Heh!
Posted on 01/01/2010 2:33:03 AM PST by myknowledge
SANAA: Yemeni forces raided an al-Qa'ida hideout and set off a battle yesterday as the government vowed to eliminate the group claiming it was behind the Christmas bombing attempt on a US airliner.
The fighting took place in an al-Qa'ida stronghold in western Yemen, haven for a group that attacked the US embassy in the country in 2008, killing 10 Yemeni guards and four civilians. A government statement said at least one suspected militant was arrested.
"The (Interior) Ministry will continue tracking down al-Qa'ida terrorists and will continue its strikes against the group until it is totally eliminated," Deputy Interior Minister Saleh al-Zawari told senior military officials at a meeting in Mareb, another province believed to shelter al-Qa'ida fighters.
The attack came as US officials said the Pentagon was drawing up urgent plans for increased military co-operation with Yemen, including possible retaliatory strikes against al-Qa'ida targets.
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2 - It will happen on the Sunday shows...
As President, he can do so. It is likely the CIA had a big hand in convincing the Yemeni Interior Minister to ‘go ahead’ with the plans the Pentagon had been working on, but had yet to gain cooperation.
If he must take the blame for actions of others (the Dutch airport security, the CIA, the CCTC (I think that’s the right acronym), etc. then he can take the credit as well when something is accomplished. Even if he really had little or nothing to do with it.
Matter of fact, he should just keep golfing and let the Pentagon and CIA have their way. Things would improve rather quickly on the terrorist front.
Heh!
I wonder how many millions of dollars were paid to the Yemenis to conduct this operation. I will bet a lot of politicos in the Yemeni Government have made major deposits into Swiss bank accounts.
oorah!
...as the government vowed to eliminate the group claiming it was behind the Christmas bombing attempt on a US airliner.
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