Monday, November 15, 2010

U.S. Pursues Wider Role in Yemen

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704658204575610623765564574.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories

It's time for the taxpayers to now fund Yemen in the "War on Terror"
OMG, they have al Qaeda. The question at this point is who doesn't?
al Qaeda seems to be as virulent as NYC's bedbug infestation.
There is just no getting rid of them and they're spreading or at least that's what our government would have us believe.


The U.S. is preparing for an expanded campaign against al Qaeda in Yemen, mobilizing military and intelligence resources to enable Yemeni and American strikes and drawing up a longer-term proposal to establish Yemeni bases in remote areas where militants operate.

The developments are part of a U.S. scramble to step up the hunt for members of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the terrorist organization behind a recent failed attempt to blow up two planes over the U.S. using bombs hidden in cargo.

Limited U.S. intelligence experience in Yemen has created "a window of vulnerability" that the U.S. government is "working fast to address," a senior Obama administration official said