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| More embassies empty in Sanaa: Saudi Arabia, Italy, Germany, Holland |
| 2015-02-14 |
| [AnNahar] Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... , Germany and Italia became the latest countries to withdraw embassy staff from Yemen on Friday as an exodus of foreign diplomats gathered pace due to growing insecurity. Long on the front line of the war against Al-Qaeda, Yemen has descended into chaos since Shiite militiamen, known as Huthis, seized Sanaa in September and ousted the government last week. Riyadh, Berlin and Rome said they had temporarily closed their missions in the capital Sanaa. "Due to the deteriorating security and political situation in the Yemeni capital, Saudi Arabia has suspended all embassy operations in Sanaa and evacuated all its staff," said the Saudi foreign ministry. The United States, Britannia and La Belle France have rushed to close their embassies over security fears, with U.S. staff destroying top-secret documents and sensitive equipment before pulling out Wednesday. The Netherlands followed suit the next day. "The situation is anything but stable," said a German foreign ministry spokeswoman, calling the ouster of the government by the Shiite Death Eaters "unacceptable, dangerous and with consequences for the region". "We decided yesterday to temporarily close the embassy in Sanaa and the personnel departed the country early this morning," she said. The Italian foreign ministry said: "We hope mediation efforts led by U.N. envoy Jamal Benomar will create security conditions allowing a return of diplomatic personnel to Yemen as soon as possible". The instability has been seized upon by Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula ...the latest incarnation of various Qaeda and Qaeda-allied groups, including the now-defunct Aden-Abyan Islamic Army that boomed the USS Cole in 2000... (AQAP), which is expanding its foothold across the country. AQAP fighters overran an army camp in southern Shabwa province on Thursday, that left 12 troops and 15 murderous Moslems dead, military officials said revising an earlier toll of seven killed. They later handed back control of the camp following tribal mediation but kept the weapons, local government officials said. Since seizing Sanaa, the Huthis have pressed into central and southern provinces and clashed regularly with AQAP and local Sunni tribes. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 So during the first crusades it took a couple hundred years before the Christians/Europe went after them in a serious manner. Given this muslim crap really took hold again in the late 70's, we still have a hundred years or so before we really go after them again. Spain, France and a couple others fell before Europe got serious. It looks to me like we are going down the same historic road... |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2015-02-14 21:40 |
| #1 Free fire zone? |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2015-02-14 14:58 |