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Dec 31, 20164 min read
Targeted Drone Strikes and the Growing Unrest in Yemen
By James Feeney Less than a month after the deadly terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the United States launched its first-ever...


Feb 21, 20112 min read
U.S. Government Reacts to Protest Movements
Libyan Protestors. Photo courtesy Al-Jazeera. Following on the heels of the Egyptian democracy movement, protest movements in Bahrain,...
Nov 3, 20102 min read
Bombs Sent from Yemen Raise Question about Guantánamo Detainees
As far back as May 2009, President Obama and the CIA were trying to coordinate with the governments of Yemen and Saudi Arabia to plan the...
Mar 24, 20101 min read
Office of Naval Intelligence Warns of al-Qaeda Threat
The Office of Naval Intelligence recently released a special advisory to those operating “within the maritime domain” in order to promote...
Feb 14, 20101 min read
Yemen Cease-Fire Over Before it Begins
Yemeni officials have accused rebels of trying to assassinate high-ranking officials on the same day the a cease-fire agreement was to go...
Feb 11, 20101 min read
Yemen Announced Cease-Fire with Houthi
Fighting between the Houthi and Yemen forces started back in full force in July of 2009, a year after Yemeni President Saleh declared the...
Feb 6, 20101 min read
American Cleric Taught Detroit Underwear Bomber
Radical, American-born, Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki said this week that the 23-year-old, Nigerian underwear bomber was his student, but...
Feb 6, 20101 min read
Underwear Bomber Flips on Radical Cleric
Failed Nigerian underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab offered information to the FBI regarding the American-born radical Yemeni...
Jan 22, 20101 min read
Mixed Fates for Gitmo Detainees
The Obama administration failed to close Guantanamo Bay by its January 2010 deadline. Now the administration has announced that it will...
Jan 21, 20101 min read
Yemen Increasing Security Measures in Response to Failed Bombing
After Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab failed to properly detonate a bomb on an airliner entering Detroit on Christmas day, Abuubaker al-Qirbi,...
Jan 20, 20101 min read
UK Suspends Commercial Direct Flights to Yemen as Yemeni Fighter Jets Conduct Air Raids
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced that all direct flights between the United Kingdom and Yemen would be suspended immediately...
Jan 15, 20101 min read
Al-Qaeda Seeks Affiliates to Launch Attacks
Intelligence officials reported that in 2009, the Obama administration killed more senior al-Qaeda leaders in drone attacks along the...
Jan 15, 20101 min read
Airstrike in Yemen Kills Six al–Queda Suspects
Qassem al–Raimi, described as the senior al–Queda planner and military leader in Yemen was killed in an air strike by the Yemeni army. A...
Jan 13, 20101 min read
Yemen Steps Up Campaign Against Al Qaeda
With recent scrutiny in the wake of the failed Christmas Day airline bombing attempt, Yemen has stepped up its campaign against al Qaeda...
Jan 11, 20101 min read
Obama holds out on troops to Yemen
President Obama stated that he does not plan on sending any US armed forces into Yemen. Focus turned to Yemen after a Yemen-based...
Jan 8, 20101 min read
President Obama Outlines New Policy to Guide Government Response to Terrorism
In response to the attempted Christmas airplane terrorist attack—which President Obama characterized as an intelligence failure—the...

Jan 3, 20103 min read
Obama: Flight 253 Terror Attempt the Result of 'Systemic Failure'
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, via Wikipedia.org. On Christmas day, Northwest Airlines Flight 253 was the target of a failed...
Dec 25, 20091 min read
Gitmo detainees to be repatriated
Six Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainees are to be repatriated. The decision to send the Yemeni detainees back to their home country is...
Dec 5, 20091 min read
Saudi Arabia's Continues Its Clash with Yemen's Houthi Rebels
Saudi forces have taken control of a crucial area called Jabal al-Dood along the Yemen border as the country continues its clash with...
Nov 23, 20091 min read
Saudi Forces Reported to Have Carried Out Attack in Yemen
Houthi rebels reported today that Saudi forces launched an attack against Houthi forces in Yemeni territory. An Al Jazeera reporter said...
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