Yemen searches for terror suspects

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Dr. Mohamed Qubaty, an adviser to the prime minister of Yemen, speaks to anchor Lisa Mullins about efforts to track down Al Qaeda militants in his country.Download MP3

Air cargo security under scrutiny

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The US and allied governments are tightening their scrutiny of air cargo and shipped packages and American counterterrorism officials are asking consumers and businesses to look out for suspicious mail that could contain dangerous substances. All this is in response to two mail bombs that were discovered on cargo planes in the United Arab Emirates and Britain on Friday. The bombs were addressed to a synagogue in Chicago. The BBC’s Security Correspondent Gordon Corera joins us from London. Download MP3

Yemen as Qaeda base

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BBC’s Lina Sinjab talks about evidence that suggests that a local al Qaeda organization based in Yemen is behind the air cargo bomb plot that authorities uncovered last week. Download MP3(Photo: Sean Carberry)
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Ten years after the attack on the Cole

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Ten years ago today, two al-Qaeda operatives steered a small boat alongside the USS Cole – an American naval destroyer that was refueling in the port of Aden, Yemen. The suicide attackers detonated a bomb that tore through the ship’s hull. Seventeen American sailors were killed and dozens more were seriously wounded. Jordana Gustafson has the story. Download MP3

Global Political Cartoons: July 18 – 24, 2010

President Obama is about as popular as BP; Fidel Castro lets some of the caged go free; and Apple’s Steve Jobs tries to listen to his critics using an iPhone 4.

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US approves assassination of Muslim cleric

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The Obama Administration has authorized operations to capture or kill a terrorism suspect based in Yemen who is also an American citizen. The World’s Jeb Sharp reports. Download MP3 (Photo: Wikipedia)

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Yemen and national security

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Yemen didn’t feature in President Obama’s State of the Union address despite the country’s role in the attempted Christmas Day bombing. Washington has halted transfers of Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo because it’s concerned that some of them might join terrorist groups. Now Yemen says it will build a rehabilitation center for former detainees. The World’s Katy Clark looks at the success rate of such rehab programs. Download MP3

• In full: State of the Union address
• Audio Extra: Interview with terrorism expert John Horgan
• Yemen conference fails to excite Arab press interest
• On The World: Is Yemen in trouble?

Is Yemen in trouble?

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Yemen is the subject of a high-level international conference in London today. There are fears the Arab nation could become a failed state and a haven for al-Qaeda. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the Middle East editor of London’s Guardian newpaper, Ian Black.

Come to Yemen

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The negative international press surrounding Yemen is making one person’s job increasingly difficult – the man who’s trying to sell the country to would-be tourists. Anchor Marco Werman reports.

Yemen

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On this week’s history podcast a look at the archaeology and history of Yemen. First we hear from University of Chicago archaeologist McGuire Gibson. He’s worked in Yemen since the 1970′s. Then Bernard Haykel, professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton, fills us in on Yemen’s recent history. Thomas Kuehn of Simon Fraser University in Vancouver tells us about Yemen under the Ottomans and how it might be relevant today. Among other things these folks emphasize Yemen’s strategic location and geography, its stunning beauty and its continuous and unbroken history going way back.

Yemen’s fight with al Qaeda

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The US and its allies helping Yemen fight al-Qaeda should not pressure it to carry out reforms or resolve other internal conflicts, Yemen’s foreign minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi said this week. Jeb Sharp speaks with Ali Muthana, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs for Yemen about his country’s relationship with the US. Download MP3 (Photo: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images)

• Embassy of Yemen in Washington DC
• Obama rules out sending US troops to Yemen
• The BBC’s Jeremy Bown: Yemen: Exotic, remote and ‘a little bit scary’

Failure “to connect the dots”

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Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair has promised action after sharp criticism from President Barack Obama over the failed attempt to blow up flight 253 on Christmas Day. The intelligence community had failed to “connect the dots”, Mr Obama said in a statement, adding: “That’s not acceptable, and I will not tolerate it.” Matthew Bell looks at the fallout after the President’s remarks. Download MP3

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• FAQ Jet bomber case
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Yemen, the new terrorism front

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Yemen has become a hotbed of radical Islamic militant activity. Many of Osama bin Laden’s former associates now live there. Anchor Marco Werman finds out more from Sudarsan Raghavan, Baghdad Bureau Chief for the Washington Post, who’s in Yemen and met bin Laden’s former personal bodyguard.

• Sudarsan Raghavan’s article in the Washington Post

Fighting terrorism in Yemen

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The US and Yemen share an interest in stamping out the Yemen-based group, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which has been blamed for the attempt to blow up flight 253 to Detroit on Christmas Day. So Washington has ramped up counter-terrorism aid to the Yemeni government. Jeb Sharp talks with the BBC’s Jonathan Head, who is currently in Sana’a. Download MP3

• BBC profile of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
• The World’s Matthew Bell on AQAP (Dec 30)
• Matthew Bell on counter-terrorism activities in Yemen (Dec 29)

Counter-terrorism activities in Yemen

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Officials in Yemen have confirmed that the Nigerian man charged with attempting to blow up an airliner on Christmas day outside Detroit spent time in Yemen in recent months. In addition, a Yemeni-based al Qaeda affiliate has claimed responsibility for planning the failed plot. The World’s Matthew Bell reports today on US options for stepping up counter-terrorism activities in Yemen. Download MP3

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• BBC coverage: Yemen