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Deserted US Embassy In Yemen Immediately Seized By Armed Rebels
.... And it's gone.
Moments after its US inhabitants leave the embassy in Yemen for one final time, it is now officially owned by the new, less than supported by the US, rebel regime.
- ARMED HOUTHI REBELS SEIZE U.S. EMBASSY VEHICLES AFTER AMBASSADOR, DIPLOMATS LEAVE COUNTRY - LOCAL MEMBERS OF EMBASSY STAFF
And more from Reuters:
Armed Houthi rebels in the Yemeni capital Sanaa seized U.S. embassy vehicles after the ambassador and diplomats left the country on Wednesday, local members of embassy staff told Reuters.
The employees said that more than 20 vehicles were taken by the fighters after the Americans departed from Sanaa's airport. The United States, Britain and France have closed their embassies and evacuated staff as the security situation in Yemen has unravelled following the group's formal takeover of power last week.
We could make a token witty comment about how this entire episode is emblematic and symbolic of all US foreign policy in recent history, but at this point, what difference does it make?
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How much more will deal leader give to Iran.
The Saudi's must be very happy with him
Winning !!
Yemen...another US foreign policy "success" story.
Who's next?
What difference does it make.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka0_nz53CcM
I am just waiting for the NovoRossiyan Army to occupy the USSA embassy in Kiev, after the officials do the chicken run, and Porkyschenko is roasted on a spit.
Just fucking NUKE Yemen!
Nobody will notice.
You know, I *ONLY* hear about what's going on in Yemen on Zerohedge. I admittedly am not paying any real attention to the major news networks in the U.S., but I haven't seen or heard squat on this reported in the MSM in the U.S.... but it's a major major deal/failure.
" Shock and Awe !"
I hope we did a better job shredding documents than those guys in Argo did.
Another huge suckcess story for the Mudslime in the WH....I bet he's invited Ben Finkenbinder over to pack some fudge in celebration
CNN is on at my gym and I have seen absolutely no coverage whatsoever of Yemen. Until this morning I wasn't aware at all that the NATO countries were fleeing. For the ultimate failure this represents, I guess the networks are in their usual "cover Obama" mode. No scandal here, move along. Lots of coverage of ISIS though, just preparing the sheep via propaganda for the new War Powers Act. The fascinating element of this one is that Obama is requesting permission to conduct a "global theater" war on ISIS. That's one way to get into Ukraine.
Bro you spelled Riyadh wrong.
We deserted some folks.....
We deserted some folks.....
Again. FIFY
Does/did Yemen have oil, gas or gold? I know that, according to Zappa, they have Yemenite holes.
Then there are the options for nice seaside resort or naval ports for Russia or China. Just to "Keep the peace", you understand, i.e. to keep them from getting bombed into the stone age.
http://www.dw.de/tribesmen-blow-up-yemens-main-oil-pipeline/a-18089419
Oil and Gas.
Rex Tillerson ran Exxon Yemen before Exxon Russia before taking over for taking all of Exxon when Lee Raymond retired.
at least we leave nice assets for the people once they've driven the western devil from their land.
Those embassy vehicles must be a real score.
The vehicles were probably GMC. Doesn't the .gov get those for free anyway since we own the Co? Oh wait...I think we sold that Co to the bond holders..Oh, wait...
They should convert to a Comfort Inn.
Was this the embassy, or the CIA station house?
Yes.
pods
I've been in a few embassy's. They likely locked the place down making it useless.
Bengazi was a house - wide open.
I love how the US asked other allies to "look after" the embassy when they are gone.
ummm we fucked everything up again but could you take care of the property, make sure the plants get watered and all... WTF?
and keep the pool clean - you know - all that sand and shit messes up the filters.
NoVa
The problem is the allies are leaving too.
I hope the U.S. destroyed the vehicles...maybe sand in the gas tank for good measure.
Only the Benz's and the Beemers. The armored vehicles were fully loaded with fuel and ammo.
The embassy staff didn't know what to do with all the weapons stuff, only knows how to drive a new beetle.
Put trackers in the vehicles so they know where to launch the next drone.
LoJack, to get dem rizzels back!
I hope they removed the list of passwords taped to the slideout panel in the desk above the drawer. Its so easy to forget these sorts of things.
