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February 5, 2010

The World Must Help Save Yemen

Sen. John Kerry, The National

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On Christmas Day, al Qa’eda in the Arabian Peninsula sent a radicalised young man to blow up an American airplane over Detroit. Yemen, a country that has long alarmed policymakers, became international front-page news overnight.

Our challenge now is to translate the world’s new-found sense of urgency into action and deliver on the commitments made at last week’s London conference on Yemen.

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TAGGED: al Qaeda, Yemen, John Kerry

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