EU Counter-Terror Chief Ranks Yemen with Pakistan as Threat to EU
Armies of Liberation —
ALGIERS, June 17 (Reuters) - Yemen is in danger of following Afghanistan down the path to becoming a safe haven for Islamist militants, the European Union’s anti-terrorism chief said in an interview on Wednesday. Three foreign women were found dead in Yemen this week after they were kidnapped by an armed group, heightening long-standing fears the country could slip into chaos and provide a launchpad for militant attacks. Gilles de Kerchove, the EU’s Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, said he had recommended that Yemen be ranked alongside Pakistan and the northern Sahara as regions ...
Yemen could be "another Afghanistan" -EU official
The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely —
... Reuters - Yemen is in danger of following Afghanistan down the path to becoming a safe haven for Islamist militants, the European Union's anti-terrorism chief said in an interview on Wednesday. ...
Guest Post by Tom Kutsch: The Silent Crisis Unfolding in Yemen
The Washington Note —
... . Although it was under reported at the time, the al-Qaeda threat was the proximate cause of EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove's warning last month that international failures to assist Yemen might result in the country becoming "another safe haven [for terrorism] or another Afghanistan." ...



