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Yemen: Approach with Caution
By Charles Burnard26 Jan 2010
Nigerian student Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab’s failed attempt to bomb Northwest Airlines flight 253 on Christmas Day 2009 has catapulted Yemen to the forefront of the counter-terrorism agenda. As a result, Western governments added the Gulf nation to a growing list of states identified as containing a significant Al-Qa’ida presence. Yemen has been heralded as the ‘next front’ in the War on Terror; as one US official in the Yemeni capital quipped:
"Iraq is yesterday’s war; Afghanistan is today’s war. If we do not act pre-emptively, Yemen will be tomorrow’s war. That is the danger we face."
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