As we talked about in class today, the man that failed to set off the bomb on a plane on Christmas Day probably got his undie bomb from Yemen, a country that for the most part had been ignored in foreign policy discussions about the Middle East. In 2000, Yemen came up on the world spotlight for the USS Cole bombing. Now, the country's battle against extremists is front and center...but how did a country become a hotbed for terrorism? Here's how.
By: Justin Lynch
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