Yemen, Another Front In The War Against Islamic Extremism For The U.S.

US Involvement In Yemen Edging Toward 'Clandestine War' -- Christian Science Monitor

Obama has promised to step up the fight against the militants after last week’s bomb plot aboard cargo planes that originated in Yemen.

President Obama is pledging stepped-up military and economic cooperation with Yemen in response to last week’s foiled terrorist operation aboard cargo planes that originated in the country.

Yemen is one of the Arab world’s poorest countries and home to Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).

An initial response to Mr. Obama’s promise to step up the fight against Yemen’s Islamist militants may have come Tuesday, when an oil pipeline running through a militant stronghold in Yemen was blown up.

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