Could be of some use to play War Games perhaps?
what, no weapons?
What? no asswipe or silverwear? A guy cant take over an American embassy and at least expect a roll or two or free asswipe?
Good, get the fuck out of that shithole!
Armory was well stocked. Thanks.
" the new, less than supported by the US, rebel regime"
Are ya sure about that?
Good question. These guys are connected to Iran, but with Obama who knows what deals he has with Iran.
Clearly real estate demand is heating up
They probably watched one of those thousands of commericals, "How to Flip RE," and are going to rake in the dough when they flip it over to some shiek!
Embassies are usually in prime locations ... location ... location ... location!
I wonder what will happen to the locals that supported/worked here....I am guessing we will get a whole new round of ISIS videos
Houthi Scmoothie...
That's just gross.
If the embassy security cameras are still active, they wil show the new occupants tossing the place looking for any valuables to steal. Any saleable items will wind up at the bazaar. I wonder what a portrait of Obummer will go for?
Is there an Ebay-Yemen?
"I wonder what a portrait of Obummer will go for?"
Depends on whether it's flammable or not.
Does this embassy have a pool?
We should have left some blankets infected with smallpox behind.
an oldie but a goody.
Non conformance of the maintaining the sovereignty of embassy spaces should be grounds for nuclear strikes.
We must be civilized, after all.
Another lost country...good for Obama...i Think its called winning....
Good for Greater Israel. Out of Chaos, order (profit). All these Arab countries which were previously stable, have been allowed to become falling dominoes, thereby creating a vacuum which Israel can very easily and conveniently walk into.
Libya US embassy pool party
Oh waiter, may I have a saucer of Saigon please?
Obviously this is grounds for a full scale military invasion. Where is that ship loaded to the gills with munitions that we read about a couple of weeks ago?
I was never a part of an Embassy abandonment. I was a Marine Embassy Guard in my younger days.
My guess is that everything even remotely sensitive was shredded or burned well beforehand. There was probably nothing left in the React Room (here's to hoping the A/ left a nice "Fuck You!" note for the Houthis).
Why? Because they had the temerity to kick out an occupying empire?
Nobody likes you, haven't you noticed? These terrorist-funding "embassies" can only exist so long as the native populations can be held at the point of a gun.
Do you masturbate through a hole in a sheet? Like do you have to reach around the sheet?
No, but I have played The Stranger.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=the+stranger
How do they compare?
pods
HAHAHAHA. Thanks for the laugh. My perspective is obviously different than yours, and there's not a damned thing wrong with that. My comment centered on the Marines there. I used to be one of those guys. It was a pretty thankless job, and even more so if you have local assholes gunning for you.
Don't mistake the service I provided to my country as an endorsement of US foreign policy. Granted, I was a cog in the machine, but that was a calling I needed to satisfy before moving on with the rest of my life.
Well, I hope you got free college and a pension out of it! At the very least you can march in formation and shine shoes, so double plus good! hoo-rah!
Hay foot, straw foot style..
I wasn't qualified for any job in polite society when I got out. I started my own PI firm and did workman's fraud investigations while putting myself through college. I also bounced and served court papers. When I received my Engineering degree, all those jobs came to a close for me.
How fucking stupid are you? Are you saying our embassies around the world are all invading those countries??? You do realize that Yemen has an embassy in DC, right dipshit?
The Embassy of Yemen in Washington, D.C. is the Republic of Yemen's diplomatic mission to the United States. It is located at 2319 Wyoming Avenue N.W. in Washington, D.C.
Is that proof that Yemen in invading the US?? Looks like it is time to kick out the invading Yemeni army...
In before Hasbara stinking to high heaven about a nation kicking out the occupation.
So fucking what? Is there any oil in Yemen? Americans should be more concerned with armed gangs taking over abandon buildings in American cities...
Yemen happens to be across the pond from another place the US abandoned after turning into a shithole. Somalia.
Yesterday I posted that Saudi Arabia would be next, but I think it might be Jordan. Which Pepe calls that fiction disguised as a country.
My schedenfreude is killing me.
Jordan should be Palestine. Kick out that phony western tool "monarchy". More than half the population is already palestinian. Gaza is a shithole.
