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Qat joins al Qaeda as Yemen threat
Airliner bombing suspect is providing FBI with intelligence, source says
A Pakistani explosives expert built the bomb that was used in the attempt to assassinate Saudi Prince Muhammad Bin Naif Bin Abdul Aziz in Jeddah late last year, according to the governor of Abyan province. The unnamed Pakistani is said to have trained other al Qaeda operatives in the use of explosives and is believed to have been killed last fall.
US steps up missions targeting Taliban leaders
Cleric in Yemen admits meeting airliner plot suspect, journalist says
The Yemeni government said it would halt military operations in the North once the Houthi rebels agree to their-six point demand. The military claimed 24 Houthi fighters were killed in clashes in Saada.
Security forces detained a suicide bomber at a checkpoint. The bomber is thought to have been en route to conduct an attack in the port city of Mukalla. The leader of the northern Houthi rebels said he would agree to the government's five-point plan if it ended attacks.
US troops, intel involved in Yemen strikes
US military teams, intelligence deeply involved in aiding Yemen on strikes
A court sentenced seven al Qaeda fighters to prison sentences ranging from five to 10 years for attacking foreign and local targets. Houthi rebels fighting in Yemen's North claimed to have withdrawn from a series of villages across the border in Saudi Arabia.
London university's Islamic Society under scrutiny
The government claimed al Qaeda was responsible for the Jan. 24 attack at a checkpoint in Shabwa province. "Five tribal leaders in Shabwa are negotiating with al Qaeda members to give themselves up," a security official said. The leader of the Shia Houthi rebels offered a truce to Saudi Arabia so it could withdraw its forces from Saudi border towns.
Targeting Awlaki: A violation of lawfare?
Saudi-Western interests in Yemen not identical
Both the Yemeni and Saudi governments claimed the Shia Houthi rebels operating in the North are coordinating attacks with Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Three soldiers were killed in an attack at a checkpoint in Ataq in Shabwa province, an al Qaeda stronghold.
Yemen fears Shabaab among refugees
Al-Qaeda has trained female suicide bombers to attack West, US officials warn
Increased security checks at US airports slammed as racial profiling
Justice task force recommends about 50 Guantanamo detainees be held indefinitely
