Frontline: Al Qaeda In Yemen

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Since the death of Osama bin Laden, Yemen has become the hottest front in the war against Al Qaeda. Now, with headlines about a terrorist plot to bomb a U.S.-bound airliner, award-winning reporter Ghaith Abdul-Ahad travels deep into Yemen's radical heartland. In this first-hand report, FRONTLINE looks at how members of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and affiliated militants have seized control of areas in southern Yemen and are winning some popular support. Is the United States’ expanded drone policy in fact strengthening this new fortified insurgent base?

Tonight: Inside Al Qaeda in Yemen -- Frontline

This morning, The New York Times took a deep look inside how the Obama administration develops its aggressive kill list for Al Qaeda suspects. Their bios are studied like “macabre ‘baseball cards,’” in the words of one official, and the president often makes the ultimate decision as to who will be put in the crosshairs next.

The Times reports that the president has personally signed off on every strike made in Yemen, where militants known as Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, have been battling to establish a foothold in the southern region of the country. There have been more than a dozen drone strikes in Yemen in the last two months alone.

Tonight, FRONTLINE takes you inside Al Qaeda in Yemen, in a film The Washington Post‘s David Ignatius described as “fascinating” and “gutsy.”

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