by Gabriela Campos, Stephen Zunes | Jan 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
Much attention has recently been focused on the poverty-stricken country of Yemen. The planning of the Christmas Day bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight by al-Qaeda members in Yemen and other incidents have revealed that al-Qaeda cells in Yemen represents a genuine...
by Phyllis Bennis | Jan 13, 2010 | War & Peace
Barack Obama is not the first U.S. president to find Yemen a challenge. And the current $70 million package of military and security assistance is not the first $70 million US aid program to Yemen. Two decades ago, in 1990, then-President George H.W. Bush was...
by Stephen Zunes | Jan 8, 2010 | War & Peace
The United States may be on the verge of involvement in yet another counterinsurgency war which, as in Iraq and Afghanistan, may make a bad situation even worse. The attempted Christmas Day bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight by a Nigerian apparently planned in...
by Stephen Zunes | Dec 1, 2001 | Environment, War & Peace
There has been increasing attention on Yemen as the possible next major focus in the U.S. campaign against terrorism. Yemeni government forces have begun a crackdown against suspected Al-Qaida members and supporters, and a number of armed clashes have ensued. This...
by Phyllis Bennis | Nov 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
There is a desperate need for a ceasefire in Ukraine. Russia’s war continues to bring death to thousands, displacement of millions, and the destruction of towns and cities across Ukraine. The war, now entering its ninth month, has been illegal from day one. It...
