No more O-Kumbaya: Gunmen attack US embassy in Yemen
The US embassy in Yemen received a warning about this pending attack hours before gunmen drove by and fired shots:
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.
The incident comes on the heels of al Qaeda’s latest love letter from two Gitmo recidivists who are now top al Qaeda leaders in Yemen — and in the wake of business ties between AG nominee Eric Holder and his Yemen Gitmo detainee-representing law firm, Covington & Burling.
How’s that restoration of America’s good name going, President O?
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The suicidal nitwits know a pansy fellow-traveler when they see one.
Watch for attacks to be stepped up.
I bet the seas are cooling as well.
So why didn’t the terrorist’s car encounter a Viper round? Grrrrrrr
The world’s a downright dangerous place for countries with “good names.”
Does The One need to go over there and talk to those guys personally or will Jimmy Carter do?
But, but, but,…this is all Bush’s fault, isn’t it?!
Less than a week in office and terrorists are already testing Obama.
Scary times, folks.
So much for O’s “Hope and Change” policy in the Islamic world…I bet they didn’t get their rainbows and unicorns in the mail!
I have a whole pocket of “I told you so’s” of what is going to happen if the “O” got into office with his lack of policies.
I was just hoping I wasn’t going to have use them so soon.
I Told You So!
The problem is now America is going to pay a heavy price for our citizen’s incompetence.
GSP
“This is Sparta!
Perhaps this is those animals’ gentle way of persuading BHO to “BO”.
(Sorry, couldn’t resist!)
We heard it first from Joe Biden, didn’t we?
Time to gird our loins.
McCain was a lousy candidate, but I wonder if these POS would be trying this if he’d been elected.
The Bush to Obama handoff is the opposite of the Carter to Reagan handoff. Then, the hostages held by Iran were on the first plane out of Tehran after Reagan was inaugurated. God only knows what’s next in terms of testing Obama.
But what the heck, let’s close Gitmo, let’s waste time gnashing our teeth over interrogation techniques, let’s appoint a traitor to head the Department of Justice, let’s resume funding overseas abortions, and let’s get busy shoving in all the nonsense we please into a “stimulus” package.
What a fiasco.
Yep.
Also yep.
Rainbows and Unicorns are haram, infidel!
Sadly correct.
This is what happens when the grownups are shoved aside, and instead the adolescents are “running” things.
Seriously, this is not even a fly on an elephant IMHO. A couple of idiots with a car can do this anytime. This would have happened a month ago if these idiots had had any gas money.
The only good thing about it is, now that The One is in the driver’s seat we can hope against hope that after a few of these pin pricks he wakes up, smells the coffee, and gets his head screwed on before something serious is allowed to slip through.
It’s just the beginning. Obama = miserable failure!
To be fair, he didn’t ever say what you were hoping for and what change he was going to bring.
Everything that’s been going on sure fits his Hope and Change motto.
Greg Craig and the Terrorist.
Obama’s consigliere loves people that kill US soldiers…
I had a woman tell me this weekend that she cried during the whole inauguration – “the people were all so happy and joyous, it was such a wonderful time”. I said, “Drunks are happy too”
I hope this isn’t the change he was talking about.
Over on huffpo they are having a collective orgasm over the one talking to iran.
ugh…
These must be the loin-girding events that Joey Hairplugs told us about.
Isn’t Yemen where a former guest of Gitmo has taken up a leadership position with Al Queda?
Just asking…….
I’m going on record now that Prez Obupkus will NEVER respond to attacks large or small, beyond an occasional Clintonesque missle attack. After he’s out of office, he’ll be interviewed by some lap dog & tell us he “regrets not being able to (fill in the blank)”. We got the same self serving tripe from Clinton about Osama. Of course, Billy Boy nevered mentioned Syria offered him OBL twice on a silver platter, & he refused both times. On another topic, does anyone else think the picture of Obupkus, with the upturned jaw & arrogant down turned lips, looks just like Il Duce? (hope I spelled that correctly-my Italian is weak.)
Hope and Change minus 71 years.
Present-dent: It’s me…Barack Obama. I won the election. Now, as I promised, I would like to negotiate.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: SILENCE! I keel you.
One word: SEALs
Yes. He was planning on reforming himself and opening a Starbuck’s in the capital city of Sanaa, but since Bush caused a worldwide recession, he was forced to return to his former career.
Perhaps with some stimulus money from us, he can realize his dream.
If Bush had not imprisoned those two innocent Saudi/Yemenis in Gitmo, they could have turned out to be loyal hard working good citizens. Now, they are murderous terrorists and people have died because of them. They probably learned everything they know when they were imprisoned there. They were just trying to feed their families and now they have been turned against us. We should have sympathy for them as humans and pawns in Bush’s vicious lies to gain power. Perhaps we can include them in the stimulus package to show there are no hard feelings.
