by Paul Mutter | Jun 4, 2012 | War & Peace
Cross-posted from the Arabist. The Washington Post, stating what ought to be obvious about the US “secret war” in Yemen, In Yemen, U.S. airstrikes breed anger, and sympathy for al-Qaeda: Since January, as many as 21 missile attacks have targeted suspected...
by Jim Lobe | Sep 23, 2011 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights, War & Peace
Based in part on newly disclosed U.S. diplomatic cables recently posted by Wikileaks, the Washington Post reported that the U.S. military has been flying armed drones over both countries from a base in Djibouti and is planning to build a second base in Ethiopia. The...
by Paul Mutter | Sep 7, 2011 | Human Rights, War & Peace
Cross-posted from the Arabist. U.S.-Saudi military cooperation in Yemen (which I reported on for The Arabist a few months ago) has not been without controversy. While the U.S. conducts its own drone strikes in Yemen against suspected al Qaeda targets and provides...
by Stephen Zunes | May 26, 2011 | Human Rights
Despite major demographic and infrastructural differences, the Yemeni people face with the same fundamental problems that the successful insurgents of the Arab world have sought to eradicate through collective action this year. The 32-year-old regime of Ali Abdullah...
by Stephen Zunes | May 13, 2011 | Human Rights, War & Peace
Since Obama came to office in January 2009, U.S. security assistance to the Yemeni regime has gone up five-fold. Despite such large-scale unconditional support, however, the 32-year reign of autocratic President Ali Abdullah Saleh may finally be coming to an end. Yet...
