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| Why AQ in Yemen scares the West - BBC |
| 2013-08-08 |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 Yemen should have been a target after the Cole bombing. Hotbed of crazies and better situated to act as flypaper than Iraq. Of course I'm talking pre-911 when the smart folks thought all that Islamic threat stuff was all about trying to create a new Soviet threat out of nothing to justify defense spending. Gotta love the smart folk who are never really taken to task when they blow it big time. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2013-08-08 10:21 |
| #3 Because crazies controlling both sides of the entrance to the Red Sea would force shipping to transverse around Africa at great expense. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2013-08-08 10:19 |
| #2 Because it threatens the world khat supply? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-08-08 09:27 |
| #1 Because it scares the Saudi's new defense minister? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2013-08-08 04:38 |