Why would a Yemen national man take his US born baby daughter to Yemen and tell her that her American mother a?

Why would a Yemen national man take his US born baby daughter to Yemen and tell her that her American mother abandoned her? This is legal under Yemen law, but under US law the father has to pay child support to her mother and would be a criminal for steeling his daughter. [...]

Would a developer of safety-critical software try to anticipate all potential problems ?

Cadbury or Cadbury Schweppes or other producer of canned drinks would notice that sometimes the automatic canning machines malfunction. So they would train special staff to try to notice.
The equivalent of this can happen in an organization supposedly producing safety-critical software. But I don’t think an organization will have trained itself to notice.

If you were hit by a bus, would you expect it to take months for authorities to realize it was actually a bus?

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has become the first Obama Administration official to publicly describe last year’s deadly shootings at Ft. Hood, Tex., as a terrorist act, according to a search of news clips and transcripts.
“Violent Islamic terrorism … was part and parcel of the Ft. Hood killings,” Napolitano told the Senate Homeland Security Committee [...]

If the NASA gunman was Black or Arab, do you think that news story would have gotten more coverage?

Because it seems to me like it didn’t get a whole lot of media coverage.

Would you like to see a miracle?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_af/yemen_plane_crash;_ylt=AnOPP5OXRkQmgj1qyi4ZR2nLOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTMxa3M2b2×1BGFzc2V0Ay9hcC8yMDA5MDcwMi9hcF9vbl9yZV9hZi95ZW1lbl9wbGFuZV9jcmFzaARjcG9zAzQEcG9zAzQEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawNjb21vcm9zY3Jhc2g-
Comoros crash survivor welcomed back home in Paris
LE BOURGET, France – A severely bruised young girl believed to be the only survivor of an Indian Ocean plane crash flew back Thursday to Paris, where she was embraced gently by her father, who tried to lift her spirits with a joke.
Bahia Bakari, 12, returned to France [...]

Would you accept terms from Insurgents?

INSURGENTS TO HALT ATTACKS! Story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060628/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_060628170117;_ylt=A9G_RxpuEKNElB8ArgpX6GMA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl
Let me be clear. I was in the military 6yrs in Europe & Mid-East. I wholeheartedly support our current mission of planting democracy in the geographic heart of the Muslim world. I know, AFTER we leave, it will prosper & spread to neighboring populations in Iran, Syria, Saudi, Egypt, Yemen, [...]

Would the following be considered ‘emboldening the terrorists’?

‘Over the years, bin Laden and his fellow terrorists launched numerous strikes against U.S. targets with the stated design of getting American forces out of Saudi Arabia — including the twin embassy bombings in East Africa; the attack on the USS Cole in Yemen, and, eventually, 9/11.’ (CNN)
‘The United States has said that virtually all [...]

Who could have known this would happen?

Headline: “Freed Guantanamo inmates are heading for Yemen to join al-Qaeda fight”
Who could have known that if we give terrorists leniency that this would happen? This is what we get for giving terrorist freedom and shutting down Guantanamo Bay, I hope you Libs are happy!
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/wo…

If you were Iran, how would you play the web of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, USA and Israel?

Virtual bonus points awarded for considering the major factions in Iran, and not just the ones in power right now.
Also see
http://newsmax.com/KenTimmerman/mahmoud-ahmadinejad-iran-israel/2010/01/08/id/345814
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,582665,00.html?test=latestnews
http://www.heritage.org/Research/MiddleEast/wm2750.cfm
http://yemenpost.net/Detail123456789.aspx?ID=3&SubID=1721&MainCat=6
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31308.html
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/LA09Ak02.html

would you recommend an 18 year old Canadian man to travel to Yemen alone for 11 days?

if no, why?

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