Attack on US Embassy in Yemen

[nerdgirl 0]

Officially not tied to al Qa’eda … yet.

Reportedly, 6-US Embassy guards (foreign nationals) and several Yemeni who were Embassy employees were killed. The US Embassy in Yemen is closed.

”A group calling itself Islamic Jihad in Yemen claimed responsibility for the bombing and threatened attacks on other embassies including those of Britain, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.

“It had threatened in a previous statement on Tuesday to launch a series of attacks unless the Yemeni government met its demands for the release of several members from jail.

“‘We, the organization of Islamic Jihad in Yemen declare our responsibility for the suicide attack on the American embassy in Sanaa …. We will carry out the rest of the series of attacks on the other embassies that were declared previously, until our demands are met by the Yemeni government.”

Images.

In March, Jund al-Yemen Brigadesal, an al Qa’eda affiliated terrorist group, executed a mortar attack near/directed at the US Embassy, they weren’t accurate in mortar delivery and killed a young girl & a Yemeni police man.

Al Qa’eda in the Maghreb?

Act as if everything you do matters, while laughing at yourself for thinking anything you do matters.
Tibetan Buddhist saying

[Gawain 0]

What I ironic about that report is how the Islamic Jihad of Yemen was making demands of the Yemeni government, while attacking foreign embassies. I don't see that as a winning strategy for the terrorists.

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[Skyrad 0]

Who would have noticed if they attacked their own government? Would hardly have been reported. I bet the first thing that most people reading the post would have done would have been skimmed it to see if any US citizens were killed. Who really is bothered about more dead Arabs?

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

[Gawain 0]

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Who would have noticed if they attacked their own government? Would hardly have been reported. I bet the first thing that most people reading the post would have done would have been skimmed it to see if any US citizens were killed. Who really is bothered about more dead Arabs?

Yet, that is all they accomplished. In fact, it's their hallmark. They are responsible for more Muslim deaths than anyone. Yet, these people accept it.

Truly a people, barely a civilization, continues to decline. There must be a way to instill a new initiative to reverse this.

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[Skyrad 0]

People have been conducting tribal warfare for years in the Yemin if not centuries. Of course it accomplishes nothing.

When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

[nerdgirl 0]

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What I ironic about that report is how the Islamic Jihad of Yemen was making demands of the Yemeni government, while attacking foreign embassies. I don't see that as a winning strategy for the terrorists.

While perhaps appearing superficially counterproductive (... & perhaps counterproductive in the long run), it is a strategy that has been pursued by disparate terrorist groups with varying levels of effectiveness, particularly if the government against whom the terrorists are fighting is seen/perceived to be aligned with the US, e.g., Yemen News Service (SABA) reported on 14Sep/3 days before the attack: "U.S official praises Yemen's fight against al-Qaeda." The US official was the ASD SOLIC.

VR/Marg

Act as if everything you do matters, while laughing at yourself for thinking anything you do matters.
Tibetan Buddhist saying