Yemen

The US has requested that Yemen extradite al Qaeda members Jaber Elbanneh and Anwar al Awlaki. The US is also probing for links between Awlaki and failed Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad. Britain reopened its embassy after a failed assassination attempt against its ambassador two weeks ago.

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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