Above: Yemeni soldiers in a checkpoint near the embassy

The US embassy in Sanaa, Yemen was attacked on Tuesday; unfortunately the three mortar rounds hit the nearby school instead of the mission.

13 girls and 3 guards were injured in the mortar attack. Of the 13 students, 3 are in critical condition as of the moment. One guard who was patrolling at the back of the embassy was immediately killed.

Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh said in a statement to the press that the perpetrators are “terrorists.” He offered a hefty reward for any information leading to their capture.

21st June 1953 - 27th December 2007

Above: Benazir Bhutto with Father Zulfkar Ali Bhutto ( Zulfkar Ali Bhutto Pakistani politician who was President of Pakistan from 1971 - 1973 and served as Prime Minister from 1973 - 1977)

• She chaired the Pakistan Peoples Party, this was and is a center left political party.
• First elected woman leader of a Muslim state, at the age of 35.
• She has been Prime Minister of Pakistan twice 1988-1990 and also 1993 -1996.

Above: Iraq Ethnicity Map

Ethnic groups:

Arab 75%-80%, Kurdish 15%-20%, Turkoman, Assyrian, or other 5%

Religions:

Muslim 97% (Shi’a 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other 3%

Population:

27,499,638 (July 2007 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 39.4% (male 5,509,736/female 5,338,722)
15-64 years: 57.6% (male 8,018,841/female 7,812,611)
65 years and over: 3% (male 386,321/female 433,407) (2007 est.)

Median age:

total: 20 years
male: 19.9 years
female: 20 years (2007 est.)

Population growth rate:

2.618% (2007 est.)

Birth rate:

31.44 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death rate:

Above: Map of Israel in 1948 - 1949

{mosimage}Civil war broke out in Palestine following the declaration of Partition by the United Nations. During its course, the Jews consolidated their control on their assigned part of Palestine. During this period some of Arabs of Palestine suddenly became refugees. Many left the Jewish areas of their own accord, some were encouraged to leave by other Arabs and some were coerced to leave by the Jews.

Above: picture of Soldier killed during the war

Above: Map of Israel and neighboring Countries (click map to enlarge)

In 1967 war broke out between Israel and the combined forces of Egypt, Jordan and Syria. The latter group was aided by Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Sudan and Algeria. Israel came out victorious. The war lasted for 132 hours and 30 minutes - that is a little less than six days. In two of the three fronts the duration was even shorter. Only on the Syrian front did the war last for six days.

Above: Israeli army advancing to Golan Heights (June 1967)