Gunmen kill U.S. embassy security chief in Yemen

[Gerald]

(Reuters) - Masked gunmen shot dead a Yemeni security chief on his way to work at the U.S. embassy in Sanaa on Thursday, in an attack a Yemeni security source said appeared to be the work of al Qaeda.The incident was the latest of a wave of attacks on officials in the impoverished Arab state, which is battling Islamist militants with Washington's help.

The attackers, on a motorcycle, opened fire on Qassem Aqlan - who headed an embassy security investigation team - near his house in the centre of Yemen's capital, the source told Reuters.

"This operation has the fingerprints of al Qaeda which carried out similar operations before," said the source, who asked not to be named.

Yemen-based Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and other militant groups strengthened their grip on parts of the country during an uprising that ousted veteran President Ali Abdullah Saleh in February.

Washington, wary of the growing power of al Qaeda, has stepped up drone strikes on suspected militants, with the backing of Saleh's successor, President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/11/us-yemen-assassination-idUSBRE89A0F820121011


Note: Thu Oct 11, 2012 10:40am EDT

[TLAM Strike]

Lets not jump to the conclusion that there is an international terrorist group targeting our embassies.

This is probably just residual anger over of a movie made six months ago that no one actually watched.

:roll:

[yubba]

Yep the video, did it. Watch it and three days later you are killing someone :doh::doh::doh::doh:..Well if we didn't an open door policy at the white house to terrorist we wouldn't have this problem, would we,,, find them an killem..

[Buddahaid]

Stupidest thing you've said yet. Please change record it skips too much. :88)

[Platapus]

Lets not jump to the conclusion that there is an international terrorist group targeting our embassies.




Jumping to conclusions is often the only exercise GT members get. :D

[Jimbuna]

Lets not jump to the conclusion that there is an international terrorist group targeting our embassies.

This is probably just residual anger over of a movie made six months ago that no one actually watched.

:roll:

Jumping to conclusions is often the only exercise GT members get. :D

I reckon you both have a valid point :yep:

[Gerald]

Lets not jump to the conclusion that there is an international terrorist group targeting our embassies.

This is probably just residual anger over of a movie made six months ago that no one actually watched.

:roll: Terror is always close at hand in these kinds of occasions...:ping:

[Tribesman]

How many yemeni security officers have been shot in drive by shootings in the past year in that city?

[Gerald]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents,_January_-_June_2012

[Takeda Shingen]

Look at all those attacks in Iraq. I thought our guts 'n glory campaign fixed all that.

Where we off to next?

[Jimbuna]

Look at all those attacks in Iraq. I thought our guts 'n glory campaign fixed all that.

Where we off to next?

Precisely :yep: