'Yemen, Washington's Next Afghanistan'

American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki has painted a glum future for the United States President Barack Obama's efforts to establish a military foothold in Yemen.

"If George W. Bush is remembered as being the president who got America stuck in Afghanistan and Iraq, it's looking like Obama wants to be remembered as the president who got America stuck in Yemen," he said in an audio message that surfaced on Monday, the Associated Press reported.

US allegations about the presence of al-Qaeda-linked militants in Yemen threw the oil-rich country into the spotlight following a botched bomb attack on a US-bound Christmas Day flight.'

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