MSM: "Yemen Descends Into Chaos As Government Opens Fire On Protesters" [09/19/11]
"Yemeni government forces opened fire with anti-aircraft guns and automatic weapons on tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in the capital demanding ouster of their longtime ruler, killing at least 26 and wounding dozens, medical officials and witnesses said. After nightfall, Sanaa sank into complete darkness after a sudden power outage, as protesters took control of a vital bridge, halting traffic and setting up tents. Thousands of other protesters attacked government buildings and set fires to buildings they said were used by snipers and pro-government thugs. The attack was the deadliest in months against protesters and comes as tensions have been escalating in the long, drawn-out stalemate between the regime and the opposition. The president, Ali Abdullah
Saleh, left for Saudi Arabia for treatment after being severely wounded in a June 3 attack on his palace, raising hopes for his swift removal – but instead, he has dug in, refusing to step down. The protest movement has stepped up demonstrations the past week, angered after Saleh deputized Vice President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi to negotiate a power-transfer deal. Many believe the move is just the latest of many delaying tactics. [...]"
"U.S.
Builds CIA Drone Base In Yemen" [06/15/11]
"Withholding the exact location of the base at the request of US officials, Associated Press reported on Wednesday that Washington has decided to build the airbase following indications that an anti-American faction may take over Yemen and ban US forces from fighting against al-Qaeda there.
According to the report, the White House has also increased the number of CIA officers in Yemen and stepped up the schedule to construct the drone base, from a two-year timetable to a rushed eight months, following months of political deadlock in Yemen.
US officials have described the moves as precautionary measures taken to face the possibility of al-Qaeda or other anti-American rebel forces gain control of Yemen.
The top US military counterterrorism outfit, the Joint Special Operations Command, and the CIA claim that they have been fighting al-Qaeda elements in the country since 2009 under the permission of the Yemeni government.
The US forces have recently expanded strikes by US armed drones and even war planes.
[...]"
Commentary:
"Down with the Dictator" [06/07/11]
"Governments and their intellectual front men believe that nothing unites a population like a war. Actually, that’s not quite true. What happens is that during war, governments strike fear into their domestic opponents and silence them through intimidation. The appearance of unity is wholly illusory.
If you truly want to unite a population, here is a key: drive the dictator out of the country. The fleeing of a despot always leads to unparalleled and authentic celebration because the people perceive a new-found freedom. In the street celebrations, dancing, enthusiasm, and optimism, we gain a glimpse of what freedom is all about. It is about removing the boot from the neck...
This is precisely what we see in Yemen today, as President Ali Abdullah Saleh was escorted out of the country by henchmen hired by his protector state of Saudi Arabia. There he is undergoing medical treatment for wounds suffered in a successful hit on his presidential compound. There is no way that this guy can come back and rule his country again.
This deeply ignorant thug, who grabbed and held power in the same way they did in the old days of the Soviet thugocracy – murder, mayhem, slavish loyalty to powerful sponsors – has been a persistent violator of human rights since 1978. All these years he held power through sheer brutality and lies, though the people themselves never believed a word of it.
This year's uprising throughout the Arab world swept through Yemen as in many other countries, and he held on through violence, bloodshed, and by promising reforms, elections, and departure – though he failed to carry out any of his promises.[...]"
"In
Wake Of Bin Laden Killing: US Targets American Citizen In Yemen" [05/09/11]
"Barely five days after the commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden,
the US launched a Predator drone strike aimed at assassinating an American
citizen in Yemen. The May 5 drone attack, which took place in Yemen’s Shabwa
province, was planned as a targeted assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki, a New
Mexico-born Islamic cleric with US citizenship, according to US and Yemeni
officials cited Friday evening by the Wall Street Journal. According to media
reports last year, Obama placed Al-Awlaki on a “targeting list” after his
administration asserted a right not even claimed by the Bush White House—to
carry out the extra-judicial execution of any US citizen deemed by the
president to be a “specially designated global terrorist”, without
presenting any evidence or securing any judicial sanction. Al-Awlaki—who has
made anti-American videos and tapes justifying Islamist terrorism—has never
been indicted for any crime in the United States. [...]"