/sarc off
Great minds think alike!
On January 26th, 2009 at 5:23 pm, Flyoverman said:
Yes. He was planning on reforming himself and opening a Starbuck’s in the capital city of Sanaa, but since Bush caused a worldwide recession, he was forced to return to his former career.
Perhaps with some stimulus money from us, he can realize his dream.
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And the really sad thing is, you could post those exact same words on a far-left site and no one would catch the sarcasm; you would probably get a few replies telling you how right you are.
frostrt,
OMG, you are so correct. It had not crossed my mind.
That darn Bush. Well, we won’t have him to kick around any more. Oh wait, Obama is still trying to. Does anyone think Bush will defend himself more vigorously now that he doesn’t have to act so Presidential or will he remain “above the fray” and let himself get slammed over and over by democrats that have lost their scapegoat?
I think he needs to get cracking on his legacy as defined by him before they paint one on him. C’mon Bush, get some backbone (or at least a good PR firm).
On January 26th, 2009 at 5:30 pm, Flyoverman said:
frostrt,
OMG, you are so correct. It had not crossed my mind.
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They seriously believe that kind of tripe; you almost feel sorry for them (almost).
I hope this is a real wake-up call for our new President re: national security, if the daily briefings weren’t enough.
C’mon Bush, get
some backbonea lawyer, because they are going to be coming for you.Gee, that has the feeling of a TV show or movie from the late 60s-early 70s.
You know, around the time our brilliant court system prevented our once decent society and culture from descending into the cesspool in which they now are found.
There, now I can take my tongue out of my cheek.
On January 26th, 2009 at 5:37 pm, sonofdy said:
C’mon Bush, get some backbone a lawyer, because they are going to be coming for you.
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Better yet, a lawyer with backbone!
Seriously, I hope you’re wrong, but there seem to be a few dead-set on prosecuting (persecuting?) the Bush administration.
Aw c’mon guys–it’s Festivus isn’t it?? It’s just the ‘feats of strength’!
If this turns out to be the case, it will be yet another example of how the socialists/statists/nihilists/existentialists/fascists practice projection on steroids; of how they relentlessly pursue their ideal of making our world like that in “1984″.
LOL CyberCipher
On January 26th, 2009 at 5:47 pm, wighttrasch said:
SILENCE! I keel you.
LOL CyberCipher
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How many “Fatwas” do you think Jeff Dunham has out on him by now?
Do you think he cares?
The prosecution angle is just their way of holding on to their scapegoat. Not only was he the cause of all this stuff we can’t seem to fix but he was criminal about it. Thats why it will take us 2 terms to sort it all out.
If Republicans were smart (and right now the evidence is lacking) they would have a strategy to preempt the Bush blaming. Every time a D would try it, they would come out looking bad. But sadly, they is no preemptive plan. They are too busy trying to look like they are cooperating with the annointed one. He has the plan to preempt their non cooperation.
No matter that half the country did NOT want that guy. They are acting like everybody wanted him and all he stood for. Talk about getting a backbone. Graham, McCain, etc. These guys are really clueless. I expected this though because the GOP lost it’s leader. That is a good thing because the leader was John McCain. He is now finished and we can pick a new one but no one is stepping up to the plate. Boehner maybe? Palin? Who will fill the void?
I probably have a few out on me as well. Hassling people on extreme islamic wed sites will do that.
For some reason they don’t like it when you equate allah with satan.
Stay gold, Ponyboy!
I think Ben & Jerry have issued a fatwan to me. Why did they create the pint size? I can never just eat half. And a lot of that money goes to liberal causes. It’s a conspiracy I tell ya.
Tisk tisk tisk, all these “distractions” are taking all the fun out of
beingplaying president.Whew…! Just think of how bad this attack could have been IF Obama wasnt the president now.
Im gonna blaze one up right now just to celebrate all of the the peace and love in the world just in his honor. (Ants! Im blazing up all the ants that are running around my apartment from the cold outside, what were you guys thinking… those long log lighters are magical at that job!)
I might could actually get some work done every day if I didnt have to deal with these customers all the time…
I imagine the Drive By Media and the Obaminites think so but I haven’t been to Starbucks to check the New York Times.
But the situation needs to be diffused. President Obama, VP Joey Hairplugs, Rahm Emmanuel, Miss Hillary and Eric Holder need to get over there NOW and talk to the errant lads and take the poor beleaguered Gitmo detainees with them.
Let’s not go and call Mr. Biden a prophet yet. This is not much of a test. Yes, it was a bona-fide attack on a US embassy in a country that is fast becoming an all-too-familiar refrain in the discussion of Islamic terrorists. BUT, two guys in a car with guns. Not explosives, not ten guys, not coordinated, not a single injury. In the realm of serious attacks, this doesn’t rate very high. As a serious wake-up call for our new administration though, this is a 10.
