Monday, December 28, 2009

U.S. Widens Terror War to Yemen, a Qaeda Bastion - NYTimes.com

U.S. Widens Terror War to Yemen, a Qaeda Bastion - NYTimes.com: "In the midst of two unfinished major wars, the United States has quietly opened a third, largely covert front against Al Qaeda in Yemen.

A year ago, the Central Intelligence Agency sent several of its top field operatives with counterterrorism experience to the country, according a former top agency official. At the same time, some of the most secretive Special Operations commandos have begun training Yemeni security forces in counterterrorism tactics, senior military officers said."