Yemeni al-Qaeda crackdown
An intense strike against al-Qaeda in Yemen shows the US is still struggling to contain the terrorist group
The US has been fighting al-Qaeda ever since the September 11 attacks more than a dozen years ago. US President Obama said al-Qaeda is a now a shadow of itself. Yet the organization seems to keep growing and changing, in spite of continuing US strikes against it.
Drones in Yemen: A Scene from Ground Level
On Tuesday, the State Department advised all Americans in Yemen to leave the country because of “the continued potential for terrorist attacks.” That warning came after the closure of U.S. embassies in the Middle East and North Africa due to a security threat. That evacuation shows that the frontline of the war on terror is no […]
Al Qaeda’s Yemen Connection
The security threat that’s forced the closure of U.S. embassies in several countries is emanating from Yemen, and al Qaeda’s franchise there. Yemen scholar Gregory Johnsen says al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is growing, and its leader, Nasser al Wuhayshi is a patient, strategic thinker.
Why Drones Are Our Modern Nuclear Bomb
The use of the nuclear bomb in World War II fundamentally altered the nature of modern warfare. For the United States, it forever changed the role of the presidency, giving the executive branch the power to unilaterally detonate a stunningly destructive bomb. Today, drones have, arguably, become the modern version of the nuclear bomb, controlled […]