Word: yemen
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...them money, weapons and military training. No wonder Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo called the island where Abu Sayyaf terrorists roam her "little Afghanistan." George W. Bush has made it clear that the U.S. will follow al-Qaeda wherever it goes. Now Americans are tracking suspects in the Philippines, Yemen and Georgia...
...operation in Yemen best demonstrates the latter point. In a war-torn country where, less than two years ago, terrorists bombed the U.S.S. Cole, Bush has authorized the deployment of a scant 100 troops. What is more, this contingent will not be deployed as a single unit, but in groups of 20 to 30, rendering them effectively dependent on a weak Yemeni government for security...
Beyond the futility and risk involved in the administration’s military policy, numerous deployments needlessly sully the United States’ reputation abroad. Despite the small size and limited goals of American military operations in the Philippines, Yemen and now Georgia, the image of American troops spreading out across the globe conveys to the international community an image of American hegemony and worse—military hegemony—that both disturbs our allies and incites our enemies, all for marginal gains...
...weak, and is directly tied to the plight of the developing world. Terrorists find safe haven and willing recruits among the discontented and the destitute populations of poor nations, playing upon broad social and economic inequalities to rally support for their cause. What is needed, then, for nations like Yemen and Afghanistan, is an effectively managed, comprehensive aid program aimed at combating these ills: bringing populations direct economic relief, teaching sustainable development practices, building infrastructure and stabilizing weak governments...
Meanwhile, the Pentagon is completing a plan to send several scores of troops to Yemen, a longtime terrorist hideout. The FBI will also dispatch agents. U.S. intelligence agencies believe that al-Qaeda members will use Yemen as a base, because like Pakistan it offers such an inviting mix of political instability, Islamic extremism and enough infrastructure to set up shop. In the past, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been a reluctant U.S. partner. The FBI complains that Yemeni authorities cooperated only "grudgingly and slowly," as one official puts it, with the investigation of the 2000 bombing of the U.S.S...