A Washington Post front-pager reported widening US military & intelligence involvement inside Yemen. Reuters reports that Western and Gulf State leaders met in London to discuss using economic aid to help fight al-Qaeda in Yemen. The Washington Post reports that at that meeting Yemen's problems were addressed in great detail; Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said after that the Yemenis has been "brutally honest" about their situation. Yemen also agreed to a new detainee rehab initiative, according to the Daily Telegraph.
Transnational terrorism expert Steven Emerson assesses the growing international terror threat posed by jihadist groups based in Afghanistan & Pakistan.
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