US newspaper: "Al-Qaeda" is working with a coalition backed by Washington in Yemen

US newspaper: "Al-Qaeda" is working with a coalition backed by Washington in Yemen



BAGHDAD (Reuters) -

Newspaper "The Huffington Post," the American said, that al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, working together with a coalition backed by the United States in Yemen, said the group's leader Qasim al-Rimi, in another sign that the US President, Donald Trump managing an American role of a larger plan in Yemen may be a strategic mistake. Noting that international experts agree that.

Made Rimi remarks in his interview with the media arm of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

Raimi said: "We are fighting with all Muslims in Yemen, along with various Islamic groups", and added that his followers collaborated with a group of factions - including the Salafi conservatives, "the Muslim Brotherhood, as well as our brothers of the sons of (the year)" - against the Houthis " .

The newspaper reported that Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other partners in the region, Americans are fighting the Houthis and their allies for more than two years. The air campaign killed bloody Amther from Yemen since the start of 10 thousand people in the war.

US President Barack Obama authorized US support for the campaign as soon as it began in 2015, but the Obama administration tried to distance itself from the coalition led by Saudi Arabia, where war crimes have increased.

Said administration officials and humanitarian workers, and analysts said President Donald Trump, who expressed a strong desire in the face of Iran wants to strengthen the US presence in Yemen, according to Asahevh.wakzb al-Qaeda in Yemen, large land and widespread support amid the chaos of war.

The Pentagon believes that this group "pose a significant threat to the United States." And it considers it one of the few terrorist organizations that have a great ability to launch attacks on the homeland. Bill Ruggiu said in the Defense of Democracies Foundation, the United States launched more than 75 strike (major ground operation) against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula since the beginning of the year, in an indication that the army believes that this group a dangerous goal.

The newspaper said that the terrorist group is still thrives, in large part, it seems, because of the policies of the United States itself.

Indicates last updated in Yemen from the US "Enterprise" Institute, a conservative think tank, that Al-Qaeda is working together with the "brigade" in the main city of Taiz and receives Saudi support and the UAE.

It backed by the United States to strengthen themselves in a way that allows them to compete with al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to get popular support rather than relying on the group Yemeni government has failed.

Katherine Zimmerman, a fellow at the American "Enterprise" Institute that US policy does not know how to feed the war, al-Qaeda in Yemen and the power to prolong the war has enabled al Qaeda to expand. "

Lawmakers pointed to the growing presence of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in severe criticism of the US plan in Yemen.

He said Senator Chris Murphy and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that "our actions in Yemen, not only the dispersion of our attention from the war against terrorism, but also help the groups that intend to attack us." In 10 April, 55 members of the members of the House of Representatives issued a letter from the two parties expressed their fear about Trump's intentions in Yemen.

They wrote in the letter, addressed to Trump and the Prosecutor Jeff Sacins "We share the concerns of some advisers who are concerned that the direct support of the war, the Saudi alliance in Yemen will take a lot of resources away from the fight against terrorism against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula," She added the message: "We are significantly disturbed by news reports indicate that al-Qaeda in Yemen emerged as a de facto ally "of the army, led by Saudi Arabia, which your administration aims to partnership with him more closely."

Members on Capitol Hill also urged the coalition led by Saudi Arabia to reconsider his battle plans for humanitarian reasons, pointing out that millions are already suffering from hunger in Yemen and that the planned attack on a key port could create catastrophic famine.

Speaking to the newspaper, Kate suggested Keizer, director of the Yemeni Peace Project, an advocacy group, "to be the new al-Qaeda statement as a kind of wake-up call."

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