Osama Bin Laden: How the U.S. helped midwife a terrorist

By Ahmed Rashid

A history of U.S. involvement in Central Asia, leading to the rise of Muslim radicals in 43 countries.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Yemen":

"… foreign recruits was a young Saudi student, Osama Bin Laden, the son of a Yemeni construction magnate, Mohammed Bin Laden, who was a close friend of the l …"

"… traordinary. He was born around 1957, the 17th of 57 children sired by his Yemeni father and a Saudi mother, one of Mohammed Bin Laden’s many wives. Bin …"

"… aid that Bin Laden was financing terrorist camps in Somalia, Egypt, Sudan, Yemen . . . and Afghanistan. In April 1996, President Clinton signed the Anti-Te …"

"… ian troops in Kashmir. Seven outsiders were killed in the strike — three Yemenis, two Egyptians, one Saudi and one Turk. Also killed were seven Pakistani …"

The million-dollar weapon

By Sharon Weinberger

Raytheon has sold more than 2,000 of its million-dollar-plus cruise missiles to the Pentagon during a decade of war. ...

Excerpts from this story referencing "Yemen":

"… national claims 41 civilians were killed by a U.S. Tomahawk strike against Yemen in 2009, but neither U.S. nor Yemeni officials ever confirmed the attack, …"

"… lled by a U.S. Tomahawk strike against Yemen in 2009, but neither U.S. nor Yemeni officials ever confirmed the attack, which was reportedly directed agains …"

New investigative award for Arab journalists

By David E. Kaplan

Our colleagues at Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism have launched a welcome new prize, the Seymour Hersh Investigative Journalism

Excerpts from this story referencing "Yemen":

"… rain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen.To apply, send a cover letter, CV and copies of your work to info@arij.net …"

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GAO says Congress is in the dark about anti-terrorism efforts across government

By Laurel Adams

State Department fails to inform Congress of government-wide efforts to thwart terrorist havens

Excerpts from this story referencing "Yemen":

"… anned from Pakistan; the 2009 Christmas Day attempted bombing planned from Yemen; and the discovery of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.But State and the Nation …"

"… safe havens include Venezuela, the Colombia border region, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and the South Philippines. Experts consult …"

Profiteering on location

By Alain Lallemand

Djibouti's repressive regime, not its people, has prospered since 9/11

Excerpts from this story referencing "Yemen":

"… ve: It's at the mouth of the Red Sea, directly across a narrow strait from Yemen, the ancestral home of Osama bin Laden's father and a country with a histo …"

"… Predator drone took off across the Bāb al Mandab strait for an attack in Yemen that blew up a jeep and killed six men, including one the U.S. identified …"

"… ve: It's at the mouth of the Red Sea, directly across a narrow strait from Yemen, the ancestral home of Osama bin Laden's father and a country with a histo …"

A society consumed with qat

By Alain Lallemand

Drug's soothing effects mask its true roles: revenue and control

Excerpts from this story referencing "Yemen":

"… a leaf harvested from the homonymic tree that grows widely in Ethiopia and Yemen, is used commonly in the Horn of Africa, in the southern part of the Arabi …"

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Post-9/11 renditions: An extraordinary violation of international law

By Michael Bilton

Some say lack of due process in kidnappings and detention at secret prisons amounts to war crimes

Excerpts from this story referencing "Yemen":

"… e-used terminal at Karachi International Airport in Pakistan.A 27-year-old Yemeni man, Jamil Qasim Saeed Mohammed, had been apprehended by the Pakista …"

"… o the CIA. Suspected of involvement in the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen, he had been reported missing for three weeks from Karachi University, whe …"

Operation 'targeted killings'

By Yossi Melman

U.S. shows signs of emulating controversial Israeli anti-terrorism policy

Excerpts from this story referencing "Yemen":

"… al Qaeda operative linked to the 2000 terrorist bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen. His jeep (along with five other men in it) was blown up in Yemen in Novem …"

"… Cole in Yemen. His jeep (along with five other men in it) was blown up in Yemen in November 2002 by a missile fired from an unmanned CIA drone reportedly …"

Big tobacco’s New York black market

By Marina Walker Guevara and Kate Willson

How America’s top cigarette firms fueled a billion-dollar underground trade

Excerpts from this story referencing "Lawyer":

"… on notice of this conduct and asking for your cooperation in ending it.”Lawyers in Spitzer’s office were deflated by the response. Some companies shift …"

Government fails to keep eye on night-vision goggles in Mideast

By R. Jeffrey Smith and Alexandra Duszak

Pentagon, State Department lose track of valuable military equipment, GAO says

Excerpts from this story referencing "Yemen":

"… ential misuse of such arms by autocratic countries — such as Bahrain and Yemen — that have been caught up in the Arab Spring rebellions.“Given recent …"

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