"Al
Qaeda: Pawns Of CIA Insurrection From Libya To Yemen" [04/04/11]
"After two weeks of imperialist attack, Libya is being mangled by al Qaeda terrorists, civil war, NATO air raids, cruise missiles, Predator drones, and C-130 gunships – all made possible by the CIA-backed al Qaeda rebels of
Cyrenaica. US, British, French, and Dutch commandos have taken leadership of the rebel forces, and are arming them with modern weapons in flagrant violation of the arms embargo specified in UN Security Council resolution 1973. Al Qaeda is also stealing heavy weapons on its own, as the president of Chad has reported. The singing tomorrows of the fatuous US-UK color revolution rhetoric have dissolved, exposing the hideous reality of a brutal, cynical, imperialist drive to destroy the modern nation-state itself. [...]"
"Waves of Unrest Spread to Yemen, Shaking a Region"
[01/29/11]
"In Yemen, organizers vowed to continue protests on Friday and for weeks to come until the 32-year-old American-backed government of Ali Abdullah Saleh either fell or consented to reforms. At least visually, the scenes broadcast across the region from Yemen were reminiscent of the events in Egypt and the month of protests that brought down the government in Tunisia. But as they climaxed by midday, they appeared to be carefully organized and mostly peaceful, save for some arrests. Pink — be it in the form of headbands, sashes or banners — was the dominant color; organizers described it as the symbol of the day’s protests. [...]"
"Inequality In America Is Worse Than In Egypt, Tunisia Or Yemen"
[01/29/11]
"Americans vastly underestimate the degree of wealth inequality in America, and we believe that the distribution should be far more equitable than it actually is, according to a new study. [...]"
"Yemen Protests Draw Thousands In Tunisia Inspired Demonstrations"
[01/28/11]
"Tens of thousands of people called for the Yemeni president's ouster in protests across the country on Thursday inspired by the popular revolt in Tunisia. [...]"
Note: Video clip
[1:21]
"US officials attacked at restaurant in Yemen"
[12/17/10]
" Four US embassy workers were attacked at a restaurant in Yemen frequented by foreign nationals, a diplomatic source confirmed to Fox News Channel. [...]"
World Politics: "US drones deployed in Yemen"
Australian News [11/08/10]
"The United States has deployed Predator drones to hunt for al-Qaeda operatives in Yemen for the first time in years but has not fired missiles because it lacks solid intelligence on the insurgents' whereabouts, senior US officials said. The use of the drones is part of a campaign against an
al-Qaeda branch that has claimed responsibility for near-miss attacks on US targets that could have had catastrophic results. The plots included the recent discovery of parcels packed with explosives on cargo planes. US officials said the Predators have been patrolling the skies over Yemen for several months in search of leaders and operatives of the group
al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP. [...]"
Note: It's collective punishment for this:
Related:
Exposé:
Yemen:
"Al-Qaeda, Western-made group" [11/07/10]
"Yemeni Prime Minister Ali Mujawar has sharply criticized the West for linking
al-Qaeda to his country, accusing Western powers of having helped create the terrorist group.
“Al-Qaeda is mainly a Western-made group,” Yemen’s Saba news agency quoted Mujawar as telling ambassadors of Asian and African countries to Yemen on Saturday.
The militant group “was not created in Yemen at all as it is being alleged by those who propagate this perception internationally about Yemen,” he added.
Mujawar’s comments hinted at America’s funding of fighters in Afghanistan who were resisting Soviet occupation back in the 1980s.
The United States has stepped up pressure on Sana’a for what it calls
"al-Qaeda’s use of Yemeni soil as a safe haven for terrorist operations against
Washington". The US and its European allies have announced a decision to crack down on the US-termed
"al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)" after Washington said it had
" foiled an alleged plot to send bombs in freight packages to Chicago." [...]"
Note: Another in a long line of admissions that the
US/UK/IS continues to blow smoke up the worlds butt in a fog of self-created
delusion, led by a psychologically messed up narcissist in D.C.
Most Yemenis See
"al-Qaeda" Presence as ‘Myth’ NY
Times [11/04/10]
" ....The truth is there is no al-Qaeda.” Such a comment rarely finds currency in a nation’s popular consciousness but in Yemen, home to what the CIA calls the most dangerous of al-Qaeda’s many affiliates (al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP), it is all too common.
For some AQAP is just a cynical excuse for the Saleh government to get increased foreign military aid from the US and others. Other Yemenis, particularly in the south, see it as an excuse to attack separatist groups that have nothing to do with international terrorism.
It isn’t naivete on the part of Yemenis, however, but a natural function of the Yemeni government’s constant use of “al-Qaeda” as a justification for attacks on separatist-linked civilians, and as a catch-all for the many different groups that have bones to pick with the Saleh regime.
