She is 65, a grandmother and the country director in Yemen for a
She arrived in Sanaa on May 5, 2001, just after midnight and still remembers her
That was the embassy's growing concern, which left Madrid suddenly worried about
The worst of it: When she heard that someone in the U.S. Embassy had described
But the sheiks had questions, too -- about her.
They did trust-building and team-building exercises. They learned about turning
The near-assassination of Rabea, a man vital to Madrid's project because of his
If you're an American, you can't travel to Al Jawf without the permission of the
So Madrid had requested an appointment with the minister of the interior to talk
There were three gunshots. Then a pause. Then a burst. "Staff," she shouted,
Ahmed Jabeli seemed unfazed by the commotion, perhaps because he had just
And just like that, Al Jawf was reduced from mystery to its essence.
"We don't have terror in our area," Rabea said. "What we have are tribal wars,
"You will need to be tolerant. You will hear nasty things. 'Americans do this.
"I want the hurricane to destroy the U.S.," a man was saying after hearing a
Off to the side there was an orange glow as a man inhaled a cigarette. This is
Just as there are no police here, or courts or government or law, there are also
Next stop: a village called Al Muhtoon, where a man said of the United States,
And so it went in village after village, until Rabea arrived at his destination