google.com - 2/8/2009
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2 hours ago SAN'A, Yemen (AP) Yemen released 170 men it had arrested on suspicion of having ties to al-Qaida, security officials said Sunday, two weeks after the terror group announced that Yemen had become the base of its activities for the whole Arabian peninsula. The announcement also comes ...
longwarjournal.org - 2/11/2009
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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 ...
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Yemen strikes multi-faceted deals with al Qaeda
article.nationalreview.com - 2/10/2009
weeklystandard.com - 2/3/2009
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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
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Anywhere But Yemen
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Yemen Releases 170 Al Qaeda Terrorists After They Sign 'Pledges'
Little Green Footballs —
... The Islamic extremists who run the country of Yemen have released 170 al-Qaida suspects; but don’t worry, they signed disclaimers that they’re not going to be terrorists any more. ...
What Could Go Wrong?
A Blog For All —
Yemen has again carried out its revolving door policy regarding terrorists. It has accepted signed pledges by 170 terrorists that they wont go back to jihad. I suspect we'll be finding out that many of those 170 have indeed gone back to terrorism, and that it once again highlights the folly of treating terrorism as though it's a law enforcement matter and that US national security relies on the least secure overseas law enforcement operation. Right now, Yemen is on the forefront of the war on terror, and they're busy releasing terrorists who will once again go back to the ...
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