Yemen: Hundreds More al Qaeda Here

Yemen needs more counterterrorism support from the U.S. and the E.U., according to its foreign minister, Abu Bakr al Qirbi. In an interview with the BBC, the Yemeni diplomat estimated that the al Qaeda members operating in Yemen numbered in the hundreds, and that they could be plotting further attacks after the failed Christmas Day plane attack in Detroit. Though Al Qirbi was careful to downplay what he called "exaggerated" claims about the dangers posed by Yemeni terrorism, he did say that his country "need[s] more training" and that "the United States can do a lot, Britain can do a lot, the European Union can do a lot in that regard."