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The Attack in Yemen

By Phillip Carter

By Robert Bateman Today we get news that the American Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, was again attacked. My immediate feeling on this, sad as it might be, was not outrage, but curiosity. Specifically, I'm curious as to why we have not seen many more attacks like this on our embassies. Now don't get me wrong, I do not want to see any more attacks. It just strikes me as interesting that despite the ease with which one can stage an attack (particularly an unsuccessful one), there have only been a few dozen such in the past decade. Of course, it should be noted that quite a large percentage of that total has occurred in Yemen. My own lack of knowledge about Yemen is not just significant, it is a yawning deep pit of ignorance. I am therefore curious for the opinions of those who know more of the people, culture,

Full post as published by Intel Dump on September 17, 2008 (boomark / email).