Don't ask me what South Korean tourists are doing in the likes of Yemen but four of them today were killed in a terrorist suicide bombing of their convoy. The deaths have been confirmed by South Korean officials in Egypt. Here's some of the details from the article at Breitbart:
Yemen is gradually becoming a free for all for terrorists - it has been documented that a great many of al Qaeda in Iraq's jihadists made a shift to Yemen when things started going south for them in Iraq and also, when al Qaeda #2 al-Zawahiri called for an assault on Yemen.
It's my belief that al Qaeda still longs for a central operating base in this part of the Middle East - their jewel would be Iraq but they would certainly accept a Yemen or a Jordan. Let's face it, it isn't exactly convenient for the al Qaeda corporate to run operations from mountain top caves in Pakistan. As for the South Koreans, they have paid some heavy prices for mingling with the likes of al Qaeda and the Taliban. My guess is that Yemen will join the list of countries not suggested for travel by the South Korean government.
Yemen security officials say four South Korean tourists were killed in a suicide bombing in southern Yemen.
They say the tourists were traveling in a convoy in the southern province of Hadramout. A South Korean diplomat at the country's embassy in Cairo also says the tourists were killed in the attack Sunday.
Al-Qaida has maintained a strong presence in Yemen that is the ancestral homeland of Osama bin Laden.
Yemen is gradually becoming a free for all for terrorists - it has been documented that a great many of al Qaeda in Iraq's jihadists made a shift to Yemen when things started going south for them in Iraq and also, when al Qaeda #2 al-Zawahiri called for an assault on Yemen.
It's my belief that al Qaeda still longs for a central operating base in this part of the Middle East - their jewel would be Iraq but they would certainly accept a Yemen or a Jordan. Let's face it, it isn't exactly convenient for the al Qaeda corporate to run operations from mountain top caves in Pakistan. As for the South Koreans, they have paid some heavy prices for mingling with the likes of al Qaeda and the Taliban. My guess is that Yemen will join the list of countries not suggested for travel by the South Korean government.
Official: 4 South Koreans killed in Yemen bombing
SAN'A, Yemen (AP) - Yemen security officials say four South Korean tourists were killed in a suicide bombing in southern Yemen.
They say the tourists were traveling in a convoy in the southern province of Hadramout. A South Korean diplomat at the country's embassy in Cairo also says the tourists were killed in the attack Sunday.
Al-Qaida has maintained a strong presence in Yemen that is the ancestral homeland of Osama bin Laden.
Yemen has cooperated with the U.S. in fighting terrorism, but its government has struggled to confront Islamic extremists.
The officials say the attack occurred near Shibam—a 16th century UNESCO World Heritage site. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not allowed to release the information.
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