yemen matters. yemen matters to the will not simply because of threats emanating from within its borders today as we saw again during this week's attack on our embassy personnel which we strongly condemn. yemen and matters because its underlying strategic significance. with a strategic location at the junction of the two of the world's most important waterways, the red sea and the gulf aid in yemen served as a commercial transportation hub for centuries connecting mediterranean, african and arab ports. this location of course has made yemen the target of the foreign intervention that has left an indelible mark on the country. yet its location has also allowed in yemen to enjoy periods of wealth and prosperity, cultural development and though industry. during medieval times yemen became a commercial center for spice and textiles and as recently as this month in the midst of so much challenge yemen hosted the soccer tournament for the first time ever with thousands of soccer fans flocking to aid in an

yemen matters. yemen matters to the will not simply because of threats emanating from within its borders today as we saw again during this week's attack on our embassy personnel which we strongly condemn. yemen and matters because its underlying strategic significance. with a strategic location at the junction of the two of the world's most important waterways, the red sea and the gulf aid in yemen served as a commercial transportation hub for centuries connecting mediterranean, african and arab ports. this location of course has made yemen the target of the foreign intervention that has left an indelible mark on the country. yet its location has also allowed in yemen to enjoy periods of wealth and prosperity, cultural development and though industry. during medieval times yemen became a commercial center for spice and textiles and as recently as this month in the midst of so much challenge yemen hosted the soccer tournament for the first time ever with thousands of soccer fans flocking to aid in an

yemen matters. yemen matters to the will not simply because of threats emanating from within its borders today as we saw again during this week's attack on our embassy personnel which we strongly condemn. yemen and matters because its underlying strategic significance. with a strategic location at the junction of the two of the world's most important waterways, the red sea and the gulf aid in yemen served as a commercial transportation hub for centuries connecting mediterranean, african and arab ports. this location of course has made yemen the target of the foreign intervention that has left an indelible mark on the country. yet its location has also allowed in yemen to enjoy periods of wealth and prosperity, cultural development and though industry. during medieval times yemen became a commercial center for spice and textiles and as recently as this month in the midst of so much challenge yemen hosted the soccer tournament for the first time ever with thousands of soccer fans flocking to aid in an

deserts of yemen u.s. paschal forces have been chasing them for years causing dozens of civilian deaths what the u.s. is doing in yemen is really inflating the prominence of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula this is a group that probably would have very little street value in the arab street or the muslim street if the united states wasn't propping up on while a lockie of the sort of second coming of osama bin laden i think it it it goes to show how little we've learned from the boogie man days of bush and cheney and how our own policies in dangerous more in many cases that his policies on the surface american leaders are motivated by the fear of one day receiving a parcel bomb but some say disaster has other layers of motivation you're not going to make the technology of a letter bomb go away by attacking what you think is al-qaeda in yemen you're just going to make it move to another place u.s. government is basically very much into a marketing campaign to make these things look like the government is be

plans in yemen go further than. try the military are discussing long term basis and asking for more than a billion dollars to fight al qaeda there some of bin laden had a dream for him in a nightmare for us it was to involve us in in inconclusive fours in distant lands that would cost us a fortune there's a kind of intelligence national security bureaucracy that's said in this country last year and americans are irrationally scared when the parcel bomb hysteria broke out in october the us twenty four hour news machine did not fall short of feeding americans worst fears a second suspicious package from the air it was found and that it really is an ideal country. o'conner years ago already believed out in the arabian peninsula is behind the shipment the packages from yemen gave rise to a lot of confusion as to whether they were really parcel bombs but one thing that was beyond doubt the fear trigger has been pulled yemen was in the news as a terrorist hub in a matter of days the u.s. officially deployed predator drone

government is taking the credit in exchange for yemen's cooperation the u.s. heavily finances the country's fragile government but u.s. plans in yemen go further than targets the military are discussing the long term basis and asking for more than a billion dollars to for i don't hide out there for some of the how the dream for him in a nightmare for us it was to involve us in in inconclusive wars in distant lands that would cost us a fortune there's a kind of intelligence national security bureaucracy. in this country all sere and americans are russian only scared when the parcel bomb he styria broke out in the u.s. twenty four hour news regime did not fall forward cutting americans worst fears a second suspicious package from yet it was found and a better facility that an ideal country as a nation like o'connor years ago already believed out in the arabian peninsula is behind the shipment the packages from yemen gave rise to a lot of confusion as to whether they were really parcel bombs but one thing that was beyond doubt the fear trigger has been pointed ou

officials and this means of the order allows for the possibility the detainees from countries like yemen might be released if circumstances in the country change but it also establishes indefinite detention as a long term obama administration policy it makes it clear that the white house alone is going to manage this review process for those that it chooses to holds out a trial so we make of these developments will join me to discuss that as andrew process senior counsel and human rights watch is terrorism and counterterrorism program andrew thanks for coming back on the program while there are good and bad things here let's start with i guess we could say perhaps as a positive that at least there's going to be a review process going on does that mean that there has been no review process at all over the last years of the detainees that they're holding no it doesn't but you're right there is some review is a good thing more review is always better it's always better to give people an opportunity to have some sort of independent body look at whether or not they're being detained and what

but up against a network of smuglers that carry around 500 every week to yemen. the human traffickers charge $100 u.s. dollars per person for a journey that can take up to six hours. >> as these pictures in the u.n. refugee agency show, some simply never make it. so wretched are their lives after years of conflict that somalis still knee in their hundreds every week, leaving a precarious past to venture into an uncertain future. bbc news on the gulf of aidan. >> now hamas is marking its 23rd anniversary. the group seized gaza from forces of abbas leaving the palestinian governing only in the west bank. well mahmoud al zahar has been speaking to the bbc television service and asked why hamas doesn't try to make a truce with israel. >> israel is speaking about more aggression against palestinian. and they are speaking about self-defense against any aggression from the israeli fighters. >> does hamas think about how can they put an end to all the crisis with israel? >> there is the bhock aid -- the escalation on the ground [inaudible] hamas refuse any -- negotiation

