Unrest In Yemen Is A Major Setback For U.S. Counter-Terrorism Operations

Pentagon Urged To Find ‘Plan B’ For Base As Yemeni Crisis Grows -- Washington Times

The Pentagon is being urged to move its counterterrorism operations from Yemen across the Gulf of Aden to Djibouti should the government in Sanaa fall.

Sen. Mark Kirk, Illinois Republican and ranking member of the Appropriations subcommittee that funds military base construction, said in an interview, “I think the administration should be actively considering a Plan B for Yemen.”

On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told reporters en route to Cairo that the United States had not done any “post-Saleh planning,” a reference to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

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My Comment: This will set back counter-terrorism operations in the regions for a long time.