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Al Qaeda’s Yemen Connection, America and the Global Islamic Jihad

December 30, 2009 — The attempt to destroy Northwest Airlines flight 253 en route from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day underscores the growing ambition of al Qaeda's Yemen franchise, which has grown from a largely Yemeni agenda to become a player in the global Islamic jihad in the last year. Since merging with the al Qaeda franchise in Saudi Arabia last January and renaming itself Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), it has stepped up operations in Yemen itself, struck into Saudi Arabia, and now operates on the global stage. The weak Yemeni government of President Ali Abdallah Salih, which has never fully controlled the country and now faces a host of growing problems, will need significant American support to defeat AQAP.

Al Qaeda has long been active in Yemen, the original homeland of Osama bin Laden's family, and one of its first major terror attacks was conducted in Aden in 2000, when an al Qaeda cell nearly sank the USS Cole. A year ago, the al Qaeda franchises in Saudi Arabia and Yemen merged after the Saudi branch had been effectively repressed by the Saudi authorities under the leadership of Deputy Interior Minister Prince Muhammad bin Nayif. The new AQAP showed its claws last August, when it almost assassinated the prince with a suicide bomber who had passed through at least two airports on the way to his attempt on Nayif.

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The attack on the Amsterdam-Detroit flight also shows that al Qaeda remains obsessed with striking the American airline industry, a target it has gone after repeatedly since 1999. If AQAP has now been told by the al Qaeda core leadership to take on the job, we can probably assume that other al Qaeda franchises in North Africa, Iraq, Southeast Asia and elsewhere have also been pressed to attack.

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[appalachian_dweller]

Very sorry to hear of your loss Ian. Please accept my condolences. A couple of thoughts that helped me deal with the loss of mother:

All things are for the glory of our Lord.

She's in a much better place.

Hang in there Ian. Prayers headed your way.
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[thecabal]

Been very busy in real life. Got married last year, been going through a lot of changes in personal life. I still try to keep up on the news, but just don’t have the time to stay on top of TM like I used to. When I post to FR, it’s mostly just quick little snarky one-liners. :)

[thecabal]

Please, for the love of God, someone take LGF out of the links in the big linkdump in the thread header.

[FrogHawk]

Please add me to your ping list. Thanx

[blackie]

[JustPiper]

Snarky is my favorite word. Congrads Newlywed :)

[JustPiper]

Aaaamen!

[JustPiper]

Stay with the story CoCo. Your invaluable work shows when any of us get fixated on one aspect or story it can produce resolution

[JustPiper]

There ya go! No racial profiling, just country prejudice. I likes dat

[JustPiper]

Yemen perfect haven for al-Qaida Yemen's connection to the Christmas Day plot is no surprise, said Steve Emerson, executive director of the Investigative Project on Terrorism in Washington

Al Qaeda’s Yemen Connection, America and the Global Islamic Jihad

[JustPiper]

Doug always stressed dry runs

[JustPiper]

I'm Happy already, your here!

[caww]

Thank you very much....

Off topic but interesting to know...Bloomberg reported today the Mayo Clinic drops Medicare patients starting tomorrow saying US gov. pays to little....and so it begins!

Oh the Irony as Bo praised Mayo Clinic as model for efficient health care.

Pa. has two more bills moving to take Pa to single payer insurance..Gov. Tricky Rendall says he will sign if it gets to his desk.

Glad God is welcomed here on TM....what would we do apart from our great protector in these times!

[Velveeta]

You’ve been added and welcome to Threat Matrix.

Special thoughts and prayers, as a result of your tagline, for the loved ones of Spc. Joseph M. Lewis.
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[Velveeta]

LOL, sorry about that. I didn’t touch the links for fear of further screwing up the html. It took me 4 hours just to replace the article.

(Go easy on me!)

*Note to TMers - Little Green Footballs - has jumped the shark and is NOT recommended as a source for accurate news on anything, much less terrorism related issues.*

[thecabal]

No worries, I wasn’t mad at you! I know how things like that can slip through the cracks when you look at them all of the time!

[Velveeta]

At a minimum, 500 billion will be cut from Medicare leaving seniors twisting in the wind.

Let’s hope the upcoming elections will make a difference, if the health care bill can be stalled long enough.

[Velveeta]

I know you were teasing.
Congrats on your wedding!

[JustPiper]

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[JustPiper]

Hmmm...on global map I went to probable predictions & put in for next week for the US and it said 100% probable incident for us & the UK and a few other's. We're right up there with Iraq, Afghan etc.

This is a very interesting and important tool