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jaguar · 10-07-2002, 07:32 AM

Yemen does not have the strategic interest Iraq does - Oil. Don't try to tell me oil is at least a major factor in attacking Iraq. Saddam is also less likely to generate as much Islamic backlash as attacking Yemen would. Thirdly the US has officers (around 100 i think) in Yemen, training the Yemeni army so i doubt it's on the hitlist so far.

10-07-2002, 07:32 AM	#4
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Yemen does not have the strategic interest Iraq does - Oil. Don't try to tell me oil is at least a major factor in attacking Iraq. Saddam is also less likely to generate as much Islamic backlash as attacking Yemen would. Thirdly the US has officers (around 100 i think) in Yemen, training the Yemeni army so i doubt it's on the hitlist so far. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain