumably the 30 who've been arrested are members of that net. I'll bet my next paycheck there are more, though. Sine it's Yemen, I'll bet there are a lot more. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 They're doing SOMETHING, Allah be praised. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-01-02 11:11:28 |