Auf Wunsch der Nachbarstaaten setzt sich Außenminister Westerwelle im Jemen dafür ein, al-Qaida nicht nur militärisch zu bekämpfen. Kenner des Landes geben ihm recht. Denn die Islamisten haben dort eine breite Basis, genießen den Schutz von Stammesfürsten und sind in das politische System eingebettet.
Der Jemen solle „kein Rückzugsgebiet für Terroristen“ werden, sagte Außenminister Guido Westerwelle (FDP) nach seinem Treffen mit dem jemenistischen Präsidenten Ali Abdallah Saleh. Dabei setze man auf eine „politische Lösung“, nicht auf eine militärische.
Mit seinem Plädoyer für eine politische Lösung unterstützt Westerwelle the neighboring countries of Yemen. Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah and Qatar's Emir Hamad had asked him to act in this direction to the President of Yemen. She and other people with whom the German Foreign Minister fear a destabilization of the region and see the danger of a drift in the direction of Brother state terrorism.
Westerwelle presented a conference in Yemen on 27 January in London to view and urged Saleh to greater cooperation with neighbors. He could point out that Germany is involved for years in the country. About 80 million euros in development aid flows alone 2009/10 in Yemen to ensure that the Federal Republic in Europe is at the top. There are also 1.5 million euros from the Foreign Office.
still pursuing the Yemeni government, however, a different strategy - which is supported by the United States. Just a new offensive against al-Qaeda in the provinces of Shabwa, Maarib and around Sanaa has started, with more than 10? 000 soldiers. "It must be made clear to the Yemen, there are expectations and conditions attached to our continued support," U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had said early last week in Washington. Here, the Yemen had been quite cooperative. Already on the 15th? December launched an operation in the Yemeni air force bombed the alleged Al-Qaeda training camp. The attacks are the U.S. has not only provided logistical support, but also used cruise missiles.
has just started, the Yemeni government, a new offensive against al-Qaeda in the provinces of Shabwa, Maarib and around Sanaa, with over 10,000 soldiers. "It must be made clear to the Yemen, there are expectations and conditions attached to our continued support," U.S. Secretary Hilary Clinton at a press conference in Washington had said early last week. Here, the Yemen had already been co-operative. On 15 December launched an operation in the Yemeni air force bombed the alleged Al-Qaeda training camp. The attacks are not the only logistical USA have provided support, but also used cruise missiles.
for the well-known Yemeni journalist and political advisor Abdul Ghani Al-Iryani "the military support of the United States is counterproductive, especially when it come zuschaden civilians. Which would make the extremists only sympathy and new recruits.
alone to rely on military action, it therefore naive. "You can not kill all the Al Qaeda fighters and supporters," added Al-Iryani. "Instead, you have to fight the conditions that make terrorism possible."
Yemen is one of the poorest countries in the Region in which half the population lives below the poverty line. "We hope," said the Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi, "that the U.S. not repeat the mistakes of Afghanistan and Iraq. We need a long-term development plan against poverty and for education, which fights terrorism more effective than military action. "
In Yemen, as in other Arab States, the Afghan returnees came from the war against the Soviet Union (1979-1989) a decisive role in the spread of radical ideologies. "They were celebrated as heroes, were seen as cool," said Abdul Ghani Al-Iryani. "At the end of the 80 years began them with the building of madrasas and training camps. In the early 90s, they even fought on the government side against the secessionists of the secular South. "
Only in 2000, with the assassination of al-Qaeda on the U.S. destroyer Cole in the port of Aden that left 17 American sailors died, the tide turned. The government had many, but not all closed long training camp. The schools were left untouched as a rule. "Today, the Islamists into the political system of the country surrounded," the journalist continued.
is how far this embedding and who is a sympathizer or supporter, it should be better not to speak in public. Especially when it comes to people like Ali Mushin Al-Ahmar is, which is related to a half-brother of President Ali Saleh. Al-Ahmar is a military commander of North West Yemen, known for its extreme religious views and ties to al-Qaida. He will be responsible for the training of jihadists in Yemen, before being sent to Afghanistan and Iraq.
Another colorful character is Tariq Al Fadhli, an Afghanistan veteran, former associate of Osama bin Laden, with friends among the jihadists. Al Fadhli was once an ally of President Saleh, today for the secession of the south. The bodyguards of Dschihadsveterans come from Somalia. They should show Al-Shabab wing militias are close, the fighting there, the transitional government and al-Qaida in Yemen in an emergency Islamist military aid promised.
Al Ahmar and al-Fadhli are both types that fall under the category "Black Box" by Ali Saif Hassan. The Director of the Political Development Forum in Sanaa uses this expression as a metaphor for the duplication of establishment, and al-Qaida. "The contents of the black box you do not know exactly," said Hassan. "Al-Qaida is not a political party or a club with a membership," he adds smugly. "It's a fundamentalist church, which we know not where it begins and where it ends. " Just make sure they enjoy great support and it is of advantage, whether belonging. "There is of course also about power and business affairs." was
help from this black box is the escape of 23 Al Qaeda members from a high security prison in February 2006. Among the escapees were the planners of the attack on the USS Cole in October 2000. Without the participation of the Yemeni security authorities the flight would not have been possible. Of the escapees, although almost all were recaptured or killed, but three are still at large. Including Nasser al-Wuhayshi, now the leader of "Al-Qaida the Arabian Peninsula. " Another escapee, Quassim al-Raimi is said to be military commander. Completed
the leadership of ex-prisoners from Guantanamo, which in Saudi Arabia took part in a terrorist rehabilitation program before they released him in 2007. Said Ali al-Shihri is now deputy head of the organization, Abu al-Hareth Muhammad al-Oufi a field commander. No wonder the U.S. government has postponed the transfer of about 90 remaining in Guantanamo Yemeni detainees to their home country for an indefinite period.
"In the thousands" to go the number of Al-Qaida members in Yemen, said Abdul Ghani al Iryani. Not unrealistic, if only to the 2000 Yemenis think that should be returned from Afghanistan and from Iraq to home. In Iraq, many of them were under the command of Ayman al-Zarqawi, who was known for his bloodthirsty command.
al-Qaeda's safe havens are to the east of Yemen, the advances in the army now. There is no state authority. As in Afghanistan or Pakistan, the leaders of tribes in charge. Protection of their al-Qaida is dependent.
an important intermediary role between Islamists and Klanchefs played Anwar al-Awlaki, a native of the U.S. Imam, who is recruited via the Internet assassin and immersed in Yemen. He coached '"Nidal Hasan Malik, of the U.S. military base of Fort Hood in November 2009 killed 13 people, but also Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the 23-year-old bomber plane from Detroit. Anwar al-Awlaki is itself an influential tribe and enjoys it for themselves and even full protection for its guests.
Whether this protection is granted to his followers for a long time, is given the army offensive to doubt. "But the chiefs are very pragmatic," Ali Saif Hassan reports from the "Political Development Forum. "They change depending on the location advantage like their opinion."
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