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Details emerge in Yemen terror probe

The use of syringes has surfaced in the Yemen parcel bombing probe, another detail pointing to similarities between that incident and the Christmas Day bombing attempt aboard a U.S. bound airliner.

 

Yemen opposes any direct US military intervention

Yemen opposes any direct US military intervention

Yemen's foreign minister says his country opposes any direct intervention by U.S. or other foreign troops in the fight against al-Qaida....

 

U.S. to double security assistance to Yemen

U.S. to double security assistance to Yemen

A U.S. military commander said on Friday the United States will more than double its nearly $70 million security assistance program for Yemen, where a crackdown is underway on al Qaeda militants believed to be behind a failed plot to blow up a U.S. airliner.

 

Gordon Brown calls international summit on Yemen

Gordon Brown has called a summit in London to discuss radicalization in Yemen, after the alleged failed bomb attack on a US plane over Detroit. No 10 said the 28 January event had support from Washington and the European Union, and Mr Brown aimed to ...

 

Attempted bombing spotlights al Qaeda growth in Yemen

Attempted bombing spotlights al Qaeda growth in Yemen

An attempted Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. passenger jet has put a spotlight on what American spy agencies see as an emerging battlefield in Yemen against a rapidly growing hub for al Qaeda.

 

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