Is that called "section 8"
Or urban repurposing
Bring in the Drones
There has to be Drones
Only a matter of time before we have yet another War Resolution
WAR!!!!!!!!!!!!! with Jackie Chan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXtXE2-MaUY
Not a peep out of the communist propaganda news agencies
Note found: "hope you enjoy your stay. Keys to the weapons locker is in the kitchen cabinet"
P.S. Trash collection is on Tuesday.
But where are the Blowfish...
Just squatters who have upgraded from living under a bridge to US Embassy.
Obama Chief Surrender Monkey! We now surrender like the French, we are nationalizing healthcare like the French...what's next...I know we will be bankrupt like the French!
You really want us to put up a fight for anything in Yemen?
youre a stupid cunt and i fart in your general direction
You really should consider what the French losses were in WWI. They have come a long way back having one of the best air forces in the world flying aircraft from one of the best manufacturers - Dassult. Their Navy and shipbuilding industries are first rate. And their SS has a 100 per cent success rate (losing no one) and which manages to stay discrete and out of the newspapers.
Free section 8 housing for everyone, states Obama.
We've spent billions, trillions and the best we can do is leave swimming pools? The US State Dept. need to be renamed: US Swimming Pools R Us....
Wait until you hear Obama's new budget proposal. You haven't seen anything since the Cloward–Piven strategy era. This presidential fucker is out of control. Laws mean nothing to him.
1975: US loses a number of helicopters to a very unfortunate boat capacity planning accident.
2015: US loses more than 20 vehicles to... a very unfortunate accidental covert operation to supply local armed rebels with materiel?
Just outsourcing. Only thing Obama has to do is propose a multi million bill for English lessons for foreign personnel on US embassies.
hmm why didnt US rig embassy basement with exlosives?
They prolly tried to, but like you, could read the RFQ and received 'laxatives' instead of 'asplosives' ..minor detail..assuredly...same effect consequently..
hmm why didnt US rig embassy basement with exlosives?
Good for Yemen. Perhaps they have a chance at self-determination.
To coin a phrase: "What difference does it make?"
I see a theme in Obama's foreign policy. Ukraine beware.
I'd sure like to see the annual budgets for all foreign embassies, Yemen in particular.
Nice fucking work Obama, it is almost as if you want this garbage to happen on your watch...A muslim sympathizing piece of shit if I ever saw one, his only defense would be total incompetence...
I think it's been obvious for a long time he "works for the other side."
Obola probably left the embassy fully stocked with weapons and ammo. Great way to transfer them like in Benghazi.
Yemen, flow of oil through the canals, watch this space if shit hits bullcreek post Iran and Ukraine negotiations. The game is on gents but in the end America is expending far too many resources protecting the empire's borders while internally , the middle class has been left in a sorry state and can't provide the engine room needed for economic growth. Nowadays, I hear the USA asks/demands host nations to help offset some of the logistic bills ( not personnel). We know the Russians and Chinese won't blink, the Iranians have given the moderates a last chance to negotiate a nuclear deal otherwise the hawks will take over and run the show, over to the USA...I suspect in the end common sense will prevail, even the chicken hawks will cave in when they see that the Russians are prepared to let the Cockroaches rule the Earth.
Since the Houthi's are now the government of Yemen calling them 'rebels' just sounds like whining.
Fuck you Barry Soerto.
Look at a map of the region and it seems like Israel is being surrounded.
I mean really, does ANYONE believe for a moment that the US would give up its embassy with all the fixin's, just like that?
Strategy, people...your muslim president is setting the mid-east table and I smell Kosher meat on the menu.
Didn't they leave an Ambassador behind to have his head cut off ?
If you're not on the rebels' side. Why not rig it to blow the thing all the way to Allah.
Building and vehicles!
But then I am a vindictive asshole...
I'm a smart, vindicitive asshole so I'd leave everything in perfect operational condition but filled with eavesdropping devices and command detonation explosives for use at some later date.
Oh, and I'd inject all the local goats with the AIDS virus before pulling out.
Reuters has got to be more descriptive because I am lost here. Are these the good (Syria) or bad rebels (anyone not on US payroll)?
remember this: USS COLE;
"The USS Cole bombing was a suicide attack against the United States Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG-67) on 12 October 2000, while it was harbored and being refueled in the Yemeni port of Aden. 17 American sailors were killed, and 39 were injured.[1] This event was the deadliest attack against a United States Naval vessel since 1987.
