Thursday, February 4, 2010

Yemen Civil War News Updates -- February 4, 2010


Ruling Yemen Gets Even More Complicated -- L.A. Times

President Ali Abdullah Saleh is losing support amid a civil war, secessionist movement and battle against an Al Qaeda branch that has drawn the attention of the U.S.

Reporting from Cairo and Sana, Yemen - President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who once described ruling Yemen as dancing on the heads of snakes, has stayed in power for three decades through a clever mix of money, tribal ploys and government corruption.

But Saleh's political capital is shrinking and his wiles are straining as Yemen struggles with a civil war in the north, secession troubles in the south and a battle against an Al Qaeda affiliate that has drawn the United States into a new front against the terrorist network.

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More News On Yemen

Yemen Says Kills 16 Rebels, Leaders Among Them -- New York Times/Reuters
Yemen says kills 16 rebels, leaders among them -- Swiss Info
Yemen rebels say open to Saudi prisoner swap -- Reuters
Yemen rebels pledge not to attack Saudi Arabia -- AFP
Houthi fighters repeat truce offer -- Tehran Times
Yemen Commitment to Al Qaeda Fight Not Clear - CIA -- New York Times/Reuters
U.S. Doubts Yemen Ability as Ally in Fight on Terror -- Yemen Post
Yemen tribe protects fugitive cleric -- Washington Times/AP
US cleric: Accused plane bomber was my student -- Washington Post
Experts: Al Qaeda in Yemen may send American jihadis, recruited by Anwar al-Awlaki, to attack U.S. -- New York Daily News
U.S. intelligence calls al-Qaeda group in Yemen 'foremost concern' -- Baltimore Sun
Undermining al Qaeda in Yemen -- Jawa Report
Factbox: Roots of Yemen's conflict with northern rebels -- Reuters
Analysis: Yemen's rebellions fuelled by economic meltdown -- IRIN
ANALYSIS - Stabilising Yemen will test stamina of donors -- Reuters
Yemen on the Brink: Implications for U.S. Policy -- US State Department
U.S. should increase financial aid to Yemen: Carnegie -- Reuters
Yemen Faces Grave and Growing Domestic Challenges -- Carnegie Endowment

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