Yemen is growing front in al-Qaida battle

[IndianaGreen]

Just as 1984's Big Brother used the bogeyman of Emmanuel Goldstein to justify repression at home and wars abroad, the US has used the "War on Terror" and the "War on Drugs" as a pretext for imperialist expansion. Whe it comes to Yemen, looks like the US is doing Saudi Arabia's dirty work, and it prepping for a future war against Iran.

Yemen Is Growing Front In al-Qaida Battle

Others, however, acknowledge U.S. involvement in the bombing, and say that the U.S. is providing increased logistical and surveillance support to Yemen in its campaign to stamp out the resurgent al-Qaida militancy in the vast ungoverned spaces.

The operation is the culmination of a strategy shift that occurred about a year ago, when the United States determined that the two key centers in the fight against al-Qaida are Yemen, located on the southern tip of the Saudi Arabian peninsula, and Pakistan, a military official with direct knowledge of the strategy told The Associated Press.

The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the secretive nature of the operations, say the support comes at the request of Yemen.

Crowley flatly denied suggestions that the U.S. is getting involved in Yemen's internal war with Shiite Hawthi rebels in the north, saying "we have no direct role in what's happening along the border."

Saudi Arabia launched an air and ground offensive in the north against the Yemeni rebels on November 5, after skirmishes along the border.

Many believe that conflict has evolved into a clash between U.S. ally Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran, who Yemen accuses of backing the rebels. The Shiite rebels charge that the Yemeni government is allied with hardline Sunnis. Tehran has denied any involvement.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/23/yemen-is-growing-front-in_n_402389.html