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1 SUB Hamburg A/ THE BATTLE FOR YEMEN Al-Qaeda and the Struggle for Stability Edited By Ramzy Mardini The^JAMESTWN F O U N D A T I O N The Jamestown Foundation Washington, DC

2 Acknowledgements Timeline of Key Events The Battle For Yemen Al-Qaeda and the Struggle for Stability Table of Contents Introduction: Yemen, al-qaeda and America's Challenge By Bruce Riedel 1 Chapter One Yemen: Al-Qaeda's New Playground Shifting Sands: al-qaeda and Tribal Gun-Running Along the Yemeni Frontier By Stephen Ulph 4 Yemen's Al-Iman University: A Pipeline for Fundamentalists? By Gregory D. Johnsen 9 Expansion of Yemen's Refining Capacity Raises Terrorism Concerns By John Solomon 14 Is al-qaeda in Yemen Regrouping? By Gregory D. Johnsen 17 Yemen Attack Reveals Struggle Among al-qaeda's Ranks By Gregory D. Johnsen 19 Yemen's Role in al-qaeda's Strategy By Michael Scheuer 21 Attacks on Oil Industry Are First Priority for al-qaeda in Yemen By Gregory D. Johnsen 25 Soldier's Brigade of Yemen Continues Attacks By Gregory D. Johnsen 27

3 Attacks in Yemen Reflect al-qaeda's Global Oil Strategy By Chris Zambelis 29 Al-Qaeda in Yemen Supports Southern Secession By Abdul Hameed Bakier 35 Uncertainty Surrounds the Arrest of al-qaeda Financier in Yemen By Munir Mawari 38 Al-Qaeda's Purpose in Yemen Described in Works of Jihad Strategists Jy Michael W.S.Ryan 42 Yemeni Clerics Announce Mandatory Jihad Against Foreign Intervention By Murad Batal al-shishani 48 An Assessment of the Anatomy of al-qaeda in Yemen: Ideological and Social Factors By Murad Batal al-shishani 51 Mass Arrests of al-qaeda Suspects in Saudi Arabia Illustrate Security Threat from Yemen By Murad Batal al-shishani 56 Wooing Bin Laden: Cooperation Between Somalia's al-shabaab Movement and Yemen's al-qaeda Movement By Andrew McGregor 58 Breaking Yemen Apart: Al-Qaeda Exploits Social Divisions to Further its Agenda By Sarah Phillips 65 Chapter Two Yemen's War on Terrorism Yemen's Innovative Approach to the War on Terror By Eric Watkins 70 The Yemeni Arms Trade: Still a Concern for Terrorism and Regional Security By Shaun Overton 74

4 Yemen's Committee for Dialogue: Can Jihadists Return to Society? By Michael Taarnby 78 Al-Qaeda Suspects on Trial in Yemen By Andrew McGregor 83 Al-Qaeda's Great Escape in Yemen By Andrew McGregor 85 Yemen's Passive Role in the War on Terrorism By Gregory D. Johnsen 87 Prosecuting Terrorism: Yemen's War on Islamist Militancy By Andrew McGregor 91 Yemen Convicts PSO Members Involved in the Great Escape By Andrew McGregor 96 Al-Qaeda Oil Attack Thwarted in Yemen By Christopher Heffelfinger 98 Suspects Arrested in Yemen for Supporting Somali Islamists By Andrew McGregor 101 Yemen Faces Second Generation of Islamist Militants By Gregory D. Johnsen 103 Chapter Three The Radical Faces of Yemen Profile of Sheikh Abdul Majid al-zindani By Gregory D. Johnsen 105 Yemeni Sheikh al-zindani's New Role as a Healer By Andrew McGregor 110 Tracking Yemen's 23 Escaped Jihadi Operatives - Part 1 By Gregory D. Johnsen 112 Tracking Yemen's 23 Escaped Jihadi Operatives - Part 2 By Gregory D. Johnsen 118

5 is L Al-Qaeda in Yemen Reorganizes under Nasir al-wuhayshi By Gregory D. Johnsen 127 Leader of Yemen's Mujahideen Claims al-qaeda has a Nuclear Weapon By Abdul Hameed Bakier 130 The Jihadis and the Cause of South Yemen: A Profile of Tariq al-fadhli ByRafidFadhilAli 133 Ibrahim al-rubaish: New Religious Ideologue of al-qaeda in Saudi Arabia Calls for Revival of Assassination Tactic By Murad Batal al-shishani 137 Anwar al-awlaki: The Radical Source for Non-Arabic Speaking Muslims By Murad Batal al-shishani 140 i From Yemen to Detroit: The Expanding Influence of AQAP's Sa'id al-shihri By Murad Batal al-shishani 143 [ Back From the Grave: The Re-emergence of Houthi Rebel Leader Abdul Malik al- Houthi By Michael Horton 148 Adel al-abbab: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's Religious Ideologue By Murad Batal al-shishani 151 I AQAP's Man in the South: Nasir al-wuhayshi I ByRafidFadhilAli 156 Chapter Four The Houthi Rebellions Shiite Insurgency in Yemen: Iranian Intervention or Mountain Revolt? By Andrew McGregor 161 Yemeni Rebel Leader al-houthi Slain By Stephen Ulph 167 Understanding the Second Houthi Rebellion in Yemen \ By Shaun Overton 168

6 Yemen Accuses Iran of Meddling in its Internal Affairs By Gregory D. Johnsen 172 Yemen's Three Rebellions By Brian O'Neill 174 Iranian Leaders Weigh Support for the Houthi Rebellion in Yemen By Babak Rahimi 179 Saudi Military Operations along the Yemen Border Repel Houthist Incursion By Andrew McGregor 182 Chapter Five U.S.-Yemen Relations Cooperation And Conflict: Analyzing The U.S.-Yemen Relationship By Charles Schmitz 186 Yemeni Cleric Moayad's Conviction Further Strains U.S.-Yemeni Relations By Eric Watkins 191 Yemen's Enduring Challenges: An Interview with Jonathan Winer Jamestown Interview 194 Landscape of Shifting Alliances By Eric Watkins 199 U.S.-Yemen Relations and the War on Terror: A Portrait of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh ByMarkKatz 203 Yemen and the U.S.: Different Approaches to the War on Terrorism By Andrew McGregor 207 Security Threats to Yemen Create Dilemma for United States By Munir Mawari 213

7 Chapter Six Economic Challenges to Stability \ Yemen's Dangerous Addiction to Qat * By Michael Horton 217 Food and Water Security in Yemen By Mohammed al-maitami 222 Appendix Conference Speeches By Daniel Benjamin 228 By Bruce Riedel 235 About The Authors 242 About The Editor 248 Index 249

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