The terrorist organization al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack. A U.S. judge has held Sudan liable for the attack, while another has released over $13 million in Sudanese frozen assets to the relatives of those killed. The American Navy has reconsidered their rules of engagement in response to this attack."
mr obuma he be working for the other side..most sheep : tin foil hat crazy thinking that.
wish I was.
Not sure your point fella but one thing i remebered from college is it takes more than alcohol to talk girls into a threesome.
Another thing I learned was Wikipedia cannot be used as reference material.....especially for conspiratorial subjects. General reference sure. Remember the gov assists with gov info there.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/feds-collaborate-wikipedia-editors-improve-wikipedia-entries-related-government-publications_794261.html
"The American Navy has reconsidered their rules of engagement in response to this attack."
They probably forgot this one or maybe new rules were'nt allowed back in the day.
http://b-29s-over-korea.com/The-USS-Liberty-incident/The-USS-Liberty-inc...
You mean to say that we abandoned the place where we can begin to have "meaningful dialogue" with the Islamists.? We lost other dialogue places in Libya, Iran, etc. If this keeps up we wont be able to talk to many governments or the Islamists in the ME. How are going to negotiate how much foreign aid we are going to give them, without a place for American negotiators, to drink their cokes, go swimming, pay off people under the table, etc
Did the WH and State Department forget to tell these Islamists that Embassies are sacred diplomatic ground owned by the country that has been invited to come in by its hosts? Do these people not respect International Law, the UN, the International Court. (sarc)
I hope very much, that the same will happen with US ambasadors in Europe and all arround the world.
Good riddance
At least they will now be preoccupied with trying to figure out the toilet.
I wonder if there was a note left for them in the armoury?
What really has caused the atrophy of the Middle east?
Umbra macabre western xenophobia to the rescue?
Was it the apostasy of Islam's past-- or the inherent bellicose nature of all mankind to blame for the middle-east backwardation?
Let's put some colour on this short-lived nascent`diaspora via an anchronistic bete`noire?
The Middle-East is moar than 50% beyond its age, with but a century at most left of the world's lifeblood?!?
Pay close attention hear? The Americans had never before 1945 been involved in the political affairs of the middle-east. They[?] did not feel any need or (intervention?) to underwrite, or associate themselves with the 'British-Security-System' in the area. As it happened, Saudi Arabia connections came to dominate (Standard Oil/ Rockefeller) U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East. Please realize that the Saudi's were arch-enemies of Iraq, whom by the way were par[$] with SA at the tyme for oil revenues. The Saudi's however were staunch allies of Egypt, and American policy (oh yeah, prejudiced?) favoured Cairo rather than Baghdad in the rivalry for leadership of the Arab World. The Saudi's were 'Hostile' to British 'Protectorates' in southern and eastern Arabia. The American's preached, or better said cajoled (fifty shades of buncombe chiaroscuro?) 'anti-colonializm!?!
The reality,... that shortly after WWII, came the 'British Baghdad- Pact', and Truman's dual Marshall/Kennan containment duopoly Doctrinaire regarding Greece and Turkey. But, the Eisenhower Doctrine put the icing on the Middle-East!?!
There's moar? Carter's Doctrine,... Reagan, Bush #41/ #43, Clinton and Obi1, etc.,...[?]
Summing it awe-up! 'Operation`Middle-East' Accomplished, with Extraordinaire'ialism Amerikana Exceptionalism?' The USSA has enslaved the Middle-East since WWI like it or not, and put the finnishing touch'd-shackles on its vassal-states. Indeed, this feudalistic metastasized uber travesty, where our once proud civilization gave birth is now 'DOA'!?!
jmo
Western Super Powers can't defeat a bunch Yememni rebels, meanwhile they are picking a fight with Russia?
What a bunch of morons!
This is the best news I've heard today. Fuck that Yemen sand trap, I never wanted to be there anyway. I wish we would load up and leave a bunch of countries.
That "nobody" is you, idiot!
Populism...that seems familiar for some reason...Isn't that how Democracy got started? Back when it was sortition?