Indeed AQAP appears responsible for precious little of the internal violence in Yemen, and the group’s focus on overseas targets makes it difficult to sell the idea of them being something for the Yemeni military to focus on. What few attacks they have claimed were usually clear retaliation for the government offensive, raising the inevitable question of whether the Saleh regime is simply hitting a hornet’s nest over and over and claiming a “threat” when it gets stung. [...]"
Yemen reports oil
reserves of 11.9B barrels [10/19/10]
"Yemen's oil reserves are estimated at 11.9 billion barrels of oil, a government agency said Tuesday.
[...]"
Note: So that's one of the main reasons this tiny country is in
play. Notice how UPI publishes this story with 'reserves' spelled wrong in the
title. Sloppy work.
Global Research: "Yemen: The Covert Apparatus of the American Empire"
[10/06/10]
"Yemen is perhaps an excellent example of America being on the “wrong side of a world revolution,” as the secret war in Yemen being exacerbated in the name of “fighting al-Qaeda” is in actuality, about the expansion and supremacy of American power in the region. It is about the suppression of natural democratic, local, revolutionary elements throughout the country seeking self-autonomy in changing the nation from its current despotic, authoritarian rule sympathetic to American interests, into a nation of their own choosing. It is about repressing struggles for liberation.
This brings in the involvement of Saudi Arabia, itself interested in ensuring Yemen is a loyal neighbour; so they too must suppress indigenous movements within Yemen seeking autonomy, especially those that are Shi’a Muslims, as the Saudi state is a strict Wahhabist Sunni Muslim regime. Shi’as are primarily represented in the region through the state of Iran, Saudi Arabia’s “natural” enemy; both vying for influence in Iraq and both vying for influence in Yemen. Through this we see another key American imperial aim in this war, that of seeking to stir up a conflict with Iran, perhaps through a proxy-war within Yemen, or perhaps in hopes that the proxy war would expand into a regional war between Saudi Arabia and Iran, naturally drawing in Israel, Egypt and the United States. Finally, we have the strategic location of Yemen to consider, bridging one of the largest oil transport routes in the world, parallel to Somalia and the Horn of Africa (where America is waging another war, again on the “wrong side of a world revolution”). [...]"
US Politics: "Yemen Opposes US
Escalation" [08/28/10]
"The Yemeni government issued a statement yesterday rejecting the talk of a massive US escalation of attacks in their country, saying that they were more than capable of “annihilating” the
al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) movement and anyone else. [...]"
Note: Since 'al-Qaeda' consists of CIA assets, this is
pretty transparent.
Commentary: Obama to escalate slaughter in Yemen
[08/28/10]
"Yemen, like Afghanistan and Iraq before it, is being targeted not to eradicate terrorism—the killing of civilians with cruise missiles and drone attacks will only produce more recruits for terrorist attacks—but because of its strategic location, bordering Saudi Arabia, the number-one oil exporter, and the vital Bab
al-Mandab strait, through which three million barrels of oil pass daily. [...]"
US Politics:
"Hoekstra sees emerging threats from Yemen"
[08/26/10]
"Intelligence agencies are weighing drone strikes on Yemeni targets as a Michigan lawmaker worries the next major attack could come from the Arabian Peninsula. [...]"
Yemen 'abandons' human rights
[08/26/10]
"In a report issued on Wednesday, Amnesty International says that growing US concern over
al-Qaeda's presence in Yemen, combined with domestic challenges to the legitimacy of the government, has prompted a marked deterioration in the human rights situation in the impoverished country.
The group says that over the past year, the Yemeni government has carried out vicious military campaigns, arbitrary arrests and extrajudicial killings as it faces international pressure to tackle
al-Qaeda-affiliated groups, and seeks to quell a growing secessionist movement in the south while fighting periodic battles with Houthi rebels in the north. [...]"
Yemeni Gitmo inmate finally home
[07/14/10]
"A Yemeni prisoner has finally been transferred to his homeland after suffering eight years in the US-run detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. [...]"
Note: And I suppose he's just going to 'forgive and
forget'.
Is Yemen the Next Afghanistan?
