http://www.democracynow.org/2010/1/4/patrick_cockburn_threats_to_yemen_prove
Patrick Cockburn: Threats to Yemen Prove America Hasn’t Learned the Lesson of History
The United States and Britain have closed their embassies in the Yemeni capital city of Sana’a, citing security threats from an al-Qaeda group. On Saturday, President Obama connected the foiled Christmas Day attack on the Detroit-bound flight to al-Qaeda in Yemen. Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown described Yemen as a “regional and global threat.” We speak with Patrick Cockburn, Middle East correspondent for the London Independent, and Michael Horton, a freelance journalist based in Yemen.
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