October 12, 2011

In Dealing With Yemen, Remember the Cole

Ali Soufan, Bloomberg

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Anwar al-Awlaki may be dead, but the two terrorists in Yemen most deserving of U.S. retribution remain alive and well.

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TAGGED: al-Qaeda, AQAP, Terrorism, Yemen

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