Peace Corps Online: Special Report: Diplomat and Oman RPCV Oman RPCV Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley

Special Report: Diplomat and Oman RPCV Oman RPCV Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley

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RPCV safe after Terrorist Attack
RPCV Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, the U.S. consul general in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia survived Monday's attack on the consulate without injury. Five consular employees and four others were killed. Abercrombie-Winstanley, the first woman to hold the position, has been an outspoken advocate of rights for Arab women and has met with Saudi reformers despite efforts by Saudi leaders to block the discussions.

Author, Diplomat and Oman RPCV Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley

February 9, 2005: Index: PCOL Exclusive: RPCV Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley (Oman) Wednesday, August 29, 2007 - 11:06 am [11]
December 17, 2004: Headlines: COS - Oman: Diplomacy: Terrorism: Arab News: “May God bless their souls, and give us the same courage to forget the pain we endured in losing them,” said Consul General Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley in a memorial service for those who lost their lives in the Dec. 6 terrorist attack on the mission in Jeddah Friday, December 17, 2004 - 11:47 pm [1]
December 7, 2004: Headlines: COS - Oman: Saudi Arabia: Terrorism: Diplomacy: Department of State: On-the-Record Briefing by James C. Oberwetter, U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Consul General Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley on Attack on U.S. Consulate General in Jeddah Sunday, January 06, 2008 - 9:31 am [2]
December 9, 2004: Headlines: COS - Oman: Saudi Arabia: Terrorism: Diplomacy: Yahoo News: "It's not good to hear gunfire outside your office, but I did have complete faith in the security of the building," Ms. Abercrombie-Winstanley said, referring to the main chancery building. Thursday, December 09, 2004 - 11:02 am [1]
December 7, 2004: Headlines: COS - Oman: Diplomacy: Saudi Arabia: Terrorism: Washington Post: Nine people died Monday in an armed attack on the U.S. Consulate in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, as Islamic radicals ended six months of relative calm in the desert kingdom with a new multiple-casualty assault on a Western target Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 11:50 am [1]
December 7, 2004: Headlines: COS - Oman: Diplomacy: Saudi Arabia: Terrorism: AZ Central.com: The daring daytime attack on Monday on the fortresslike U.S. Consulate in the second-largest Saudi city, is calling into question one of the basic precepts of the country's security strategy: that killing or capturing enough militants will eventually bring security back to the troubled kingdom Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 11:46 am [1]
December 7, 2004: Headlines: COS - Oman: Diplomacy: Saudi Arabia: Terrorism: BBC: Newspapers throughout the Middle East have condemned Monday's attack on the US consulate in Jeddah Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 11:40 am [1]
December 7, 2004: Headlines: COS - Oman: Diplomacy: Saudi Arabia: Terrorism: Electric New Paper, Singapore: The layout of the consulate complex and the enhanced security probably foiled the attackers from targeting Americans inside the complex Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 11:33 am [1]
December 7, 2004: Headlines: COS - Oman: Diplomacy: Saudi Arabia: Terrorism: CNN: The consul general, Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, helped herd staff into secure locations within the consulate building. "She was very much in the middle of it -- in the front lines, as they say," Ereli told reporters. "She heard gunfire near her office, and she is one of the officials, one of the members of the consulate general staff, who took the kind of smart, decisive, quick action, I think, that helped save lives." Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 11:25 am [1]
December 7, 2004: Headlines: COS - Oman: Diplomacy: Saudi Arabia: Terrorism: Cleveland Plain Dealer: Oman RPCV Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, the U.S. consul general in the Saudi Arabian port city of Jiddah, survived attack on the consulate without injury Monday, August 15, 2005 - 6:36 pm [2]
December 7, 2004: Headlines: COS - Oman: Diplomacy: Saudi Arabia: Terrorism: Los Angeles Times: Oman RPCV Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, the U.S. consul general in the Saudi Arabian port city of Jiddah, safe after attack on consulate Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 10:47 am [1]
August 29, 2004: Headlines: COS - Oman: Arab Issues: Women's Issues: Diplomacy: Saudi Arabia: Cleveland Jewish News: With no end in sight to the war in Iraq, Oman RPCV Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, who serves as the U.S. consul general in Jeddah, knows this will be a long, challenging year. Her mandate, to promote the U.S. government's diplomatic interests within the region, will be made even more difficult by the absence of her family Thursday, September 02, 2004 - 12:54 pm [1]
August 21, 2004: Headlines: COS - Oman: Arab Issues: Women's Issues: Diplomacy: Saudi Arabia: Cleveland Plain Dealer: Oman RPCV Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley is the first woman to serve as U.S. consul general in Saudi Arabia Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 4:12 pm [2]
May 3, 2004: Headlines: COS - Oman: Diplomacy: Saudi Arabia: Consulate General of the United States in Jeddah Saudi Arabia: Consul General Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley Presents a Grant to Support the Saudi-American Cultural Center Monday, June 01, 2009 - 5:28 am [2]
April 21, 2004: Headlines: COS - Oman: Diplomacy: Saudi Arabia: Washington Post: Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, a U.S. consul general, has met with Saudi reformers despite efforts by Saudi leaders to block the discussions Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 12:07 pm [1]
April 4, 2004: Headlines: COS - Oman: Diplomacy: Third Goal: The Black and Gold: Consul General of the United States to Saudi Arabia Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley speaks to Cynthia Collier's fourth period class, March 4, 2004, about US foreign relations and US goals in the Middle East as Transformation Team Leader Mark Sack listens Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 1:09 pm [1]
March 1, 2004 - Arab News: Oman RPCV Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley says Arab Women Should Not Give In to the Restrictions of Their Cultural Environment Saturday, August 05, 2006 - 7:25 am [5]
November 6, 2004: Headlines: COS - Oman: Diplomacy: Palestine: United Nations: US Mission to the United Nations: Statement by Oman RPCV Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, United States Senior Advisor, on Agenda Item 85, report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 11:35 am [1]
November 15, 2004: Headlines: COS - Oman: Diplomacy: Palestine: United Nations: US Mission to the United Nations: Explanation of Vote by Oman RPCV Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, United States Senior Advisor, agenda item 98, "Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources," Second Committee Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 11:34 am [1]
April 20, 2003: Headlines: COS - Oman: Diplomacy: Saudi Arabia: Al-Jazeerah: Al-Jazeerah Op-ed says Consul General Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley is a skillful diplomat and very personable in her approach. She was hampered above all by the issue itself, defending as she was an unjust cause Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 12:05 pm [1]
December 5, 2000: Headlines: COS - Oman: Diplomacy: Palestine: United Nations: US Embassy in Israel: Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, a senior U.S. advisor to the U.S. delegation at the 55th General Assembly, said that the United States strongly supports UNRWA and its work on behalf of the Palestinian refugee community Tuesday, December 07, 2004 - 12:11 pm [1]