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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

US to Boost Military Presence in Yemen


The Obama administration has laid a military plan in the Middle East with "mobilizing military and intelligence resources" to Yemen to allegedly fight terrorism.

According to a report published in the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, Washington has stepped up pressure on Yemen for what it calls al-Qaeda's use of Yemeni soil as a safe haven for terrorist operations against the US.

This is while Yemeni Prime Minister Ali Mujawar has repeatedly criticized the West for linking al-Qaeda to his country.

"Al-Qaeda is mainly a Western-made group," Mujawar said. The militant group "was not created in Yemen at all as it is being alleged by those who propagate this perception internationally about Yemen".'

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