Obama administration prepares public opinion for attack on Yemen

[Alamuti Lotus]

Obama administration prepares public opinion for attack on Yemen
By Patrick Martin
31 December 2009

Five days after the unsuccessful attempt by a Nigerian student to set off a bomb aboard a Detroit-bound passenger jet, US military and intelligence officials are said to be preparing expanded military action against targets in Yemen, the Arab country where the student allegedly received terrorist training and was equipped with an explosive device.

A series of US media reports suggest that new US-backed military attacks inside Yemen are imminent. Citing “two senior US officials,” CNN reported: “The US and Yemen are now looking at fresh targets for a potential retaliation strike.”

The network said the officials “both stressed the effort is aimed at being ready with options for the White House if President Obama orders a retaliatory strike.” CNN continued: “The effort is to see whether targets can be specifically linked to the airliner incident and its planning. US special operations forces and intelligence agencies, and their Yemeni counterparts, are working to identify potential Al Qaeda targets in Yemen, one of the officials said.”

The network said the Obama administration and the long-time Yemeni dictator, Field Marshal Ali Abdullah Saleh, had reached an agreement to allow the US to fly cruise missiles, fighter jets and armed drones, used for remote-control assassinations, in Yemeni airspace. Talks were still ongoing on whether Saleh will give permission for the entry of US helicopter-borne Special Forces.

The report comes after a series of statements by top administration officials, including Obama himself, pledging that “all elements of US power” will be used in response to the failed attack on Northwest Flight 253. The White House has been under heavy fire from its Republican opponents over the evident security failure, and a military action would serve to divert public attention from the ongoing revelations of how the CIA and other US agencies ignored warnings about the impending attack.

Yemen’s foreign minister, Abu Bakr al Qirbi, told the BBC that his country was seeking stepped up military aid, presumably as part of a package deal—in effect, a bribe for allowing the country’s territory to be turned into a battlefield for US commandos.

[sandnsea]

1. wsws.org n/t

[Alamuti Lotus]

3. The Commies have websites now? Run to the hills!

[sandnsea]

4. They're socialist, not communist

But the problem I have with the site is their stupidity, not their political views.

[FrenchieCat]

2. That's what the World Socialist Web Site wants us to believe......

Military Aid to Yemen was increased and a deal signed quite ahead of the Crotch Bomber.....

Yemen doesn't want AlQeada messing up its shit, and I don't blame them.

So no, no one is preparing the American people for anything....

This was published PRIOR to this bombing stuff....so it wasn't even a secret :shrug::


Wednesday, November 11, 2009 INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING
Agreement 'reaffirms U.S. support for Yemen'

CAIRO — Yemen and the United States have signed a military cooperation agreement.

Officials said the accord was signed on Nov. 10 in Sanaa at the end of a two-day military cooperation session. They said the agreement called for enhanced efforts in the area of counter-insurgency, anti-piracy and training, including the development of Yemen's coast guard.
"The agreement reaffirms U.S. support for Yemen," an official said.
http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2009/me_yemen0880_11_11.asp

[IndianaGreen]

11. Obama has been happily killing civilians with his drones in Yemen, Somalia, Afghanistan, Pakistan

Obama has gone to war against those countries without the Constitutional authority to do so, a far ranging set of wars that dwarf the neocon wars of Bush/Cheney.

[bhikkhu]

16. Our military has stuck to its traditions

As long as that keeps up, we'll just roast one president after another without ever addressing the real issues.

[bluestateguy]

5. WSNS anti-American tripe

nt

[IndianaGreen]

13. Even Democrats wrapped themselves on the American flag

while dropping napalm on Vietnamese villages. This disease infects both major political parties.

[Alamuti Lotus]

6. Don't like the source, I get that. I don't like the subject it is discussing.

Yet, I don't hear much of a denial at any particular part of content. I have imagined the surge of propaganda in support of attacks on al-Yaman? The dictator Saleh is not in fact shopping around the al-Qai'dah boogieman in support of KSA/US cash? I could go on, but eh.

[FrenchieCat]

7. Yeah...sure,

cause Terrorism never happens....ever.
And certainly Americans (no matter how liberal you are) and other folks in this world
are never ever the target. :sarcasm:

What is insane is how some folks think that if they were to explain to the terrorists
that they sympathized with them, they think the terrorists would let them live,
instead of pushing the detonator button...

So, I also have a bridge, and although the economy is bad,
it's going for a really low low price.
You may be interested.

[azurnoir]

8. yes he is

check out his weekly address

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x418793

[Don Caballero]

9. Ignore everything this site has to say

It is propaganda wrapped in conspiracy theory tied with a hate our President bow.

[IndianaGreen]

12. We must only believe in what Big Brother has to tell us

Gotcha!

[Kahuna]

10. Cut the fargin' crap. nt

[Vidar]

14. K&R.

[bhikkhu]

15. "Yemeni dictator, Field Marshal Ali Abdullah Saleh"

good lord...not to jump to conclusions, but that doesn't sound like I guy I'd want to do business with. Apparently we are doing quite a bit, though.

Until we begin to draw down our imperial presence everywhere in the world, there will be no end to this kind of thing.

[classysassy]

17. The first elected president

of the 21st century, is doing everything he can to be a one term president.