New Folks we are killing: Yemen

Since we are now killing folks in Yemen, some of whom my s intend to kill us and others who are not us, I although it a good idea to find out what Yemen looks like, mainly though tourist lenses, but also soon god pics from the Nw York Times. Here goes.

A boy bundles khat, the leafy narcotic, at a roadside shop. How about exporting some to us here?

In Yemen’s capital, Sana, the Akhdam live crammed into a stinking warren of low concrete blocks

A waiter delivers a stew in Old Sana.

Sana’s central souk at dusk.

In the northern-most part of Yemen lies Sa'da.

This is a gateway to private house in Sa'da, North Yemen.

One traveler says, "It is unlikely as a non-Muslim you would ever get to see this live. Sa'da is rarely visited & only by emergency medical western staff occasionally." It borders Saudi Arabia.

This is a beach in Aden, in the far south of Yemen.

Al Ghaydah, at the eastern end of Yemen. One traveler described it like this: " Astonishing harsh yet ancient & beautiful places with lovely, welcoming populace in my experience. Always delighted to see a 'white' Western Muslim! Alhamdullilah"

Not all is sweetness and light.

Sana’a (Asia News) - "Some Yemeni religious figures have launched a 'fatwa' against the law recently approved by Parliament that sets the minimum age for marriage at 17. The statement, signed by the rector of Al-Eman University, Sheikh Abdul-Majid al-Zindani, and by representatives of the party Islamic Islah, is aimed at eliminating the minimum age limit.

The question of the minimum age for marriage in Yemen was brought to the attention of world public opinion last April, following the case of Nojud Mohammed Ali, an 8-year-old girl who requested and obtained a divorce after being forced to marry a 30-year-old man."

Boys and girls are treated a mite differently, unless there are things that go into the training of a "child prodigy" that we don't know about

The bustling central souk in Sana’s Old City is a Unesco World Heritage site.

Just imagine what a cluster bomb, dropped from a drone or shot from a ship, if of sufficient magnitude, could do here! Now many of the enemies o certain of us could be killed or maimed beyond repair! And how many 2,000-year-odd buildings could be reduced to rubble! It boggle's the mind. Well, not every mind boggles: some minds the mere thought excites.

How is it that some persons can contemplate mass destruction with evident eqenaminity; even with pleasure.

Very early men could.

would understand.

LATER . . . .