(Click Image to Enlarge)Yemen’s Chaos Aids The Evolution Of A Qaeda Cell -- New York Times
SANA, Yemen — Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has rapidly evolved into an expanding and ambitious regional terrorist network thanks in part to a weakened, impoverished and distracted Yemeni government.
While Yemen has chased two homegrown rebellions, over the last year the Qaeda cell here has begun sharing resources across borders and has been spurred on to more ambitious attacks by a leadership strengthened by released Qaeda detainees and returning fighters from Iraq.
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My Comment: U.S. intelligence services are now waking up to the realization that Yemen is becoming a safe haven for Al Qaeda and their extremist allies. General Petraeus's visit to Yemen today only underscores this intense focus, and news reports are also now indicating U.S. administration interest in Yemen's conflict starting in October of last year.