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US special forces train Yemen army as Arab state becomes al-Qaeda 'reserve base
telegraph ^ | 12/14/09 | Damien McElroy

Posted on 12/13/2009 3:50:36 PM PST by Flavius

US special forces have been sent to Yemen to train its army amid fears the unstable Arab state is becoming a strategically important base for al-Qaeda.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; gwot; iran; specialforces; yemen

1 posted on 12/13/2009 3:50:37 PM PST by Flavius
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To: Flavius

Been going on for years cuz.


2 posted on 12/13/2009 3:51:50 PM PST by happinesswithoutpeace (You are receiving this broadcast as a dream.)
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To: Flavius

Just about every time they catch or kill a bunch of terrorists it seems some of them are from Yemen.

Of course Osama Bin Laden is from Yemen.

Yemen btw is ancient Sheba as in Queen of Sheba. It once had a lot of Christians and Jews but now is just about totally Islamic.


3 posted on 12/13/2009 3:54:01 PM PST by yarddog
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To: happinesswithoutpeace

I hope they are just training them to parade, because anything else will end up being used against us.


4 posted on 12/13/2009 3:54:27 PM PST by Dogbert41
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To: Dogbert41

Nah those guys are hardcore.


5 posted on 12/13/2009 3:55:45 PM PST by happinesswithoutpeace (You are receiving this broadcast as a dream.)
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To: All

A Look at Iran
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html


6 posted on 12/13/2009 3:57:00 PM PST by Cindy
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7 posted on 12/13/2009 4:01:35 PM PST by ASA Vet (Iran should have ceased to exist Nov 5, 1979, but we had no president then either.)
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To: Dogbert41

You have a point. We let them in on our secrets and techniques, they come back and use them to attack us. I hope we’re exercising a little prudence here.

That said, I read earlier today that Iran is cozying up to Yemen and is planning on providing some sort of “support” along the Yemen-Saudi border. It would be awful for us to wind up having to support Saudi Arabia, which has been almost as bad as Yemen in the area of terrorist production.


8 posted on 12/13/2009 5:45:07 PM PST by livius
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To: livius

“It would be awful for us to wind up having to support Saudi Arabia...”

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Where have you been? We’ve supported Saudi Arabia ever since FDR and King Abd Al Aziz met in February, 1945 aboard one of our cruisers on one of the Bitter Lakes in the Suez Canal.


9 posted on 12/18/2009 6:08:23 PM PST by 353FMG (Save the Planet -- Eliminate Socialism)
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To: hennie pennie

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10 posted on 12/19/2009 4:59:51 PM PST by hennie pennie
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