By Patrick Coburn
There is ominous use by American politicians and commentators of the phrase "failed state" in relation to Yemen, as if this some how legitimised foreign intervention. It is extraordinary that the US political elite has never taken on board that its greatest defeats have been in just such "failed states".
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24292.htm
The Fear Decade
Since 9/11, We've Embraced Our Inner Coward
By Ted Rall
Home of the free and the brave. Live free or die. Shoot first; ask questions later. Kill 'em all, let God sort 'em out. These were the mottos of a brash, impetuous, audacious-to-a-fault nation. That nation is dead.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24293.htm
War on Terror or War on Disaffected Yemenis?
Interventions R Us
By Ron Jacobs
As if the US interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan were not enough to satiate the Empire's bloodlust, the calls are increasing for an all-out war on the nation of Yemen.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24304.htm
US behind the scenes of Yemen terrorism fight
The US is stepping up its efforts in Yemen quietly, giving the country tools and money to comabt terrorism without fanfare. The strategy is the result of lessons learned in Pakistan, in particular.
http://tinyurl.com/yhdc9pd
UK to follow US intervention in Yemen
Upon the orders of Obama, the military warplanes on December 17 blanketed two camps in the North of the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, claiming there were "an imminent attack against a US asset was being planned." The attacks killed scores of civilians, according to Yemeni opposition groups.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=115226§ionid=351020206
Yemeni air attacks on al-Qaida fighters risk mobilising hostile tribes
Killing of tribal leader's wife and children sparks condemnation of Sanaa and the west.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/03/yemen-air-attacks-alqaida
From Information Clearing House
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Obama Indicates Escalating US Military Involvement in Yemen
Maya Schenwar, Truthout: "This morning, President Barack Obama for the first time attributed the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a Detroit-bound plane to al-Qaeda. In his weekly radio address, Obama painted the bombing attempt as an act of war. He reiterated his intent to continue fighting the US's 'war against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred,' indicating that Yemen could be the next major site of US military involvement."
http://www.truthout.org/topstories/010210ms1
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Here comes US involvement in Yemen another error inspired by a floating signifier
http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/9298/
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Welcome, Americans, to Mysterious Yemen
http://www.lewrockwell.com/margolis/margolis175.html
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