[07/09/10]
"Yemen's once-obscure vital statistics were flashing across TV screens everywhere: it is the Arab world's poorest country, with a fast-growing and deeply conservative Muslim population of 23 million. It is running out of oil and may soon be the first country in the world to run out of water. The central government is weak and corrupt, hemmed in by rebellions and powerful tribes. Many fear that Al Qaeda is gaining a sanctuary in the remote provinces east of
Sana, similar to the one it already has in Afghanistan and Pakistan. [...]"
American tourists freed in Yemen
[05/25/10]
"Two American tourists kidnapped by armed tribesmen near Yemen's capital Sanaa have been freed, officials say. [...]"
Related:
'American couple seized' in Yemen
"An American couple on holiday in Yemen are reportedly kidnapped by armed tribesmen near the capital
Sanaa. [...]"
Note: Who takes a holiday in Yemen?
Yemen ready to accept Gitmo detainees
[05/25/10]
"Yemen will work with detainees deported from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to
"rehabilitate" them, a Yemeni official says. [...]"
Yemen and The Militarization of Strategic Waterways
[02/08/10]
"Socotra is at the crossroads of the strategic naval waterways of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden (See map below). It is of crucial importance to the US military.
From a military standpoint, the Socotra archipelago is at a strategic location. Socotra is some 3000 km from the US naval base of Diego Garcia, which is among America's largest overseas military facilities.
On January 2nd, 2010, President Saleh and General David Petraeus, Commander of the US Central Command met for high level discussions behind closed doors. ..."
Related: Yemen on the Brink: Implications for U.S. Policy – Ron Paul
CIA
chief holds secret talks with Egypt, Israel [02/01/10]
"The Director of the CIA, Leon Panetta, has held secret talks with
Egyptian and Israeli officials over expanded US intervention in Yemen.
Panetta met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Defense Minister Mohamed
Hussein Tantawi, and intelligence minister, Gen. Omar Suleiman to ask them to
dispatch forces to Yemen to help the US troops. ..."
Note: You can bet that something wicked this way comes ....
Related: Yemen
clashes continue, ceasefire offer rejected "Yemen rejected a
ceasefire offer from Shi'ite rebels on Sunday and said fighting was
continuing, as neighbouring Saudi Arabia accused the insurgents of mounting
sniper attacks inside its territory. The conflict with the northern rebels,
who complain of social, religious and economic discrimination in the southern
Arabian state, has rumbled on since 2004, but intensified last year and drew
in oil-rich Saudi Arabia. ..." Yemen
offensive rages despite Houthi peace offer
"Yemen said Sunday it killed at least two dozen Houthis after the
fighters launched a fourth attempt to make peace with the government.
..."
Note: See the Yemen page link on the Special Articles page for
related stories.
Yemen: the Return of Old Ghosts
[01/18/10]
"What I find so fascinating about the reporting of the War on Terror is the way almost all of it ignores history – as if it is a conflict happening outside time. The Yemen is a case in point. In the wake of the underpants bomber we have been deluged by a wave of terror journalism about this dark mediaeval country that harbours incomprehensible fanatics who want to destroy the west. None of it has explained that only forty years ago the British government fought a vicious secret war in the Yemen against republican revolutionaries who used terror, including bombing airliners. But the moment you start looking into that war you find out all sorts of extraordinary things. ..."
Yemen, Energy Crisis, & the Nigerian Crotch Bomber [01/18/10]
"... The escalation of US military activity in Yemen, therefore, is by no means simply a response to events of recent years, but merely the continuing extension of a wider bipartisan geostrategy that was formulated not only by people largely associated with Republican
neocons, but also by arch-Democrats, such as former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former National Security Adviser to President Carter, Zbigniew
Brzezinski. ..."
Yemeni president accused of terrorism by lawmaker
[01/17/10]
"A Yemeni parliamentarian accuses the country's leader Ali Abdullah Salih of terrorism, reacting to allegations of Shia Houthi fighters' involvement in the capture of foreign visitors. ..."
Ron Paul on Haiti, Body Scanners, and Yemen
[01/17/10]
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VIDEO [10:17]
U.S.,
China Are on Collision Course Over Oil [01/12/10]
"A cursory look at the map of region will show that Yemen is one of the
most strategic lands adjoining waters of the Persian Gulf and the Arabian
Peninsula. It flanks Saudi Arabia and Oman, which are vital American
protectorates. In effect, Uncle Sam is “marking territory” – like a dog
on a lamppost. Russia has been toying with the idea of reopening its
Soviet-era base in Aden. Well, the US has pipped Moscow in the race. The US
has signaled that the odyssey doesn’t end with Yemen. It is also moving into
Somalia and Kenya. With that, the US establishes its military presence in an
entire unbroken stretch of real estate all along the Indian Ocean’s western
rim. Chinese officials have of late spoken of their need to establish a naval
base in the region. The US has now foreclosed China’s options. The only
country with a coastline that is available for China to set up a naval base in
the region will be Iran. All other countries have a Western military presence.
