Tourist Jihad -- which we have seen in [1] Egypt, [2] Morocco, [3] Jammu/Kashmir, and elsewhere -- now comes to Yemen. "Tourists blown up as they admire sunset in Shibam, Yemen," from [4] Agence France-Presse, March 16 (thanks to all who sent this in):

FOUR South Korean tourists have been killed and four wounded by an explosion in the historic city of Shibam in southeast Yemen.

The group had been photographing the sunset when a bomb went off.

"According to a preliminary toll, the explosion killed four South Korean tourists and wounded four more, as well as a Yemeni man," a security official in Hadramawt province said.

"We think the blast was caused by a bomb that had been planted there."

Earlier another local official said the explosion "may have been a suicide attack, but this has not yet been confirmed".

"The explosion happened as they were gathered on a hill called Khazzan that overlooks the city.

"They were on foot and taking pictures of the buildings in Shibam at the moment the sun went down," he said....