Aden

When a Marxist country merges with a non-Marxist one, you get a more permissive society. Right? Wrong, when it is the two Yemens.North Yemen was a poor, reclusive state on the Arabian peninsula. South Yemen was the cosmopolitan port and British colony of Aden, but when independence came it went Marxist. Liquor flowed in from Djibouti and beer was locally brewed.Then came merger a year ago and Moscow's withdrawal of influence. South Yemen began to change. Pious Northerners came south and demanded compliance with Islamic law. The brewery will convert to non-alcoholic beverages.

On a day he described as "not too hot, calm seas," Navy Cmdr. Stephen F. Murphy surveyed the sparkling water ahead of his ship, the guided missile destroyer USS Mahan, as it embarked on aggressive anti-pirate operations launched this week by the U.S. Navy. Murphy, a Catonsville native and Naval Academy graduate, is patrolling the Gulf of Aden, a million square miles of water squeezed between the coast of Somalia and the Arabian Peninsula. Each year 26,000 merchant ships and oil tankers traverse this vital sea lane of global commerce.

CONFIDENT superpowers do not let terrorism against their forces go unsolved or unpunished. The United States must show its uniformed personnel that it will identify and hunt down whoever took the lives of U.S. sailors in Aden. Confident superpowers also do not get rattled, take reprisals against innocents or pick targets by guesswork. They do not play into the hands of manipulative terrorists who seek to provoke greater enmity. All Americans should endorse the temperate determination of President Clinton to "find out who was responsible and hold them accountable."

BERLIN - Somali pirates firing automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades hijacked yet another ship in the Gulf of Aden yesterday, this time seizing a chemical tanker. A German military helicopter from a nearby warship arrived in time to pull three security guards out of the water, but not soon enough to prevent the hijacking of the ship and the rest of the crew. The latest attack, in which even trained security personnel aboard could not deter the pirates, demonstrated the urgent need for coordinated action by governments from Cairo to Berlin.

LITTLE ADEN, Yemen -- American and Yemeni investigators were encamped yesterday at a remote boat ramp seeking clues to the identity of the two suicide bombers who launched a small boat into the water before heading into Aden's harbor for the attack on the destroyer Cole that killed 17 U.S. sailors. As Navy officials in Washington revised their initial accounts of how the bombers blindsided the Cole, agents of the FBI and other U.S. specialists set up a cluster of dark green tents beside the boat ramp, six miles across the Bay of Aden from the harbor mooring point where the Cole was attacked.

When Amanda White races, the question usually is how far behind will the competition run?Yesterday, at the first Harford County Invitational Cross Country Classic, the Dulaney junior outran her closest opponent by 1 minute, 42 seconds. In the girls seeded race, White posted her best time of the season, 17:34, on the flat but sharply turning course at Harford Community College.Dava Rhodes of Cumberland Valley, Pa., finished second with her twin sister, Tara Rhodes, three seconds behind. The closest Maryland runner was Chris Maranto of Bryn Mawr, 10th, at 20:14.

When last Saturday's Harford Invitational Cross Country Classic debuted without a hitch, Jim Otte breathed a sigh of relief."We couldn't have asked for better for a first-year event," said Otte, the race director. "We had good weather, good competition, good awards. Everything went real well."Some of that was just luck. Most of it was extensive planning.Otte spent hundreds of hours over the past year setting up the logistics of the Harford Invitational -- from plotting the course to recruiting volunteers to inviting the teams.

Northern Yemen is the country many Americans remember as Yemen. It won independence from Turkey in 1918 and has a village-based economy, many people living as their ancestors did. Southern Yemen is what Americans used to call Aden. It was a British colony and port on the sea route to India, long in rebellion. The British left in 1967, replaced by an indigenous Marxist regime.Northern Yemen, on the Red Sea, is mostly west of Southern Yemen, on the Gulf of Aden, which extends north and south of it. Southern Yemen is twice as big. Northern Yemen has five times as many people.

On August 2, 2003 CHARLES H. SISK of Glen Burnie, MD; beloved husband of Thelma E. Sisk (nee Haas); loving father of Susan Rider; dear brother of Stonewall Sisk, Doris Baumgardner, Frances Fell, the late Robert, Wood and Aden Sisk and the late Ada M. Anderson. Friends may call at the family owned Kirkley-Ruddick Funeral Home P.A., 421 Crain Highway S.E. Glen Burnie on Tuesday and Wednesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday at 10:00 A.M. in Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Glen Burnie, MD. Interment in Oak Lawn Cemetery.

WASHINGTON - A former top U.S. commander in the Persian Gulf defended a decision to refuel Navy ships in Yemen, the site of last week's deadly attack on the destroyer USS Cole, saying yesterday that it was less dangerous than neighboring countries and noting that Yemeni officials are taking steps to deal with their terrorist problems. Retired Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni, who stepped down this year as commander of U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf region, told Congress that before the Cole's visit, 27 Navy ships had used the Yemeni port of Aden since last year.

