Al-qaïda et le Yémen: inquiétudes

Les informations présentées sur le site du Washington post nous ramène à ce sérieux dilemne pour nos voisins: qui soutenir et quand le faire?

"In cold and unflinching language, dozens of previously secret U.S. diplomatic cables betray a level of international concern about the terrorist threat emanating from Yemen that is deeper and broader than has been publicly revealed.

The cables, from 2009 and 2010, depict a country on the verge of becoming a failed state even before the recent uprisings; a leader who exploited the threat of al-Qaeda to extract foreign counterterrorism help that he sometimes diverted for use against internal foes; and an al-Qaeda franchise remarkably suited to thriving in Yemen’s tribal culture and rugged terrain.

Mounting demonstrations against Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh have heightened U.S. concerns about his country, disrupting counterterrorism operations involving U.S. Special Operations forces, aerial surveillance from armed Predator aircraft and clandestine CIA operations."

L'article au complet: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/state-cables-show-rising-concern-about-al-qaeda-in-yemen/2011/04/07/AFrH6EAD_story.html