Good news: AQAP just captured a Yemeni military base and all the instruments of death inside

[Valin]

Hot Air:

Noah Rothman

February 13, 2015

 

The situation in a nation that President Barack Obama described as a success story in the war against terrorism as recently as September just keeps getting worse.

 

As the Western world rushes to abandon Yemen while spiraling violence and instability consumes that country, the ensuing power vacuum is being filled by a variety of distasteful actors. While ISIS has reportedly gained a foothold in that nation recently, the Tehran-backed Houthis militia group and al-Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula appear poised to battle for control of territory and influence in Yemen. In effect, that coming feud is an extension of the regional sectarian conflicts which have inflamed Sunni/Shia tensions, and this dynamic has put the West in a difficult position.

 

“If they say they want to be in charge of Yemen, they need to start,” State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Thursday when asked about America’s decision to back the Houthis who have recently taken control of the government in Sanaa. America’s dubious new allies in Sanaa will have their hands full in the effort to contain AQAP and the other Sunni Islamist militant factions active within Yemen.

 

According to a report via AFP, jihadists are actively making the most of the vacuum of power in Yemen. On Friday, a Yemeni air force colonel was assassinated by gunmen believe to be linked to al-Qaeda. That attack came just hours after jihadists executed a daring raid on a Yemeni military base, killing 12 soldiers and seizing a large cache of heavy weaponry.

 

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Anyone with even a remote knowledge of Yemen should not be surprised that this is happening.

[Cyber_Liberty]

I learned all I wanted to know about Yemen when the USS Cole was attacked in Aden.

[Valin]

I learned all I wanted to know about Yemen when the USS Cole was attacked in Aden.

 

Ever since the Brits left, its been bad. Think Afghanistan without the mountains.

[Cyber_Liberty]

I keep hoping the Somali pirates and the Yemeni pirates would declare war on each other, like Iran and Iraq back in the 80's.

[Valin]

LOOK OUT! Here Comes The UN Security Council!