(are western military puppet governments) ..."
Defiant Yemen tells US soldiers to keep out
[01/11/10]
"While welcoming US intelligence and technological co-operation, the Deputy Prime Minister for Defence and Security, Rashad al-Alimi, told a crowded news conference in the capital, Sana'a, that the government did not want foreign troops on its soil. That message was reinforced by Foreign Minister Abukar al-Qirbi, who told CNN that fighting militants was "the priority and the responsibility of our security forces and the army ..."
Oct 2008 Flashback: Yemen seizes 'Israel-linked' cell
[01/09/10]
"Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has said the security forces have arrested a group of alleged Islamist militants linked to Israeli intelligence. ..."
U.S. kicks hornet's nest in Yemen
[01/05/10]
"Welcome to the Afghanistan of Arabia. Yemen, the likely source of the failed Christmas Day airliner bombing at Detroit, has
just rudely intruded into the West's awareness. Sources there claim the attack by a young Nigerian was retaliation for extensive covert U.S. military operations in Yemen. I first explored Yemen in the mid-1970s. This magical land of fierce tribesmen was just then creeping into the 11th century. At the southwest corner of the Arabian Peninsula, mountainous, verdant Yemen was the Biblical land of the Queen of Sheba and originator of perfume. Sana'a, the walled capital, was straight out of Arabian Nights. At dusk, a ram's horn would sound and its gates would close for the night. Beyond lay warlike tribesmen who would slit your throat for a watch. Almost every man wore a curved tribal dagger in his belt and went heavily armed. There were no hotels, so I slept in the dining room of one of the palaces of the former ruler, Ahmed the Devil, who enjoyed nailing annoying people to his palace gate. Old Ahmed spent the rest of his time smoking hashish and cavorting with his well-stocked harem. In 1990, the former British colony of Aden joined North Yemen. A military dictator, Ali
Saleh, has held power since 1978. Saleh's U.S.-backed regime is accused of extensive human rights violations and deep corruption. The 23 million people of the two Yemens have feuded for decades. Yemen also battled with neighbour Oman, a virtual colony of MI6, British intelligence. In a wonderful colonial punch-up, Britain's fabled SAS commandos in pink-painted jeeps (they blended perfectly with sand) battled Yemeni-backed nationalists known as the "Red Wolves of
Radfan." I naturally fell in love with Yemen, despite getting caught in tribal gunfights in the north, being nearly kidnapped and falling dreadfully ill. At 4 p.m., every Yemeni would go off duty, sit in groups and chew the mild narcotic shrub qat for two hours while getting silly and swapping tall tales and jokes.
Qat, Yemen's primary crop, curbs the appetite, so most lucky Yemenis are skinny. I saw tall, majestic Yemeni Jews proudly striding down the street dressed in flowing robes and turbans and sporting daggers, long beards and large silver stars of David around their necks -- a vision straight from the Old Testament. Today, turbulent Yemen has become a haven for anti-American militants. Osama bin Laden's father came from Yemen. The destroyer USS Cole was bombed in Aden harbour in 2000. The most prominent militant group is
al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), a fusion of local Yemeni and Saudi jihadists dedicated to replacing the Saudi monarchy and Yemeni military regime with an Islamic government. AQAP numbers around 100 men. It is not an organic part of Osama bin Laden's group but a like-minded local revolutionary group. Dirt poor Yemen has three civil wars going on and bitter fighting between Sunni and various Shia sects. Yemen's warlike tribes hate any outside authority, starting with their own government. Recently, the Saudis, backed by U.S. air power, CIA and special forces, intervened against Shia Houthi tribesmen along Yemen's
un-demarcated northern desert border. ..."
Six trucks of explosives 'disappear' in Yemen
[01/05/10]
"Fears of a terrorist strike against Western embassies in Yemen have grown amid claims a convoy of lorries laden with explosives had been smuggled into the country's capital city, Sana'a. ..."
Note: Yemen is a little country in which to play out a complete
dog and pony show in order to provide the suggested justification to do what
else they want to do, elsewhere.
