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Al-Qaeda Quickly Fills Void as Obama Administration Pushes Yemeni President From Power
Red, White and Blue News ^ | April 5, 2011

Posted on 04/05/2011 10:35:28 AM PDT by La Lydia

....As Yemeni President and American ally Ali Abdullah Saleh fights for his political life, Al Qaeda operatives are taking advantage of the void and have already stepped in to fill the power vacuum...Al Qaeda leaders like top propagandist and spiritual leader Anwar Al-Awlaki are ecstaticabout the recent developments in Yemen and across the Middle East.

The New York Times reported: "Counterterrorism operations in Yemen have ground to a halt, allowing Al Qaeda’s deadliest branch outside of Pakistan to operate more freely inside the country and to increase plotting for possible attacks against Europe and the United States, American diplomats, intelligence analysts and counterterrorism officials say.

"In the political tumult surrounding Yemen’s embattled president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, many Yemeni troops have abandoned their posts or have been summoned to the capital, Sana, to help support the tottering government, the officials said. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the group’s affiliate, has stepped in to fill this power vacuum, and Yemeni security forces have come under increased attacks in recent weeks.

"A small but steadily growing stream of Qaeda fighters and lower-level commanders from other parts of the world, including Pakistan, are making their way to Yemen to join the fight there..."

Obama Administration officials are doing their best to ensure Al-Qaeda’s success. KBOI reported:

"The Obama administration is helping to grease the skids for the impending departure of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. While he remains a strong U.S. ally in the war against al Qaeda and other Islamic extremists, Saleh has worn out his welcome with his own people...Yemeni officials say the U.S. is attempting to mediate a smooth exit for Saleh..."

Al Qaeda already declared South Yemen as an Islamic emirate last week.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
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Another triumph for the BO administration. /sarc/
1 posted on 04/05/2011 10:35:33 AM PDT by La Lydia
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2 posted on 04/05/2011 10:37:36 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: La Lydia

Insane.


3 posted on 04/05/2011 10:37:56 AM PDT by Williams (It's the policies, stupid.)
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"A small but steadily growing stream of Qaeda fighters and lower-level commanders from other parts of the world, including Pakistan, are making their way to Yemen to join the fight there..."

Nobody would miss Yemen if it disappeared entirely. Nobody.

4 posted on 04/05/2011 10:39:53 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: La Lydia

One of US history’s most lame ass, idiot-ridden administrations..... =.=


5 posted on 04/05/2011 10:41:48 AM PDT by cranked
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

The list, ping

Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list

http://www.nachumlist.com/


6 posted on 04/05/2011 10:42:24 AM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: dfwgator

bttt


7 posted on 04/05/2011 10:44:00 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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To: La Lydia

So now, when an extremist in yemen mails a package to a synagog in Chicago, it’ll actually get there and explode. Nice job, 0bozo / sarc.


8 posted on 04/05/2011 10:46:49 AM PDT by MissMack99 (Obama is the 12th Imam)
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To: La Lydia

No /sarc necessary. It is another success for obama. He’s acheiving one goal after another is his effort to take down America.
Impending dollar/economic collapse, check.
Impending energy shortages, check.
Impending loss of superpower status, in progress.

Things are going swimmingly for obama and the worldwide communist movement.


9 posted on 04/05/2011 10:59:45 AM PDT by east1234 (Cut, Kill, Dig and Drill!)
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To: La Lydia

Teddy Kennedy was right. (Osama Obama)


10 posted on 04/05/2011 11:02:25 AM PDT by Yaelle
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Another triumph for the BO administration. /sarc/

Indeed. The president Obama back-stabbed was at least nominally an ally.

11 posted on 04/05/2011 11:03:17 AM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 803 of our national holiday from reality. - That 3 AM phone call? Voicemail...)
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To: Williams

nothing to worry about, ITs our pResident pushing democracy on his fellow countrymen, to the detriment of America.


12 posted on 04/05/2011 11:04:49 AM PDT by himno hero ("armageddon is well seeded, America will pay"...Barrack Obama)
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To: La Lydia

Caliphate building isn’t easy.


13 posted on 04/05/2011 11:08:53 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (Hu's your daddy)
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To: La Lydia

Hope and change is spreading all over the world.


14 posted on 04/05/2011 11:37:39 AM PDT by phormer phrog phlyer
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To: Nachum

Bump.


15 posted on 04/05/2011 12:09:12 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (If you're not a personhood pro-lifer, your conservatism is fatally flawed.)
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This is why the move into Libya.

The Saudis now have AQ closer to Mecca than they are.

16 posted on 04/05/2011 12:29:29 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The RINOcrat Party is still in charge. There has never been a conservative American government.)
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To: La Lydia

Maybe his highness The Muslum in Chief is a plant for Al Qaeda? After all wasn’t he “indocrinated” as a youth, like all the other radicalized Muslims?


17 posted on 04/05/2011 12:30:11 PM PDT by Bobby_Taxpayer (Don't tread on us...or you'll pay the price in the next election.)
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"Obama Administration officials are doing their best to ensure Al-Qaeda’s success. KBOI reported:

Where is the media? Why is no one speaking up? CAN WE FREAKING SAY IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS?

18 posted on 04/05/2011 12:34:25 PM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Obama:If They Bring a Knife to the Fight, We Bring a Gun (the REAL Arizona instigator))
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To: La Lydia

Crossposting to TM, La Lydia.


19 posted on 04/05/2011 12:35:06 PM PDT by MestaMachine (Note: I do NOT capitalize anything I don't respect...like obama and/or islam...but I repeat myself.)
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To: La Lydia
Isn't there a point at which aiding and abetting our nation's enemies is called treason?

Hello, MSM?

(crickets)

20 posted on 04/05/2011 12:37:46 PM PDT by American Quilter (DEFUND OBAMACARE.)
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