Posted on 01/25/2015 7:22:19 AM PST by SunkenCiv
At a time when America's ability to track and respond to dangerous international threats is already spread thin, Yemen as it exists today is on the verge of collapse amid reports that violence from Shiite Muslim rebels has forced the country's top leaders to resign...
Prime Minister Khaled Bahah also announced his resignation, saying Yemen's leaders did not want to be dragged into "an unconstructive political maze," according to the BBC.
Instability in Yemen, which had been divided into North and South Yemen before 1990, threatens both regional and world security...
Attacks by Houthi rebels -- who are thought to be backed by Iran -- within Yemen over the last year and the subsequent deterioration of security in the country have happened alongside the rise of the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. The extremist organization, also known as ISIS or ISIL, has become the central focus of fighting abroad for the U.S.
This increased attention on Iraq and Syria has detracted from America's yearslong campaign to rid Yemen of dangerous extremist threats.
The number of drones conducting surveillance in the skies over Yemen remains guarded information, but armed drone strikes in the country have declined substantially in recent years, according to The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, which tracks reported attacks. There were as many as 106 strikes in Yemen in 2012, the bureau said. That dropped to as many as 32 in 2013, and as many as 33 last year.
U.S. officials also have described a consistent uptick of both manned and unmanned vehicles flying over Iraq and Syria in recent months, and CNN reported Thursday that more than 6,000 Islamic State group fighters have been killed in Iraq and Syria following six months of allied airstrikes.
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[and 85-90% of the world's Muslims are Sunni, IOW, Shiites kill twice as many per capita]
Here’s a neocommie source, because of some additional fun:
Saudi Arabia Outlaws Adoption of Foreign Children
http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20150123/1017272177.html
Islamic State Selling Iraqi, Syrian Children to Israel: Reports
http://sputniknews.com/world/20141010/193909838.html
30,000 Syrian Children Born In Neighboring Turkey Since Civil War Erupted
http://sputniknews.com/world/20140909/192782587.html
Australian Politician Joins Syrian Kurds in Fighting Against IS
Head of the Northern Territory branch of Australia’s Labor Party, Matthew Gardiner, left the country to join the Kurdish fighters in battling Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria, ABC news reported Sunday.
http://sputniknews.com/asia/20150125/1017326752.html
The transformation of the Arab world over the past 6 or 7 years has been amazing. Amazingly bad.
Just think how bad it would be if we didn’t pour several trillions in taxpayer dollars down that rathole.
Yes...and I’m wondering if Americans will stay amazingly stupid...at least until an EMP hits...maybe then they’ll wake up?
Islam is “maturing”.
That’s when there will be a mass emigration of rich Americans to places, elsewhere.
What difference is there between a Yemen which has collapsed and a Yemen which has not collapsed? Is the Red Sea fault zone somehow involved?
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