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2003-04-27 Arabia

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Posted by Frank G 2003-04-27 08:22 am|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I can't recall the statistical record, but Yemen was found to have the largest number of firearms, per capita, of any country in the world.

See: www.yementimes.com The Editor answers e-mail questions. Yemenis, or at least the educated classes, appear to be looking for post-WW2 realignment.

Some anthropologists view Yemenis as the Arab demographic group, with the least inter-mixing with other races and cultural groups. They are sort of like the "Aryans" of Arabia.

Posted by Anonon 2003-04-27 11:16:36|| 2003-04-27 11:16:36|| Front Page Top

#2 I met a lot of Yemenis when I lived in Zanzibar. Tough bastards, they are... always carry around a not-so-ornamental dagger on their jelabas. Yemen's also unique in that it's the only fertile area on the Arabian peninsula. BTW, are you sure about them being so ethnically "pure"? I seem to recall a lot of cross-cultural ~~love~~ contact between Yemenis and East Africans, kind of like Omanis.

Posted by The Marmot 2003-04-27 11:59:10|| [marmotshole.blogspot.com] 2003-04-27 11:59:10|| Front Page Top

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