In the days before a CIA drone strike killed Anwar al-Awlaki last month, his 16-year-old son ran away from the family home in Yemen’s capital of Sanaa to try to find him, relatives say. When he, too, was killed in a U.S. airstrike Friday, the Awlaki family decided to speak out for the first time […]
Posts Tagged ‘yemen’
A Third American Killed by US Drones
October 19, 2011Clandestine Pentagon commandos wage secret warfare in all corners of the world
August 7, 2011Without the knowledge of the American public, a secret force within the U.S. military is undertaking operations in a majority of the world’s countries. While it’s well known that U.S. Special Operations forces are deployed in the war zones of Afghanistan and Iraq, and it’s increasingly apparent that such units operate in murkier conflict zones […]
US drone attack in Yemen every day this month
June 15, 2011The US has conducted more than 15 drone attacks in Yemen since the beginning of June, a Yemen defense ministry official said. US officials said the CIA would operate in coordination with the US Joint Special Operations Command, which has been flying Predators and other remotely piloted planes over Yemen for much of the past […]
Yemen yet another illegal US war
June 14, 2011Both The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post report that the Obama administration is planning to exploit the disorder from the civil war in Yemen by dramatically escalating a CIA-led drone bombing campaign. The U.S. has been bombing Yemen for the last two years, contrary to false denials, including one attack using cluster bombs […]
If Yemen falls so too will the Dollar Reserve Currency?
June 7, 2011As Afghanistan is the key to Middle Asia, so Yemen is the key to “Arabia.” It is perched on the edge of one of the most important waterways in the world and fronts the soft underbelly of Saudi Arabia – the part where many of the most profitable oil wells are located. Without Saudi willingness […]
China on why Libya is bombed while Bahrain and Yemen get away with repression
April 26, 2011Africa is absolutely crucial for China’s energy strategy. Let’s take a look at China’s top oil suppliers: Saudi Arabia, Iran, Angola, Russia, Oman and Sudan. At the strait of Hormuz – through which transits Saudi, Iranian and Omani oil – China is hostage of the local policeman, the US 5th Fleet, which also patrols the […]
US allies Bahrain and Yemen next to go?
February 19, 2011The freedom fever sweeping the Middle East is now coursing through Libya, Yemen, Iran and Bahrain. The king of Bahrain, a U.S. ally, is now under siege. President Saleh of Yemen, another U.S. ally, has been forced to pledge he will not run again in 2013, nor will his son. In Iraq, the influence of […]
Revolution underway throughout the Middle East
February 14, 2011Algeria – Heavily outnumbered by riot police, thousands of Algerians defied government warnings and dodged barricades to rally in their capital demanding democratic reforms. This could have implications for the world economy because Algeria is a major oil and gas exporter. Yemen – Yemenis have clashed with police in the capital Sanaa on the third […]
WikiLeaks reveals US lies and injustices with allies
December 20, 2010A sampler of what Wikileaks has published revealing the US role in: Spain – The US worked with high-ranking officials in Spain to try to derail legal accountability for torture by US officials. Spain had opened two judicial inquiries into torture allegations against US officials at Guantanamo. The Spanish prosecutor promises to proceed slowly and […]
