Sunday, January 3, 2010

Detroit terror attack: Britain sends counter-terrorist forces to Yemen

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/yemen/6924502/Detroit-terror-attack-Britain-sends-counter-terrorist-forces-to-Yemen.html

Up to 20 British nationals travelled to the country this year to be trained by the local "branch" of al-Qaeda, according to Whitehall sources. Senior British military commanders and diplomats also believe that Yemen has now become the reserve base for al-Qaeda's operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Radical Islamist Shebab rebels in Somalia ready to cross the Gulf of Aden to support their extremist Arab allies in Yemen Photo: REUTERS

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