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2010-08-30 Arabia

Yemen President urges clerics to help government fight Al Qaeda

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Posted by Fred 2010-08-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: al-Qaeda in Arabia

#1 called upon religious scholars and all Yemenis for fighting Al Qaeda in his country.

I'm not holding my breath. Yemen has been a haven for terrorists for a long time and little has been done about the problem. The USS Cole was bombed on October 12, 2000 while it was harbored and refueling in the Yemeni port of Aden. Yemen is the current home of Anwar al-Awlaki, the U.S.-born imam whom Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan consulted before the Ft. Hood massacre. Also didn't the Times Square bomber and Christmas Day underwear bomber also have ties with this imam? It seems like Yemen officials could nab this guy if they wanted to.

Posted by JohnQC 2010-08-30 08:57|| 2010-08-30 08:57|| Front Page Top

#2 You mean Al-Awlaki (spelling), JohnQC? He's up in the hills somehwere, protected by his fierce fellow tribesmen. It the Yemeni government forces could get to him, they wouldn't have been fought to a draw by the Shiites at one end of the country and the association of Al Qaeda in Arabia and the wild tribesmen at the other.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-08-30 13:04|| 2010-08-30 13:04|| Front Page Top

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