On August 2, 2003 CHARLES H. SISK of Glen Burnie, MD; beloved husband of Thelma E. Sisk (nee Haas); loving father of Susan Rider; dear brother of Stonewall Sisk, Doris Baumgardner, Frances Fell, the late Robert, Wood and Aden Sisk and the late Ada M. Anderson. Friends may call at the family owned Kirkley-Ruddick Funeral Home P.A., 421 Crain Highway S.E. Glen Burnie on Tuesday and Wednesday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday at 10:00 A.M. in Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Glen Burnie, MD. Interment in Oak Lawn Cemetery.

LITTLE ADEN, Yemen -- American and Yemeni investigators were encamped yesterday at a remote boat ramp seeking clues to the identity of the two suicide bombers who launched a small boat into the water before heading into Aden's harbor for the attack on the destroyer Cole that killed 17 U.S. sailors. As Navy officials in Washington revised their initial accounts of how the bombers blindsided the Cole, agents of the FBI and other U.S. specialists set up a cluster of dark green tents beside the boat ramp, six miles across the Bay of Aden from the harbor mooring point where the Cole was attacked.

WASHINGTON - A former top U.S. commander in the Persian Gulf defended a decision to refuel Navy ships in Yemen, the site of last week's deadly attack on the destroyer USS Cole, saying yesterday that it was less dangerous than neighboring countries and noting that Yemeni officials are taking steps to deal with their terrorist problems. Retired Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni, who stepped down this year as commander of U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf region, told Congress that before the Cole's visit, 27 Navy ships had used the Yemeni port of Aden since last year.

CONFIDENT superpowers do not let terrorism against their forces go unsolved or unpunished. The United States must show its uniformed personnel that it will identify and hunt down whoever took the lives of U.S. sailors in Aden. Confident superpowers also do not get rattled, take reprisals against innocents or pick targets by guesswork. They do not play into the hands of manipulative terrorists who seek to provoke greater enmity. All Americans should endorse the temperate determination of President Clinton to "find out who was responsible and hold them accountable."

Burglar breaks into house, steals $2,400 worth of itemsA burglar shattered a side window at a house in the 100 block of Foxhound Drive on Monday, ransacked the place and stole $2,400 worth of stereo and recreational equipment, including a mountain bike he rode away, county police said.A resident of the house told police he discovered the break-in shortly before noon. The burglar also took a compact disc player, about 100 CDs, a black knapsack and a pair of in-line skates, police said.A neighbor told police she saw a man leaving the house on the bicycle about 11: 30 a.m. with the knapsack and skates over his shoulder, police said.

Northern Yemen is the country many Americans remember as Yemen. It won independence from Turkey in 1918 and has a village-based economy, many people living as their ancestors did. Southern Yemen is what Americans used to call Aden. It was a British colony and port on the sea route to India, long in rebellion. The British left in 1967, replaced by an indigenous Marxist regime.Northern Yemen, on the Red Sea, is mostly west of Southern Yemen, on the Gulf of Aden, which extends north and south of it. Southern Yemen is twice as big. Northern Yemen has five times as many people.

Burglar breaks into house, steals $2,400 worth of itemsA burglar shattered a side window at a house in the 100 block of Foxhound Drive on Monday, ransacked the place and stole $2,400 worth of stereo and recreational equipment, including a mountain bike he rode away, county police said.A resident of the house told police he discovered the break-in shortly before noon. The burglar also took a compact disc player, about 100 CDs, a black knapsack and a pair of in-line skates, police said.A neighbor told police she saw a man leaving the house on the bicycle about 11: 30 a.m. with the knapsack and skates over his shoulder, police said.

Chicago.--"We are the forgotten, robbed of property, citizenship and often life itself. We are the other Mideast refugees -- Jews who were expelled or terrorized out of our homes in Arab countries.'' The speaker, Nabih Mangoubi, an Egyptian Jew, found refuge in the U.S.Now, when Americans believe all Mideast hostages have long ago been released; when the world equates the word ''refugee'' solely with Palestinians; when peace talks center only on Palestinian claims of land and property, Jews from Arab lands also demand to be heard.

Chicago.--"We are the forgotten, robbed of property, citizenship and often life itself. We are the other Mideast refugees -- Jews who were expelled or terrorized out of our homes in Arab countries.'' The speaker, Nabih Mangoubi, an Egyptian Jew, found refuge in the U.S.Now, when Americans believe all Mideast hostages have long ago been released; when the world equates the word ''refugee'' solely with Palestinians; when peace talks center only on Palestinian claims of land and property, Jews from Arab lands also demand to be heard.

When last Saturday's Harford Invitational Cross Country Classic debuted without a hitch, Jim Otte breathed a sigh of relief."We couldn't have asked for better for a first-year event," said Otte, the race director. "We had good weather, good competition, good awards. Everything went real well."Some of that was just luck. Most of it was extensive planning.Otte spent hundreds of hours over the past year setting up the logistics of the Harford Invitational -- from plotting the course to recruiting volunteers to inviting the teams.