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Posted on 09/19/2010 5:43:05 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
The open road. The wind blowing through your hair. The sun sets over the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Sea and the Abyan Delta -- Yemen’s most fertile valley. The Harley revs as you cruise down the coastal plain along the Aden Mukalla highway, past cotton and tobacco fields, orchards, fruit farms, clay houses, hot springs, a fish-canning factory and the Khanfar Mountain.
Not anymore.
Authorities in Yemen’s Abyan Governorate, a growing stronghold for Al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula, have banned motorcycles from cities in the region’s urban centers.
"Using motorbikes in terrorist operations to assassinate intelligence officers and security personnel have been massively mounted over the past nine months in the province," San'a-based Yemeni Interior Ministry official told the Xinhua news agency.
The news, first reported in the pan-Arab London-based daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, follows a series of recent assassinations by Al-Qa’ida militants throughout Abyan and will affect some 5,000 two-wheeled vehicles, according to local media. Militants on motorcycles have killed at least 30 Yemeni soldiers, intelligence officers and security personnel over the last three months alone, using the bikes to make a quick escape.
“Motorcycles are typically used by terrorists and insurgents to deliver weapons directly if its a suicide attack or to make a quick getaway,” Dr Theodore Karasik, Director for Research and Development at the Institute for Near East Gulf Military Analysis told The Media Line. “The banning of motorcycles is indicative of how the government, with help from US officers, is trying to cut down on the movements of Al-Qa’ida members and tribal members who support them.”
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There was a video game,by Electronic Arts,called Command&Conquer Generals,had terrorists riding on motorcycles as deployable units.
Thought that was the stupidest thing I ever saw.
Apparently reality does imitate fiction.
Small motorbikes and scooters are a major form of transport for people in poor countries.
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on really congested city streets and alleys, scooters and motorcycles are excellent get away vehicles.
Mostly desert and small towns out in Yemen.
I don’t this spreading to Aden.
Burka Burka!
Sounds like a familiar refrain over here with regard to another tool that's constitutionally protected....
Ban biker gangs by banning bikes. Gotta say that’s something which wouldn’t fly in the States. Yet.
Party poopers!
That just makes me mad! I love my Honda Shadow! I rode it to a downtown festival this weekend because it is so easy to find a parking spot!
Of course, I’ll use just any excuse that I can to ride it!
Indeed! Those darned cycles can be a real problem.
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