EARL NASH,
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AEI--the same neoconservative think tank that played
a key role in the propaganda campaigns that preceded the 2003 US invasion of
Iraq--is reportedly working to establish a link between Iran, the Yemeni
opposition groups and al-Qaeda militants.
The report will make a connection between Iran, the Shia Houthi fighters in northern
Yemen, the Yemeni separatists in the south and the militants. Chris Harnisch and Frederick Kagan, two scholars
at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) will submit their report soon.
Harnisch and Kagan have been at work for the past six months to make the
connection.
Kagan, who directs a project on expansive contingency plans at the institute,
is to submit the institute's examination of Yemen's domestic affairs and the
consequences of a possible US intervention in the country and the rest of the
Persian Gulf.
Referring to the recent Yemeni and US airstrikes on southern Yemen, Harnisch
argued in a December 29 piece that an "al-Qaeda franchise" in Yemen
"has taken note of the increased cooperation between American and Yemeni
security forces and appears to have identified the United States and its
interests as its primary target, replacing Saudi Arabia and Yemen."
