Yemen: Current Event

Article: Security Threats to Yemen Create Dilemma for United States

This article talks about a problem faced by the U.S. and Yemen. There are 100 Yemeni prisoners who are at Guantanamo . This is a problem because they will not automatically be put into prison and therefore can be a threat to Yemen and the U.S. This is a big threat because if Yemen cannot deal with this effectively there is a big chance of Yemen facing some very uncertain times that will most likely end in blood. and also because the threat of a terrorist attack in either country. The article then goes on to explain that Yemen is currently a democratic country and has had the same president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, for many years; and is planning to have his son be the successor.

The article then goes on to describe the three major threats faced by Yemen. The first of the threats is The Secessionist Movement in the South. This happen because Yemen used to be divide into 2 states Yemen and South Yemen and after a war was won by Saleh the unity occured. After this many Yemeni's from the South had a resentment toward Saleh and since then have regrouped and formed a threat for Yemen. The next was the Houthi Insurgency in the North. This is a problem because there could be a possible major military campaign by the Believing Youth's. The third threat is the Al-Qaeda and other militant Jihadist group. Recently an Al-Qaeda leader announced he was supporting the Secessionist movement in the south.

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Security Threats to Yemen Create Dilemma for the United States.jamestown.http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=35082&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=7&cHash=7f124dac24(Accessed June 4, 2009)