Yemen - Behind The
'Al-Qaeda' Scenarios - A Geopolitical Oil Choke Point To Eurasia [01/05/10]
"On December 25, US authorities arrested a Nigerian named Abdulmutallab aboard a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on charges of having tried to blow up the plane with smuggled explosives. Since then reports have been broadcast from CNN, the New York Times and other sources that he was "suspected" of having been trained in Yemen for his terror mission. What the world has been subjected to since is the emergence of a new target for the US 'War on Terror,' namely a desolate state on the Arabian Peninsula, Yemen. A closer look at the background suggests the Pentagon and US intelligence have a hidden agenda in Yemen. ..."
Brown ‘crackdown’ on Yemen terror is exposed as just spin
[01/05/10]
"Gordon Brown was accused of 'playing politics with terrorism' yesterday as the British Embassy in Yemen was evacuated after 'credible' threats of an attack by the Al Qaeda cell behind the syringe bomb plot.
The Prime Minister was forced into an embarrassing climbdown after Downing Street claimed that he was spearheading a Yemen terror crackdown with Barack Obama.
Mr Brown had to admit today that he had not even discussed the issue with the American President since the attack that nearly brought down a transatlantic airliner on Christmas Day. ..."
US sharply steps up military, economic aid to Yemen
[01/01/10]
"In the 2010 fiscal year, US development and security assistance to Yemen is expected to rise to 63 million dollars from a total of 40.3 million dollars in the 2009 fiscal year, said Darby Holladay, a State Department spokesman. ..."
U.S. Government Gears Up for
"Flight 253 Retaliatory Strike" [12/31/09]
" ... The Obama administration and Yemen’s ruling government are looking to strike targets inside Yemen’s rebel area. The strike will be in retaliation for the fumbled terrorist bombing of a Detroit bound flight..."
Note: Transparently complete bullshit, in a bullshit administration
of composed of sequentials.
CIA present in Yemen since 2008
[12/30/09]
"The US has opened a covert front against 'al-Qaeda' in Yemen by offering support to the country's military operations, a US intelligence sources says. Citing an unnamed former CIA official, The New York Times reported late on Sunday that about a year ago the CIA sent many field operatives with counter terrorism experience to the country. The report revealed that some of the most secretive special operations commandos have begun training Yemeni security forces. The paper noted that the Pentagon will be spending more than USD 70 million over the next 18 months to train and equip Yemeni military, Interior Ministry and coast guard forces. Yemen's national security chief had earlier declared that the country was receiving assistance from the US in the crackdown on what he called
"al-Qaeda operatives" in southern Yemen. Mohamed al-Anisi had told the Saudi Arabian newspaper Okaz that the Yemeni forces were cooperating with the US military on attacks against
al-Qaeda camps. The developments come as international aid agencies and some UN bodies including the United Nations Children's Fund and the UN Hig hCommissioner for Refugees have voiced concern over the dire condition of the Yemeni civilians, who have become the main victims of the conflict in the country. The United Nations, which according to its charter is set up "to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to
peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace," has failed to adopt any concrete measures to help end the bloody war. ..."
"Airline Terror Mission Blessed by Radical Imam"
"The Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner had his suicide mission personally blessed in Yemen by Anwar
al-Awlaki, the Muslim imam suspected of radicalizing the Fort Hood shooting suspect, a U.S. intelligence source has told The Washington Times. ..."
Note: Actually, the US Government rescinded a warrant for this guy's arrest in 2002. He was imprisoned in Yemen but released 2 years ago. His fellow clerics openly accuse him of cooperating with the CIA.
Yes,
Yemen Has Oil [12/30/09]
"Yes, Yemen has oil. The Middle Eastern nation - in the south of the
Arabian Peninsula, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea - has
been exporting a couple of billion dollars worth of crude oil per year.
..." Flashback: 2005 Senate Investigation: US 'backed illegal Iraqi oil deals'
"A report released last night by Democratic staff on a Senate investigations committee presents documentary evidence that the Bush administration was made aware of illegal oil sales and kickbacks paid to the Saddam Hussein regime but did nothing to stop them. The scale of the shipments involved dwarfs those previously alleged by the Senate committee against UN staff and European politicians like the British MP, George Galloway, and the former French minister, Charles Pasqua. In fact, the Senate report found that US oil purchases accounted for 52% of the kickbacks paid to the regime in return for sales of cheap oil - more than the rest of the world put together. "The United States was not only aware of Iraqi oil sales which violated UN sanctions and provided the bulk of the illicit money Saddam Hussein obtained from circumventing UN sanctions," the report said. "On occasion, the United States actually facilitated the illicit oil sales. The report is likely to ease pressure from conservative Republicans on Kofi Annan to resign from his post as UN secretary general. ..."
