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2010-01-27 Arabia

Report: U.S. in secret joint operations With Yemeni troops

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Posted by ryuge 2010-01-27 06:32|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 I should have posted this on page one.

Posted by ryuge 2010-01-27 06:46|| 2010-01-27 06:46|| Front Page Top

#2 "Report: U.S. in secret joint operations With Yemeni troops"

...umm, not any longer now that you've put it in the news...

Posted by Broadhead6 2010-01-27 07:53|| 2010-01-27 07:53|| Front Page Top

#3 The recent huge increase of Al-Quieda in Yemen folks turning up dead was never due to the generosity or forebearance of the host nation. Someone ran an article a week or so ago about the Yemeni approval of the USAF use of the island of Socotra Island for an airstrip.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-01-27 08:08|| 2010-01-27 08:08|| Front Page Top

#4 From an old WSJ article on 01/04:

Gen. David Petraeus, who oversees the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, was in Yemen Saturday (01/02) "as part of our ongoing consultations with and efforts in support of Yemen," a senior administration official said. "We have made Yemen a priority over the course of this year, and this is the latest in that effort." The official called the visit "productive."

Posted by Tom- Pa 2010-01-27 08:25|| 2010-01-27 08:25|| Front Page Top

#5 Leak from WH, the day before TSOTU Address, showing BHO is 'tough on terror'??

Posted by Tom--Pa 2010-01-27 09:49|| 2010-01-27 09:49|| Front Page Top

#6 It got too hot for them in Iraq, so the brave foreign jihadists scampered to Afghanistan and Pakistan. It's getting too hot for them in Afghanistan and Pakistan, so the brave foreign jihadists scampered to Yemen and Somalia. Now it's even getting too hot in Yemen. Where can a brave foreign jihadist go anymore to bravely fight unarmed hotel guests and primitively armed villagers without having to worry about people fighting back in a robust way?

Posted by Odysseus 2010-01-27 10:38|| 2010-01-27 10:38|| Front Page Top

#7 this just shows more of the incompetence of Zero's admin. If this effort has been going on for a while that's great. BUT, they blow the kudos with PR stunts like trying the bastards in civilian courts, mirandizing the panty bomber, etc. all to "show solidarity" with their base.

Which is it? Which attitude is sincere and which is political spin?

Posted by AlanC 2010-01-27 11:01|| 2010-01-27 11:01|| Front Page Top

#8 Many thanks, faithful friends and tools at WaPo. Your reward is not paradise, since you unfortunately persist in being drunken infidels, but a "princely" sum from Saudi Arabia should meet your next payment on that cute flat in Soho.

Posted by Osama bin Laden 2010-01-27 11:04|| 2010-01-27 11:04|| Front Page Top

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