thestar.com.my - 2/9/2009
—
SAN'A, Yemen (AP): Yemeni security officials say the country has released 170 suspected al-Qaida members from custody, less than two weeks after the terror group announced that Yemen has become a base for its regional activities. The officials say the suspects were freed Friday and Saturday ...
longwarjournal.org - 2/11/2009
—
longwarjournal.org —
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Yemeni President Ali
Abdullah Saleh recently struck a deal with Ayman Zawahiri,
and Yemen is in the process of emptying its jails of known jihadists. The Yemeni government is recruiting ...
(more)
Yemen strikes multi-faceted deals with al Qaeda
article.nationalreview.com - 2/10/2009
weeklystandard.com - 2/3/2009
—
weeklystandard.com —
One group of Guantánamo detainees will prove especially
difficult for the Obama administration. by Stephen F. Hayes
& Thomas Joscelyn 02/09/2009, Volume 014, Issue 19
(more)
Anywhere But Yemen
Comments
Blog Reactions
Yemen shows why we need Gitmo
Hot Air » Top Picks —
Yemen shows why we need Gitmo posted at 9:23 am on February 9, 2009 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | Share on Facebook | printer-friendly President Obama plans to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay and return most of the inmates to their countries of origin. That idea took a blow last month when a former Gitmo detainee took over the #2 spot in AQ’s Yemeni network. Now he has 170 potential new recruits — or shall we call them re- recruits? Yemeni security officials say the country has released 170 suspected al-Qaida members from custody, less than two weeks after the terror group announced that Yemen has become a base for its ...
Ericka Andersen: Why Not to Trust a Terror Suspect
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
Via Hot Air : Yemen, now a base for terrorist activities, has released 170 al-Qaida suspects. The suspects "signed pledges not to engage in terrorism" and now Yemen believes 100 more citizens will re-enter the country when Guantanamo Bay prison is closed. When Said Ali al-Shihri was released from Gitmo after six years, he emerged as an al-Qaida leader in Yemen. Do the 100 Yemeni prisoners that may be released soon posess the mindset of al-Shihiri, which he shared via video recently: "By Allah, imprisonment only increased our persistence in our principles for which we went out, did jihad for, and were imprisoned for..."
Related Content
Yemen News - Breaking World Yemen News - The New York Times
topics.nytimes.com 1/23/2009 — When Marxists took over the government of southern Yemen in 1970, many people fled to the north, and a civil war raged for two decades. The conflict became a proxy conflict in the cold war, with the Soviet Union aiding South Yemen, and United States ...
Arabian Peninsula al Qaeda groups merge
longwarjournal.org 1/26/2009 —
Members of al Qaeda in Yemen announce the merger with al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Center-left is Abu Hareth Muhammad al Awfi; far right is Said Ali al Shihri
In the face of Saudi Arabia's success against the al Qaeda ...
Yemeni al Qaeda leader: State conducts terror attacks
longwarjournal.org 12/3/2008 —
Hamza Ali Saleh al Dhayani.
Yemen's security forces have repeatedly orchestrated terror attacks within Yemen in order to manipulate US and international perceptions, the most wanted fugitive in September's terror attack on the ...
Yemen: New terror camps as a city falls to jihadists
longwarjournal.org 3/2/2009 — In January, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh asked his network of loyalist jihadists to prepare for offensive operations against domestic “enemies of the state.” In return, Saleh has ceded authority to fundamentalist fanatics who seek to impose a ...
Yemen: New Terror Camps as City Falls to Jihaddists
armiesofliberation.com 3/2/2009 — Yemen uses the threat of terrorism and deploys fundamentalists for political gain. Internationally the Yemeni regime exploits the al Qaeda threat in relations with the US and Saudi Arabia. Internally, Yemeni President Saleh uses militants to threaten ...
Hamdan To Be Sent To Yemen
corner.nationalreview.com 11/26/2008 — The AP reports that Salim Hamdan, Osama bin Laden's personal driver and bodyguard, is about to be sent home to his native Yemen. The resolution spares the military the embarrassment of continuing to hold as a combatant someone its commission process ...
The Racist President of Yemen
mypetjawa.mu.nu 6/11/2009 — Below the fold is a very short vid with English subtitles of the President of Yemen laughing at his opponent, the former president of South Yemen, and saying he looks Indian. Then the President of Yemen says that the Yemeni...
Yemen shows why we need Gitmo
hotair.com 2/9/2009 — President Obama plans to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay and return most of the inmates to their countries of origin. That idea took a blow last month when a former Gitmo detainee took over the #2 spot in AQ’s Yemeni network. Now ...
Obama Reverses Course on Yemeni Detainees
weeklystandard.com 4/26/2009 — The New York Times has an interesting update on the Yemeni detainees at Gitmo today. It turns out that the Obama administration took a second look at Yemen and did not like what it saw. Thus, for the time being, it looks like the Yemeni detainees ...
Follow BeltwayBlips on Twitter
