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| US Intensifies its Campaign Against al-Qaeda in Yemen |
| 2011-11-02 |
| [Yemen Post] US counter-terrorism officials admitted that since Anwar al-Awlaki ... Born in Las Cruces, New Mexico, zapped in Yemen, al-Awlaki was a dual citizen of the U.S. and Yemen. He was an Islamic holy man who was a trainer for al-Qaeda and its franchises. His sermons were attended by three of the 9/11 hijackers, by Fort Hood murderer Nidal Malik Hussein, and UndieboomerUmar Farouk Abdulmutallab. He was the first U.S. citizen ever placed on a CIA target list... had been taken out of the "equation " they were now turning their attention towards individuals who they believed were posing a serious terror threat in the Arabic Peninsula region. Ibrahim Hassan Tal al-Asiri is amongst the American terrorist shortlist in Yemen as the man has been identified as a bomb maker. According to the Wall Street Journal, al-Asiri and Nasser al-Wahishi, the late Osama bin Laden ... who now dances with worms... 's former secretary in Afghanistan and newly established head of Al-Qaeda in Yemen have become America's next targets of choice as the country is intensifying its "War against Terror". American sources are now claiming that al-Asiri is planning further attacks against the West and particularly against the United States of America, as he allegedly studied airlines security measures and policies trying to find a way to exploit the system's potential weaknesses. Despite Yemen's growing popular outcry against airspace intrusions in its territories, the US is somewhat determined to resume its Drones campaign in the region, arguing that al-Qaeda is far too much of a threat to Western values for the White House to stand idly. |
| Posted by:Fred |