Defense

U.S. military trainers headed to Yemen

The Pentagon is sending military trainers back into Yemen for what it calls "routine" cooperation with Yemeni security forces. Yemen is a key battleground in th...

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May 9, 2012 10:24 am

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The Pentagon is sending military trainers back into Yemen for what it calls “routine” cooperation with Yemeni security forces. Yemen is a key battleground in the conflict with al-Qaida…A U-S military training program in Yemen was suspended last year — after then-President Ali Abdullah Saleh was badly injured in a militant attack. The new president has requested increased U-S counter-terrorist cooperation.