British intelligence played a central role in the undercover operation involving a supposed new underwear bomb threat from an al-Qaeda off-shoot in Yemen, Reuters reports. The government this week announced it had foiled an attempt to blow up an airliner with an...
US Drones, Air Strikes Kill 17 in Southern Yemen | Rumors: Yemeni govt planning mass offensive against Abyan
The Pentagon announced Tuesday it is sending U.S. troops back to Yemen to train Yemeni security forces in a final indication that Washington has been successful in maintaining the status quo, despite a still-active protest movement vying for reform. "We have begun to...
U.S. and Yemeni officials have confirmed that the supposed would-be underwear bomber at the heart of an al-Qaeda airliner plot revealed this week was actually an informant working for the CIA and Saudi intelligence all along. Members of the Obama administration spent...
32 Yemeni Soldiers Killed in Abyan Attack | Ansar al-Sharia attacks army post, routs soldiers
CIA Uncovers New Would-Be ‘Underwear Bomber’ | Officials say underpants had ‘hallmarks of AQAP’
US Drone Kills Two, Including USS Cole Suspect, in Yemen Strike | Yemeni officials term slain ‘top al-Qaeda leaders’
Osama bin Laden often disapproved of what so-called "affiliate" organizations were doing and in fact had very little, if any, control over their actions, according to declassified documents obtained by the U.S. during the raid on his residence a year ago. Bin Laden...
White House: Drone Strikes ‘Legal and Ethical’ | Obama aide: Constitution makes strikes legal anywhere
President Obama has approved a request from the CIA to begin launching targeted assassinations through drone strikes even when the identity of the victims is unknown. CIA Director David Petraeus, had requested permission to employ the tactic used in Pakistan for years...
