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Yemen News - Breaking World Yemen News - The New York Times
Yemen News - Breaking World Yemen News - The New York Times
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 bolstering the north. Though north and south ...
Freed by U.S., Saudi Becomes a Qaeda Chief
nytimes.com — The emergence of a former Guantánamo Bay detainee as leader of Al Qaeda’s Yemeni branch underscores the... potential complications of closing the detention center. > (more) Freed by U.S., Saudi Becomes a Qaeda Chief
Arabian Peninsula al Qaeda groups merge
Arabian Peninsula al Qaeda groups merge
longwarjournal.org — 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 ... (more) Arabian Peninsula al Qaeda groups merge
Yemeni Politicians Must Compromise for Sake of Elections
Yemeni Politicians Must Compromise for Sake of Elections
littlurl.com — 22 January 2009 Yemeni Politicians Must Compromise for Sake of Elections U.S. envoy says parliamentary vote is... for citizens, not political parties By Stephen Kaufman Staff Writer Washington — With uncertainty surrounding Yemen’s proposed April ... (more) Yemeni Politicians Must Compromise for Sake of Elections
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Now They Tell Us (Ongoing...)
JustOneMinute — ... signed Thursday that the detention center be shut down within a year. The militant, Said Ali al-Shihri, is suspected of involvement in a deadly bombing of the United States Embassy in Yemen ’s capital, Sana, in September. He was released to ...

Gitmo and Reality
RIGHTWINGSPARKLE — ... The militant, Said Ali al-Shihri, is suspected of involvement in a deadly bombing of the United States Embassy in Yemen’s capital, Sana, in September. He was released to ...

Rehabbed [Dan Collins]
protein wisdom — ... signed Thursday that the detention center be shut down within a year. The militant, Said Ali al-Shihri, is suspected of involvement in a deadly bombing of the United States Embassy in Yemen ’s capital, Sana, in September. He was released to ...

Rudy Giuliani: “All Our Al-Qaeda Number Twos Will Kill You in Your Bed”
Firedoglake — ... Said Ali al-Shihri, is suspected of involvement in a deadly bombing of the United States Embassy in Yemen’s capital, Sana, in September. He was released to ...

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