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    German hostages found dead in Yemen

    Three women hostages have been murdered in Yemen. They were part of a group of nine foreigners that were captured whilst having a picnic.

    German hostages found dead in Yemen | BreakingNews.ie

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    Update-All nine hostages are confirmed dead, including three children. Nine hostages found dead in Yemen | BreakingNews.ie
    Sickening.

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    Yemen is an incredibly backward and dangerous place. A German acquaintance of mine traveled there a few times many years ago. If you want to travel across the country, you need a guide, and be prepared to pay a significant "fee" to bandits for safe passage. What these people were doing, I cannot understand. Shocking though.

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    Why would anyone go to Yemen?

    WTF?

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    Quote Originally Posted by dresden8 View Post
    Why would anyone go to Yemen?
    The old town in the capital city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site: Sana'a - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Badly advised to go where they went, but some other parts of Yemen are quite interesting - at least by Saudi Arabian peninsula standards.

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    The chap I knew, fancied himself as a bit of an explorer, and the interesting thing about Yemen, was that the way of life, particularly in remote areas, hadn't changed much in centuries. It certainly made for an interesting slide show, when he got home. I don't know what this German family was doing though.

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