Threats to Yemen prove America hasn't learned the lesson of history

It is extraordinary to see the US begin to make the same mistakes in Yemen as it previously made in Afghanistan and Iraq. What it is doing is much to al-Qa'ida's advantage. Al-Qa'ida leaders openly admitted at the time of 9/11 that the aim of such operations is to provoke the US into direct military intervention in Muslim countries.

In Yemen the US is walking into the al-Qa'ida trap. Full Story »

Posted by Chris Finnie

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Judith Bello
4.8
by Judith Bello - Dec. 31, 2009

Absolutely. This is quality Journalism because a reporter who has actually spent time in Yemen (as well as Iraq and Afghanistan) is relating the reality of what is really going on there. He also points out obvious context issues that are generally ignored by the press and the government, like the fact that the government is overreaction to a FAILED (incompetent) attempt.

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