littlurl.com - 1/25/2009
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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 parliamentary elections, the U.S. ambassador in ...
topics.nytimes.com - 1/23/2009
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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 ...
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Yemen News - Breaking World Yemen News - The New York Times
longwarjournal.org - 1/26/2009
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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 ...
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Arabian Peninsula al Qaeda groups merge
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Rehabilitated Saudi Al-Qaeda Reappear in New Yemeni Terror Organization
The Jawa Report —
... Yemens president announced that the US will repatriate 94 Yemeni detainees within three months. Yemen is building a rehab center, and the FBI this week delivered a half million dollars worth of biometric collection equipment including mobile fingerprint sets. US Ambassador to Yemen, Steven Seche noted this week on America. gov , The Yemeni government legitimately can cite capacity issues that hinder its effectiveness against terrorists. Remarking on the status of the Yemenis at Guantanamo, Seche said, Except in the case perhaps of some very hard-core elements, we believe ...
Rehabilitated Saudi Al-Qaeda Reappear in New Yemeni Terror Organization
Armies of Liberation —
... Yemenâs president announced that the US will repatriate 94 Yemeni detainees within three months. Yemen is building a rehab center, and the FBI this week delivered a half million dollars worth of biometric collection equipment including mobile fingerprint sets. US Ambassador to Yemen, Steven Seche noted this week on America. gov , âThe Yemeni government legitimately can cite capacity issues that hinder its effectiveness against terrorists.â Remarking on the status of the Yemenis at Guantanamo, Seche said, âExcept in the case perhaps of some very hard-core elements, we ...
Arabian Peninsula al Qaeda groups merge
The Long War Journal —
... President Saleh announced that the US will repatriate 94 Yemeni detainees within three months. Yemen is building a rehabilitation center with US assistance, and the FBI this week delivered a half million dollars worth of biometric collection equipment including mobile fingerprint sets. President Saleh said Saturday that Yemen had rejected a US plan to release the 94 to Saudi Arabia for rehabilitation. In a Jan. 23 interview, US Ambassador to Yemen, Steven Seche noted, "The Yemeni government legitimately can cite capacity issues that hinder its effectiveness against terrorists." ...
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Official: Yemen releases 170 al-Qaida suspects
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 ...
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