Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has reportedly been surprisingly successful in their efforts to lure ‘non-traditional followers’ to their organization, as a Senate Foreign Relations Committee report details.
The report says that some 36 American ex-convicts have traveled to Yemen in the past year after converting to Islam. They went to Yemen ostensibly to study Arabic, but quickly disappeared into the nation’s underground and apparently joined up with al-Qaeda.
A growing number in Congress have expressed concern that, given how little control the Yemeni government actually has over the nation, the tens of thousands of Americans in Yemen are subject to “radicalization” and could pose a difficult to detect risk, as they have American passports.
The growing American role in Yemen is likely to draw further attention from AQAP, which is currently fighting the US-backed government. Yemen’s government is also fighting two other civil wars right now, against secessionists in the north and south of the country.
Don't worry! They'll be labelled "enemy combatants" and sent to Bagram, never to be seen again!
If anyone in Yemen is suspected of "radicalization," what about all us English teachers abroad? Are we suspect as well? I've had a feeling for some time now that returning from China to the USA might be dangerous for me.
So the congress has found Yemen to be another ground for its imagenary fight against Alqaeda. If Yemen is of such great importance to the security of the world, why was it that Yemen contiued uncritically, to be infested with bad policies for over thirty yearts under Saleh's reign with impunity.It's only when a Nigerian assumed terrorist trained in Yemen to carry out operations against the US that a sudden surge of interest has surfaced to discvover how backward Yemen is under Saleh's regime.If the US is sincere in abolishing Al-Qaeda from Yemen ,modernity and good governance should be allowed to take hold in Yemeni life,furthermore, mony statched abroad stolen by Saleh's regime should also be retrieved back to its rightful owners, the people of Yemen.It's with such measures that Alqaeda can be eradicated.. Enter text right here!
Lester ness and gadees60.
We are either stumbling along or its part of the "final" plan which is hinted at and included in this issue of antiwar.
" Going Rogue in Combat Boots by William J. Astore and Tom Engelhardt"
When told that Stalin was a brutal dictator – Franklin Roosevelt responded that "but he is our dictator" – and that has been the policy ever since – we support dictators who brutalize their people – and we wonder why the people hate US after such dictators are overthrown? The "war on terror" is as phony as the "war on drugs" – attacking, invading, occupying, and destroying countries that have NOT attacked nor threatened the U.S. – such are acts of terror by the United States! And then there is the "blowback".
What hardcore Prisoners? No kiddig ! This guy Madoff in Yemen underground?
They'll be back!
Well that ought to be enough reason to invade. Osam Bin Dead was reported in Afghanistan(and he was a Saudi) and we invaded even though he had no connection to 911. This should be a no brainer. Plus Yemen needs a new brand of "democracy". Not to mention their oil needs liberating.