U.S. President Barack Obama said he has...
and could send international terrorism and Muslim anti-Americanism surging to unprecedented heights.It is possible to abate the activity of Al-Qaeda cells in Yemen, although local residents say it is impossible to suppress them entirely. Al-Qaeda enjoys the support of powerful clans, while the local population sees an impending U.S. invasion as the ultimate evil, rather than the clan groups. Yemen residents believe Al-Qaeda to be a natural byproduct of America"s aggressive anti-Islamic policies. Incidentally, al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden comes from a Yemeni family.
Most analysts agree that an invasion of Yemen would entail an inevitable attack on Somalia, because Al-Qaeda would quickly redeploy its main forces across the strait, to territories out of any government control.
Adding up all four fronts - if the United States ventured an attack on Yemen and Somalia - America would have to invade a territory equal to three-fourths of Western Europe; and
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