March 18, 2003

American, Canadian Shot Dead in Yemen

A Yemeni man shot three foreign oil workers Tuesday, killing an American and a Canadian and wounding another Canadian before shooting himself dead, according to oil workers and a U.S. diplomat.

The attack took place in an oil field in the oil-rich northern province of Marib, about 100 miles northeast of the Yemeni capital San`a, the tribesmen and oil workers said on condition of anonymity. Both Westerners worked at a Hunt Oil Co. rig, and were shot while they were working in the field.
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On Dec. 30, a suspected Islamic militant shot dead three U.S. Christian missionaries who worked at a Baptist-run hospital.

Yemen has long been a hotbed for terrorists and is the ancestral homeland of Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden.

In 2000, an explosives-laden boat rammed an American destroyer, the USS Cole, off Yemen, killing 17 U.S. sailors. In November, a CIA-operated Predator drone fired a missile that killed bin Laden's top lieutenant in Yemen, Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi, and five other suspected members of the terror group.

How sad.
Rest in peace, gentlemen.
(This strikes pretty close to home as Hunt Oil Co. is one of Dallas'es and Texas's oldest and finest companies.)
We're at war with the IslamoNazis for real and unfortunately, their killers are going to try to keep murdering us wherever they can until we drain that swamp.