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Terrorism in Yemen

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As part of its "War on Terrorism", inthe first months of 2002 the Bush Administration approved sending about 100 Special Operations Forces to Yemen, a power base for al Qaeda.

Following the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack, President Ali Abdullah Saleh made an effort to eliminate the Islamic militant presence. Government troops detained many militants who trained at Al Qaeda camps.

In December 2001 a search by government forces for two Yemeni believed to be senior al Qaeda members hiding near Marib led to a gun battle with tribesmen which ended in the deaths of 32 people, including 18 soldiers.

To defuse the situation, ten Marib sheiks were detained as hostages of the state in comfortable rooms in the presidential palace for 35 days, when 43 lesser tribesmen took their place.

U.S. Broadens Terror Fight, Readying Troops for Yemen, The New York Times, March 2, 2002
MIDEAST ARENA: Warlord Web Thwarts Terror Fight in Yemen, The New York Times, February 24, 2002
MILITANTS: Yemen Fears Being Singed by a Home-Grown Firebrand, The New York Times, February 24, 2002

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