Unidentified gunmen opened fire on the U.S. embassy in Yemen today, hours after the embassy received warnings about a possible attack.
Unknown gunmen opened fire at a checkpoint outside the U.S. embassy in Yemen on Monday, hours after the mission said it received a threat, but a Yemeni official said no one was hurt.
“Police are chasing the car that opened fire. No one seems to have been hurt. It was a checkpoint leading to the embassy, and not close to the building,” the official told Reuters.
The embassy had earlier urged Americans to be cautious in the Arab country that has been the scene of al Qaeda attacks on Western interests.
Frankly, I’m shocked that President Obama’s hopenchange policy of closing Guantanamo Bay and ending torture hasn’t stopped terrorism. Surprisingly, the global trend of affection and hope for Obama hasn’t reached the actual, you know, people trying to kill us.
Incidentally, the country of Yemen has come up more than once here this past week. President Obama’s choice for Attorney General, Eric Holder, is a senior partner at a prestigious D.C. law firm that represents 17 Yemenites held at Gitmo. Two Saudis released from the detention camp have also joined Al Qaeda’s branch in Yemen.
by Stephan Tawney on Mon, Jan 26, 2009