Yemen Terrorism

Nobel Laureate Slams U.S. Drone Strikes

Reuters | Posted 05.31.2012

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DOHA, May 30 (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize-winning Yemeni opposition activist Tawakul Karman said on Wednesday U.S. drone strikes were ineffective ...

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Yemen's Other Crises

Letta Tayler | Posted 05.22.2012

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International attention should not only be focused on al Qaeda and its affiliates -- the need to hold human rights violators to account and a deepening humanitarian crisis should also be high on their agenda.

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The Travel Detective: The Foiled Underwear Bomb Plot

Peter Greenberg | Posted 05.14.2012

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The real reason why this was a victory is that the bomb was stopped "en route," meaning that it never had a chance to be placed aboard the aircraft. It never got near an airport.

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Why Saudi Intelligence Coup In Underwear Bomb Plot Is Cause For Pause

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 05.09.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The thwarting of an al Qaeda plot to send an underwear bomber on a U.S.-bound jetliner is more than an intelligence coup in the battle a...

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Yemeni Forces Kill Al Qaeda Forces

AP | JAMAL AL-JASHINI | Posted 01.16.2012

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SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni troops killed seven al-Qaida-linked militants – including an Iranian, a Pakistani and two Somali nationals – i...

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Al Qaeda In Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)

Jonathan Masters | Posted 12.27.2011

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Months of political unrest in Yemen, including a popular effort to unseat longtime President Ali Abdullah Saleh, have strained U.S.-Yemeni counterterrorism cooperation and called into question U.S. policy toward the fragile Gulf state.

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Al Qaeda Remains Threat After Al-Awlaki Assassination

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 12.01.2011

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SANAA, Yemen — Al-Qaida's branch remains a powerful threat in this deeply unstable nation, even after a U.S. drone strike that eliminated three ...

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Does Killing Of U.S.-Born Cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki Make America Safer?

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 11.30.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The killing of American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen has brought cheers from lawmakers and terrorism experts, but it remains an ...

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Car Bomb In Yemen Kills 6, Injures 15

Posted 09.24.2011

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ADEN/SANAA, July 24 (Reuters) - A booby-trapped car drove into an army checkpoint outside of Yemen's southern port city of Aden and exploded in an app...

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Experts Say Al Qaeda Prison Break In Yemen A 'Setback' In Fight Against Terror, 'Harbinger' Of Worse To Come

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 08.22.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A prison break in South Yemen that saw dozens of al Qaeda militants escape Wednesday is the latest troubling sign that the political uph...

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Is Yemen the Next Afghanistan?

Robert Barrett, PhD | Posted 07.31.2011

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Al Qaeda's ability to exploit anti-Western sentiment in Yemen -- especially if its new civilian city-base is attacked by Western missiles -- may be easily accomplished.

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How To Really Help Yemen Stop Their Civil War

Dr. David Liepert | Posted 07.24.2011

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Let's try something new for a change, using age-old wisdom that actually worked: one that has brought peace to both ancient Arabia and the so-called "new" world already.

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Thousands Protest In Yemen

AP/The Huffington Post | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 05.25.2011

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SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Tens of thousands of people called for the Yemeni president's ouster in protests across the country on Thursday inspired by ...

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Clinton Makes Surprise Yemen Trip To Press Counterterrorism

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

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SANAA, Yemen — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday urged Yemen to step up security cooperation with the United States duri...

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Yemen Bomb 17 Minutes From Exploding

AP | ELAINE GANLEY and BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 05.25.2011

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PARIS — American and British officials moved quickly Thursday to downplay the French interior minister's comment that one of two mail bombs sent...

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Yemen Oil Pipeline BOMBED By Suspected Al-Qaeda

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN'A, Yemen — Suspected al-Qaida militants blew up an oil pipeline in southern Yemen on Tuesday, causing an oil leak and sending black smoke bi...

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Top Five Reasons Al Qaeda In Yemen Will Be Hard To 'Destroy'

Christian Science Monitor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Friday's discovery of US-bound suspicious packages that originated in Yemen highlights the threat of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), a 2009 ...

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Closing In: Yemen Bombmaker A Key Suspect In Terror Plot

AP | PAUL SCHEMM | Posted 05.25.2011

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CAIRO — He is suspected of packing explosives into the underwear of a Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner last Christmas ...

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U.S. Embassy Vehicle Hit With Bomb In Yemen

AP | AHMED AL-HAJ | Posted 05.25.2011

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SANAA, Yemen — A group of American embassy staffers came under attack when a bomb was thrown near their vehicle outside a restaurant in Yemen's ...

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15 Central Park West Diverts All UPS, Fed Ex Packages In Wake Of Mail-Bomb Plot

nypost.com | C.J. SULLIVAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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At least one celeb-magnet Manhattan apartment building is stepping up security for package deliveries because of the mail-bomb plot unveiled on Friday...

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Germany Suspends Passenger Flights From Yemen

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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BERLIN — Germany's aviation authority says the country has extended its ban on cargo aircraft from Yemen to include passenger flights amid the c...

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Bombs Found On U.S.-Bound Flights Tied To Al Qaeda, More Could Be Sent, White House Adviser Says

AP | ADAM GOLDMAN and ADAM SCHRECK | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The mail bomb plot stretching from Yemen to Chicago may have been aimed at blowing up planes in flight and was only narrowly averte...

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CIA May Send Predator Drones Into Yemen

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The White House, in an effort to turn up the heat against al-Qaida's branch in Yemen, is considering adding the CIA's armed Predato...

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Sharif Mobley, Suspected Al Qaeda Member, Grew Radical

AP | GEOFF MULVIHILL | Posted 05.25.2011

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HADDONFIELD, N.J. — An American seized in Yemen in a sweep of suspected al-Qaida members had been a laborer at six U.S. nuclear power plants, an...

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Sharif Mobley Wanted By FBI Has Alleged Al Qaeda Connection

AP | WAYNE PARRY and GEOFF MULVIHILL | Posted 05.25.2011

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BUENA, N.J. — He was raised in New Jersey, where he was on the high school wrestling team and earned a black belt in karate. Nearly a decade lat...

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