Yemen Government’s Fall Is Blow to Obama’s War on Terror
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Escalating chaos in Yemen threatens the Obama administration’s ability to combat the al-Qaeda affiliate that’s most intent on attacking the U.S. and its allies.
It was only last June that President Barack Obama singled out Yemen as a model for U.S. efforts to fight terrorism by relying on training allied forces rather than risk American lives. Now the fall of the government and the turmoil there further imperil his signature antiterrorist strategies, which also are facing difficulties in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya and elsewhere.