Yemen

Yemeni al Qaeda military commander Abu Osama said more than 300 Yemenis volunteered to fight in in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Somalia during 2008. President Saleh said 94 Yemenis will be released from Guantanamo Bay and sent back to Yemen over the next several months.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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