Word: yemen
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...There are clearly pockets of territory in Yemen and Pakistan where the government and military don't have total control," says an administration official. "That would lend itself to their desire to regroup and not be looking over their shoulders. The philosophy is, keep (al Qaeda) on the run... If we can continue to deny them a place where they can gather, raise funds and train, the threat will be marginalized...
...Yemen as terrorist breeding ground...
...After Pakistan, Yemen is rated next most likely to attract clusters of al Qaeda leaders, because the country offers an inviting mix of political weakness, corruption, pro-Jihadism and military impotence...
...Until recently, Yemeni officials had refused even to give the FBI and CIA a list of the prisoners incarcerated in Yemen for the Cole bombing and other terrorist activities. Then, at about 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 11, the FBI released an urgent warning and BOLO - be on the lookout - for 17 Yemenis and Saudis whose names had come up when a Yemeni held at Guantanamo told FBI agents that an attack was being planned for the next day, Feb. 12, either in the US or Yemen. But within 24 hours after the BOLO went on the FBI website...
...Some background: The decision to redeploy agents inside Yemen is being made with some trepidation. As we have reported before, a contingent of FBI agents investigating the October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole was abruptly pulled out of San'a in June 2001, because of what FBI officials termed a "specific and credible threat" on their lives and those of their local translators and security guards. Being in country wasn't worth the high risk, FBI headquarters officials decided, since Yemeni authorities were cooperating only "grudgingly and slowly," as one official put it. Officials believed some elements...