Obama
Vows ‘Accelerated Offensive’ in Yemen [12/30/09]
"With the scent of terrorism in the air, President Obama will likely be
able to parlay the lap bomber into a justification for anything and everything
he might want. Officials are already talking of scrapping plans to close
Guantanamo Bay over it, and America’s role in the attempted assassination of
US-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki last week can now readily be justified on
speculation that the bomber’s alleged al-Qaeda links can be combined with
Awlaki’s alleged al-Qaeda links to form alleged links between the two. Of
course, the Awlaki assassination bid and the US attacks on Yemen have been
going on since before a Nigerian set his lap on fire on an airplane, and
we’re only now starting to get the full extent of the war in Yemen the Obama
Administration is already covertly fighting. ..."
"Terror cell" busted in Yemen last month had links with an Israeli intelligence agency
[12/29/09]
" ... A terrorist cell busted in Yemen last month after a suicide attack on the US embassy there had links with an Israeli intelligence agency, the state-run Saba news agency
reported. The report, quoting an unnamed source, said investigations and data retrieved from a computer seized from the cell, showed there was correspondence between the Islamic Jihad group’s deputy leader Bassam Abdullah Fadhel
Al-Haidari and an Israeli intelligence agency. Saba quoted the source as saying that the correspondence between the two sides included a request from the Israeli side to implement terrorist attacks inside Yemen.
Remember the attack on the U.S. embassy in Yemen last month that took the lives of eighteen people? A group calling themselves “Islamic Jihad” claimed responsibility for the blast. It has a nice, scary ring to it hasn’t it? “Islamic Jihad” also happens to be the name of a group that operates out of Gaza.
“Islamic Jihad” pointedly mentioned its affiliation with al Qaeda after claiming responsibility for the September 17 U.S. embassy bombing: “We, the Organisation of Islamic Jihad, belonging to the
Al-Qaeda network, repeat our demand of (Yemeni President) Ali Abdullah Saleh to free our detained brothers within 48 hours,” said a statement signed by self-proclaimed leader Abu Ghaith
al-Yamani.
Former agent for French military intelligence Pierre-Henry Bunel has this to say about ‘al
Qaeda’: “The truth is, there is no Islamic army or terrorist group called Al
Qaeda. And any informed intelligence officer knows this. But there is a propaganda campaign to make the public believe in the presence of an identified entity representing the ‘devil’ only in order to drive the ‘TV watcher’ to accept a unified international leadership for a war against terrorism…” Well now the Yemeni authorities have arrested a group of these al
Qaeda-backed militants with, surprise surprise, links to Israeli intelligence."
Related: BBC: al Qaeda Does Not Exist
[12/29/09]
VIDEO [10:12]
Hegemony: The escalation of AFRICOM
[12/28/09]
"Following in the footsteps of his predecessors George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, Barack Obama has continued to militarize U.S. foreign policy in Africa via AFRICOM (United States African Command). Since its 2006 inception, African leaders suspected that AFRICOM’s security initiatives were a pretext for U.S. efforts in extending the war on terror, securing oil, and countering China’s growing influence in Africa. AFRICOM responded with PR stints emphasizing the altruism of their security and sustainable economic development initiatives in the name of democracy, and AFRICOM Commander Gen. William Ward assured his African peers in early 2008 that AFRICOM “will maintain a light footprint in Africa”. President Barack Obama echoed such sentiments during his July 2009 visit to Accra, Ghana, stating that in the wake of security challenges (i.e. genocide and terrorism), which has scarred much of Africa, “Africa Command is focused not on establishing a foothold in the continent, but on confronting these common challenges to advance the security of America, Africa and the world.” Such rhetoric affirmed the widely held belief that Obama's foreign policy approach to Africa would be less unilateral and militaristic than his hawkish predecessor. However, the recent expansion in U.S. military activity in Africa, facilitated by the State Department's budget request, indicates that Barack Obama is continuing a policy that has typified the U.S.' approach to Africa since the Clinton administration in the 1990s, and was amplified by the Bush administration after 9/11. ..."
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