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...nurture suicide bombers more easily. And it does wonders for security: cells are often composed of people who have known one another since childhood or fought side by side for years. Infiltration is difficult, and even when it is possible, entry can involve committing an initiation crime. Yemeni investigators believe at least five people were involved in the construction and deployment of the Cole bomb...
...Yemeni cops claim a crucial lead in the case came from a 12-year-old boy, whom the suspected terrorists gave $12 worth of Yemeni rials to watch their car. The cops say they found the suspects' vehicle undisturbed in the same location, bearing license plates stolen in Yemen's hinterlands and loaded with diving gear and alleged bomb equipment, since taken by the FBI for analysis. Among the discoveries: the men may have had as many as five safe houses. Yemen's President has implied a link between the suspects and the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, a group closely tied...
...Cole incident was the result of an intelligence failure or logistical necessities are suspect. Gen. Anthony Zinni, former commander of U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf (also known as Central Command, or CENTCOM), assumed responsibility for moving refueling operations and testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee that the Yemeni port of Aden was the least vulnerable option--and thus essential to U.S. Persian Gulf operations. Nothing seems further from the truth...
...visits by American military leaders and involvement in the country's land-mine-removal program--coincided with an increased interest in portraying the government of President Ali Abdallah Saleh as an emerging democracy on the Arabian Peninsula. This was highlighted by the planned visit of Hillary Clinton to the Yemeni-hosted Emerging Democracies Forum in June 1999 (a visit that was later cancelled, possibly due to security reasons...
Figuring out who is responsible for the attack on the Cole promises to be a difficult process. Counterterrorism officials in Washington say they will divide their likely targets into three categories. The first key group will be indigenous Yemeni factions that are known for occasional lawlessness but are difficult to track...