The raging battle between al-Qaeda and government security forces in southern Yemen in recent days is a reminder that the shadow of insurgency looms large over that country's effort to build a new political order. The swearing in of new president Abd Rabbo Monsour Hadi last week was accompanied by a four-day rampage by Islamist insurgents that left at least 150 soldiers dead, and on Saturday a series of air strikes on jihadist positions - alleged by locals to have been carried out by U.S. drones or warplanes, although local authorities said the Yemeni air force was responsible - left up to 45 suspected insurgents dead.
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