So just where does Yemen stand in the global war on terror? I wonder how much effort the Yemeni government is putting into finding the two Gitmo “graduates” who have taken up residence and rededicated their lives to al Qaeda?
On January 26th, 2009 at 4:53 pm, The Master said:
Nope. This is not the loid-girling event. You’ll know it when you see it. The whole world will.
And I think Obama’s counting on it (and hoping for it). Something disastrously epic in scope (on the scale of 9/11 or better yet, even worse) so he can get a true Declaration of War out of Congress.
Then he’ll use those war-time powers to wipe out any dissent, starting with Limbaugh, Hannity and Malkin – and ending with all the bible-thumpin’ gun-clutchin’ folks out there that had the audacity to vote against him.
The daisy shipment for stuffing into gun muzzles has not arrived yet. Should have used Fed-Ex.
Remember what the wives and mothers of Sparta told their warriors:
“With your shield or upon it.”
I don’t expect anyone in PBHOs court of royal jesters to either understand or have the stomach for what must be done….but it must be done if we are to survive.
Yes GSP, you told them so. But telling the ignorant has no effect. They only learn when the 2*4 smacks them….repeatedly.
Too bad our fearless leaders did not read the manual on how to properly gird one’s loins. Apparently, most of their parts have turned necrotic and fallen off.
CW4-
Sadly I must disagree with you, most of my college profs have been smacked in the head with a proverbial 2*4 repeatly about OIF (and the war on terror by vets-especially me) and they still find a way to blame Bush. This is after dealing with them for 2 1/2 years at the University of Memphis. Ironically I tend to find them in the English, Psychology and Sociology departments-not in the Judaism Studies department.
Just imagine, out of 5 classes and I have versions of LGM & Chap teaching in three of them. The only ones that I don’t have them in are stats and my internship.
Personally I will use my shield (hollow points and multiple clips) and if not then it will pried from my cold dead hands.
GSP
“This is Sparta!”
This BO must be very arrogant if he thinks he can change the Muslims mind about Israel and the West. They say and say everyday they won’t rest until they have Israel eradicated and the West is totally Muslim. They have said this for decades and I can’t figure out how BO is going to negotiate this out of them. I swear I get better intelligence briefings then BO does.
I just spent ten minutes scrolling through topics of discussion at one of the more redical left sites…..not a peep out of ‘em on this topic.
In the sixties at Berkeley. I had the opportunity to thrash the hell out of one of those liberal profs. I received a failing grade, but my self esteem went up a few notches.
But… but… but… we elected The ONE! Shouldn’t there be peace through out the land? Angels singing? Strawberry flavored rainbows?
Israel does very poor public relations not hammering this enough, just as Afro Americans could never just “sit down and reach out” to the KKK. There is no compromise, like being just a little bit pregnant. Also, Israel PR ought blast why doesn’t Palatine go the _wise_ Taiwanese route in “exiled” self-sufficiency and prosperity instead of squandering brains and funds on guns. I also think the U.S., Britain and Israel should concentrate on creating ground counter-terrorist units just as technologically advanced as the armed forces. The alternative of picking out and zapping any terrorist using a rocket on Israel is mucho PR preferable to massive and anti-sympathetic overkill air strikes that only makes ‘em hotter, not cooler. I mean why can’t there be hundreds of “undercover” commando snipers lurking around the Palestine countryside and rooftops along with hi-spy drones on the prowl hunting for these bastards? How would the NYPD catch a gang — and they would! — using such rockets around NYC? Com’on, get wild and creative, CIA! Hire the I.M.F. screenwriters for ideas if you’ve got none!
James Greenidge
Queens, New York
i fear we will relive the buildup to 911 and it’s terrible consequences, because the same misguided philosophy that these terrorists are criminals instead of combatants is once again our governmental policy. maybe if mrs clinton sees enough of her state department colleagues blown up she will decide we aren’t dealing with rational people. but if 911 must visit our shores again, i pray it lands in the bastions of head-up-your-arse liberalism which not once, not twice, but now three times have said we must arrest these poor misguided children and incarcerate and reeducate them to be productive members of international society. the world trade center bombings were both in new york, and still the people there don’t get it. we are at war with a religious based movement that wants to conquer us.
You say that like she cares about human life other than her own.
Sorry. I would only teach at a good school. And I don’t think you’d find too many NYU professors slumming it there either.
i will…uh…i will…hold….immediate….talks with…with the terrorists…
And its just going to get worse, folks! Obama will be as much a do-nothing president with regards to terrorism as Clinton was…