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| Saboteur Burns While Attempting To Attack Power Line In Yemen |
| 2012-05-14 |
| [Yemen Post] A saboteur had half of this body burned after noon Sunday while attempting to attack a power supply line in Yemen's Marib province, Almasdar Online reported, quoting a statement by an official at the electricity ministry. "Abdullah Medraj, who was blacklisted on charges related to attacking power supply lines, was burned after he fell while attempting to throw a steal stick at one of the power lines in the Al-Jadaan area," the source said, according to the website. "When he got his body burned, Medraj fired bullets in the air and the people rushed to the area and took him to hospital," the source continued. The security authorities in Marib have ordered to hold him inside the hospital since he was wanted on ten attacks on power lines in the past few months, the source said. Under orders from President Abdrabu Mansour Hadi, the authorities have recently blacklisted and started hunts for suspects in Marib accused of sabotaging power lines. Hadi urged the authorities to give top priority to protecting power supply lines and key public properties in tribal areas , saying in a speech earlier this month lawsuits should be filed against saboteurs immediately. Tribesmen in this notorious province usually attack power lines and oil pipelines to pressure the government to meet special demands. Many cities including the capital Sanaa have been plunged into darkness through 2011-2012 because of persistent attacks sending the Marib gas-fired station of commission. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 |
| Posted by: Mizzou Mafia 2012-05-14 17:42 |
| #7 Good question, or is there a deally like the power pole on a bumber car which they draw a current through. Yemen, who knows, to tell the truth I was expecting a hand saw. I love the first alert, fire off a few rounds and see who shows up. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2012-05-14 16:01 |
| #6 "Abdullah Medraj, who was blacklisted on charges related to attacking power supply lines, was burned after he fell while attempting to throw a steal stick at one of the power lines in the Al-Jadaan area," Do rou mean STEEL? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2012-05-14 15:32 |
| #5 Copper thieves get free hospital stays. This wannabe gets thrown out into the dumpster tomorrow. |
| Posted by: Charles 2012-05-14 13:28 |
| #4 Here we just call them copper thieves. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2012-05-14 09:20 |
| #3 Surprised he survived at all. That being said, electrical burns are pretty nasty and painful. If he was 'involved' with a medium voltage line or higher (above 1,000 volts), there might be good portions of his body missing too. On another note, Yemen's grid system is pretty meager and appears to have little or no redundancy from its central steam generation source (except for natural gas low-capacity 'booster' stations in the major cities). Looks like it would be fairly easy to knock out the whole southwest portion of the country with little effort (other than the occasional 'toasty' individual). |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2012-05-14 08:15 |
| #2 And here at home. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-05-14 03:45 |
#1 How about this for a graphic? |
| Posted by: gorb 2012-05-14 00:44 |