Al-Qaeda Making Gains In Yemen: US Defense Secretary

[Purveyor]

Source: Agence France Presse

TOKYO (AFP) -

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter acknowledged Wednesday that Al Qaeda was seizing terrain amid the chaos in Yemen, but vowed that Washington would continue to combat the extremist group despite ongoing fighting there.

"We see them making gains on the ground there as they try to take territory," said Carter, who was in Japan as part of a visit to Asia for talks with regional allies.

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Observers say Al Qaeda and other groups are exploiting the instability, in which the World Health Organisation says at least 540 people have died since March 19.

"The terrorism threat to the West, including the United States, from AQAP (Yemen-based Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula) is a longstanding and serious one (..) that we will keep combating," he added at a press conference alongside his Japanese counterpart, Gen Nakatani.

Read more: http://www.france24.com/en/20150408-al-qaeda-making-gains-yemen-us-defense-secretary/

[Comrade Grumpy]

1. We need to get the hell out of Yemen.

We have a forever war against Al Qaeda types going on there.

And now we've allied ourselves with the glorious Saudi monarchy to bomb the shit out the Houthis.

If we keep it up, it won't be too long before everybody in Yemen hates us.