military action,” said Ghanem Nuseibeh, senior analyst with Cornerstone Global. “The government is certainly keen to show they are active and successful in the fight against al Qaeda and at the same time to tell its own people there is no active and open U.S. focus on militants is diverting attention and resources away from pressing issues such as unemployment, corruption, water depletion and economic revival. war on Islamist militants that he would claim Yemeni responsibility for when necessary. diplomatic cables showed Saleh agreed in 2009 to a covert U.S. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) About Me. Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest. “But most people know that al Qaeda should be defeated and is dangerous for the country.” Arab guy goes into meltdown after reading The People vs Muhammad Posted by 4ThenThereWas3 at 1:35 PM. “People are angry because of the mistakes that were made when people were killed,” he said.
drone attack last Wednesday in Hadramout.Īnalyst Nasser Arrabyee said the Yemeni government wanted to claim a success to win the public over to the U.S.-led campaign. While the government claimed it was an army operation, security sources said he died in a U.S. There was conflicting information on how Shehri died, highlighting the government’s awkward position in a drone war that many Yemenis are sceptical about. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Shehri was released to Saudi Arabia in 2007, but after time on a Saudi militant rehabilitation programme he escaped to Yemen and possibly had a role in a 2008 attack on the U.S. authorities over his role in Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).Ī former inmate of the U.S. Shehri was wanted by Yemeni, Saudi and U.S. drone attacks remains strong because of civilian deaths. Yemen claimed a major victory in its battle with al Qaeda this week with the death of Shehri, although public anger about U.S. The company also had influence abroad, overseeing social and economic development projects in more than 60 countries and working with Muhammad Yunus to. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which followed the killing of the deputy leader of the Yemeni branch of al-Qaeda, Said al-Shehri, in an attack last week.Īl Qaeda blames the minister for leading a campaign that drove it from strongholds in southern Yemen, an area that has become of increasing concern to the United States in its campaign against Islamist militants. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.