Al Qaeda’s Civil War Strategy in Yemen
Hoping to stir a civil war between Shiites and Sunnis, terrorists in Yemen seem to be repeating the Iraq scenario.
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Yemen, The Odd Man Out in the Middle East
Despite American aid and counterterrorism efforts, Yemen remains an isolated country in region.
US Considering Drone Attacks in Yemen
After terrorists in Yemen managed to orchestrate an international bomb scare, the Obama Administration is considering its options.
Bombs, Packages and UPS
Last week’s attack, while foiled, shows that Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, based in Yemen, is growing in sophistication.
America’s Shadow War on Terror
Terrorists are fleeing to Africa and Asia. The United States should be careful about pursuing them.
Yemen’s Two Different, Dangerous Wars
Yemen’s government hasn’t focused on Al Qaeda, rather a separatist insurgency.
Geography Matters in Yemen
There are two major yet unrelated conflicts taking place in Yemen.
Yemen, Not So Quiet Anymore
The war in Yemen is suddenly not so quiet anymore after an Islamic terrorist who was trained in the country tried to blow up an American airliner headed for Detroit this Christmas. Some forward-looking analysts recently identified the Yemen problem as probably President Obama’s greatest challenge ahead. Considering the regional dynamics involved, that assessment may […]
Obama’s Real Test Year
Year’s end is near so journalists like to look back and beyond to what’s coming especially, it seems, for the Obama Administration. The president has had his fair share of “litmus tests” already: the overanalyzed “first hundred days” in office; his first foreign visits as head of state; the new Afghan war strategy; his Nobel […]
The Quiet War in Yemen
It is a conflict that has been going on for several years but one that receives little attention in our Western media: the war in Yemen. Since 2004 the Shiite Zaidis of North Yemen have been in rebellion against the country’s central government. The Zaidis, a minor sect within Shī‘ah Islam, are one of the […]