An army soldier stands near a building destroyed during recent fighting between the army and al Qaeda-linked militants in the southern Yemeni city of Zinjibar June 21, 2012. (Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)
Opinion
Inside Yemen's Shadow War Arsenal
August 8, 2013, Gordon Lubold and Noah Shachtman
Gordon Lubold and Noah Shachtman write that the recent foiling of a major terrorist plot against Western interests in Yemen reflects the need for continued U.S. spending on counterterrorism programs in the country. Despite criticism over U.S. incapacity to oversee these programs, Washington and Sanaa will continue to be key partners in fighting the shadow war on terror, they argue.