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• The war on the Yemen-Saudi border

  
  PrairiePundit — Authority: 453
  Washington Post: Along the jagged, oatmeal-colored mountains of northern Yemen, civil war has transformed the windswept landscape into a canvas of human misery, bolstering al-Qaedas efforts to create a haven in the Middle Easts poorest nation. It is a war largely hidden from the rest of the world the past five ...
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• Saudis into Yemen

  
  Middle East Strategy at Harvard — Authority: 518
  From Daniel Byman Saudi Arabia is once again sailing in dangerous waters as it increases its military involvement in Yemen. The recent New York Times article on the subject is welcome, because the growing violence in Yemen is perhaps the most neglected news story in the Middle East. Yemen is racked by no ...
  15 hours ago

• Yemen Civil War News Updates -- November 13-14, 2009

  
  War News Updates — Authority: 458
  Saudis Renew Yemen Bombing -- BBC Shia rebels in northern Yemen say Saudi Arabia has carried out more bombing raids, targeting several villages along the border. The rebels say Saudi planes also struck a mountainous area more than 10km inside Yemeni territory. Theres been no word on any casualties from the ...
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• Oh, Yemen and the US Did Not Sign a New Miltary Agreement

  
  Armies of Liberation — Authority: 505
  I see. Yemeni Chief of Staff Ahmed Ali al-Ashwal in a statement to SABA news agency said the US and Yemen concluded an agreement on enhanced intel sharing, military training and new equipment. And the news went all around the world. Deal or no deal? No deal, Howie. I’m going to fall off my chair. I ...
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• Yemens fight with rebels a regional concern

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 967
  MAZRAQ, YEMEN -- Along the jagged, oatmeal-colored mountains of northern Yemen, civil war has transformed the windswept landscape into a canvas of human misery, bolstering al-Qaedas efforts to create a haven in the Middle Easts poorest nation.
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• Yemen Arrests Sami Dyan Trying to Flee Country

  
  Armies of Liberation — Authority: 505
  Yemen Post : Yemen said on Thursday the police had arrested ten fugitives including seven Qaeda suspects. The arrested included the leader of Al-Qaeda in Abyan Sami Dayan who was held on the Yemeni-Saudi border while trying to leave Yemen. They face charges over involvement in subversion, targeting the national ...
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• The Gulfs powder keg

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 605
  The pitched battles between Saudi Arabian troops and Yemen’s al Houthi militants which have hit the headlines over the past week are only one of the headaches for the beleaguered government in Sana’a as it battles poverty and depleting oil reserves while struggling to quell an internal secessionist movement. ...
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• Just wondering…

  
  Upper Left — Authority: 435
  …where the Iraqis in this group are (Mohammeds a Kuwaiti-born Pakistani)... Four men—the two Yemenis, a Saudi and a Pakistani-born Kuwaiti—will face trial alongside Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused of helping finance and plan the attacks of 11 September 2001 in which nearly 3,000 people were killed. I ...
  21 hours ago

• Saudis flee villages in Yemen clash

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 605
  At least 240 villages have been evacuated in southwestern Saudi Arabia due to fighting between Saudi forces and Yemeni rebels along the border, the UN childrens fund (Unicef) has said. Unicef, citing contacts in Saudi Arabia on Friday, said more than 50 schools have also been closed in the country, after ...
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• The Devil You Know

  
  Matthew Yglesias — Authority: 806
  Here’s an interesting point from Michael Crowley: If you’ll recall one of the big foreign policy nightmares circa 2005-2006 was the possibility that U.S. withdrawal from Iraq would lead to a destabilizing proxy war between Sunni-led Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran. We stuck around and that didn’t happen. But ...
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• Head And Shoulders [Snap Judgment]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 815
  [Mazraq, Yemen; November 12. Image via Getty ] A dispalced Yemeni girl from Saada province carries a young boy on her shoulders at the Mazraq Internally Displaced Peoples (IDP) camp in northern Yemen, on November 12, 2009. An estimated 150,000 people have been displaced or affected by the conflict between Shiite ...
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• YEMEN: Raging insurgency exacerbates tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran

  
  Babylon & Beyond — Authority: 647
  After years of teetering on the edge of stability, Yemen appears to be losing control of a minority rebellion on its northern border, raising concerns that the fighting could ignite regional tensions and possibly become a battleground for a proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia. In Yemen, extreme poverty, water ...
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• Senior UNHCR official visits Yemen amid continuing displacement

  
  AlertNet Newsdesk — Authority: 714
  Source: UNHCR Janet Lim, head of operations for the UN refugee agency, visits a camp for the displaced in northern Yemen amid a surge in the number of arrivals.
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• Saudis Speak Softly, Big Stick at Hand

  
  Crossroads Arabia — Authority: 509
  I think this opinion piece in Al-Hayat is worth pointing out. It discusses the way Saudi Arabia traditionally takes a non-confrontational role in dealing with international disputes, trying to play the role of mediator. When it is directly involved, as in the case of the recent clashes on the Yemeni border, it can ...
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• Khalid Sheikh Mohammed + 4 other 9/11 figures to be tried in NYC

  
  Mcnorman's Weblog — Authority: 438
  KSM, 4 other 9/11 figures to be tried in NYC.  What could go wrong?Too bad, Texas would have a needle with each of their names on it.
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• Hasan May Be Paralyzed, Lawyer Says

  
  Mcnorman's Weblog — Authority: 438
  Accused Fort Hood Gunman May Be Paralyzed, Lawyer Says.  I am not terribly saddened by this news.
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• Fort Hood shootings: Unborn baby death could bring murder charges to 14 counts

  
  Baby Chums — Authority: 566
  Military officials heading the Fort Hood Shootings investigation are still deciding whether to charge Major Nidal Hasan with a 14th count of murder for the death of the unborn child of a pregnant shooting victim. Pregnant Francheska Velez, 21, was filling out paperwork when Major Nidal Malik Hasan began shooting. ...
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• The Sixth War

  
  tabsir.net — Authority: 121
  by Gregory D Johnsen, The National , November 12, 2009 Last week, the sporadic five-year long war between the Yemeni government and Houthi fighters in the country’s north finally spilled over the border into Saudi Arabia. The conflict has been steadily escalating since the Yemeni government resumed fighting in ...
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• Yemen: Saudi enforces six mike wide no-go zone in Yemen

  
  i On Global Trends - Mike Hitchen Online - news, opinion, analysis — Authority: 489
  The Peninsula reports Saudi Arabia is using air power and artillery to enforce a 10km (six mile) deep buffer zone inside Yemen to keep Yemeni rebels away from its southwestern border, a Saudi government adviser said yesterday.Saudi officials said heavy guns had pounded insurgent positions across the border yesterday ...
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• Fort Hood shooting: Obama orders review of US intelligence

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  New York, Nov.13 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has ordered a review of whether the country’s intelligence agencies properly handled and shared their information about the Fort Hood shootings suspect Major Nidal Malik Hasan. Major Hasan, the U.S. Army doctor, has been named as a suspect in the shooting death of 13 ...
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