closing gitmo and sending dozens of yemeni terrorists back to yemen doesn't sound like such a great idea any more. and dragging their ass to illinois sounds even dumber.
you could recycle every one of the campaign accusations that the president used against his predecessor right now. the current administration was SO FOCUSED on bailing out of iraq and manning up in afghanistan that yemen has turned into al quada central without for obama foreign policy team even noticing.
U.S. fears Yemen a safe haven for al QaedaWashington (CNN) -- U.S. officials are privately acknowledging they have provided secret intelligence on several al Qaeda targets to Yemen's government, but they won't say if U.S. fighter jets or armed drones are involved.
All of this happened before the suspect in the attack against Northwest Airlines flight 253 claimed he traveled to Yemen and was given bomb-making materials there.
It's a claim that has the U.S. worried -- al Qaeda in Yemen has already been the focus of secret U.S. military and intelligence operations for months.
General David Petraeus sounded a warning about Yemen months ago.
"That's where al Qaeda in the Arabian peninsula has established its headquarters and this is a concern," General David Petraeus said.
"And with tribal rebel movements on the rise in Yemen, the central government cannot fully control the country and al Qaeda has found a safe haven."
Analysts also raise concerns about the importance Yemen may play in the near future.
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