sama this is more toward the saudi, yemen region of the gulf.an is wearing a traditional yemeni dress from a mountain region. this is a traditional form of a tire -- attire. ♪ ♪ >> this is the last part of our show. this is the part of the show that features lebanon, jordan. she is wearing traditional garb from damascus. i do not know if you can tell but there is a lot of handstitched detail at the top. lena is wearing a traditional jordanian start out with handstitched work. these stars represent different countries. this dress is more of a jordanian style. this is a palestinian dress with hand importers from the top to bottom. -- embroidery from the top to bottom. this is all handstitched. could the other models join the girls on the floor? [applause] >> let's have another round of applause for the models. thank you for participating and showing not only the diversity of our culture and region. through our clothing, it says a lot about how diverse the arab people are. thank you all for coming out tonight. ♪ again, thank you to everyone who has

as you know in the aftermath of the yemen, though plot, both mr. kissel and i taking a lead from secretary of soliton no, government was on the phone with leaders of commercial airlines and express carriers, from the very beginning, this was a partnership to address the issue in a coke creation style. in fact the announcements will be made with regard to the third security directive as it comes out in the next coming weeks, will actually be a product for which the government's response will be sure, reflects deep and early involvement of the private sector. that is an important direction and it is reflected in the way in which we as a nation and as a government, reacted to the human cargo plot and weeks of the partnership began to produce the results that that kind of public collaboration would bring. we had conditions under which early provision of information will lead to early release of cargo in a very direct way, the situation provided us the opportunity to follow. it is going well. we continue to work on it with a trade day in which one in wh

sama this is more toward the saudi, yemen region of the gulf.an is wearing a traditional yemeni dress

sama this is more toward the saudi, yemen region of the gulf.an is wearing a traditional yemeni dress from a mountain region. this is a traditional form of a tire -- attire.

they're up against the work of smugglers who ferried 500 refugees every week to yemen. the human traffickers charge 100 u.s. dollars for a journey that can take up to six hours. as these pictures show, some simply never make it. so wretched are their lives that they still flee in their hundreds every week. leaving a precarious passed to venture into an uncertain future. -- past to fintor into an uncertain future. >> israel has started building a wall across its southern border with egypt. costing hundreds of millions of dollars that is meant to keep out african migrants who tried to cross into israel. some feel they should be allowed to stay because the country needs cheap manual labor. we tried to speak to some who just made that long desert journey. >> the sinai desert. hundreds of thousands of square miles of nothing but sand and emptiness. it must be one of the most inhospitable places onerous. -- on earth. such deterrents are no risk for desperate people. they are living eritrea or other troubled african countries. -- leaving eritrea or other troubled african count

yemen is home to al-qaida and the arabian peninsula. and the united states is quietly helping the government target that group. the u.s. has given $150 million in aid to yemen just this year. out on bail and in front of the cameras. the founder of wikileaks sharing a few words with his supporters before starting house arrest in a fancy mansion. what julian assange says about continuing his work. plus al-qaida's apparent plans for the holiday. that and the rest of the day's stories from the journalists at fox news. this is the fox report. g, i was, and i had a heart attack. you need to do the preventative things that you need to do for your heart health. for me, it means an aspirin regimen. before you begin an aspirin regimen. speo your dtor. just shake it. [ rattling ] [ male announcer ] need ink? staples has a low price guarantee on all the ink you need. find a lower price at another store, and we'll match it. that was easy. stella: hmmm. we're getting new medicare benefits from the new healthcare law. jane: yea. most people will get f

he told him yemen must do more in the fight against terror and told usa to yemen isn't arriving fastnough. in coming years part of the battleground on war on terror might not exist. catherine herridge reports on a virtual landscape that holds real dangers. >> the cyber space is a new battleground. whatted bin laden has trigger on ak-47 but the children will have it on the mouse of a computer. >> frank is one of the leading homeland security experts predicting cyber space will be used by terrorist to maximize impact of future attacks. >> al-qaeda is going to look at it as means to enhas -- enhance leathty. >> cyber experts say it could be a likely future scenario with a car bomb and center with a cyber attacks that could crip the 911 communications. >> you have a short window to save lives. many more dead. that's what al-qaeda is looking to. >> the country top officer under president bush. he said imagine if the attack like back pack bomb in spain on eve of the election in 2004 with a denial of service attacks on on the country's banking system. under the second scenario, it's meant t

diplomats in yemen.outside of a pizza place in the muslim nation was, indeed, targeting workers at the u.s. embassy in yemen, a 28-year-old jordanian man is accused of tossing a bomb either into the diplomat's truck bed or perhaps beneath their vehicle. witnesses say it blew up and parts of the truck flew off, fortunately, nobody was hurt in the attack and we'll get updates on this throughout the next hour, here in "america's newsroom." and we're also awaiting what is likely to be very fiery debates, folks, on intending bill that is being pushed through the lame duck congress, right now. it is 1900-plus pages long, contains more than 6600 earmarks, house lawmakers are set to get the bill rolling, this morning. the trillion dollar package sporting pricey pet projects, holding the potential to force a full government shut down, would it happen, could it happen, should it happen? good morning, everybody, again, i'm martha maccallum. bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning, good morning, martha. senator tom cobu

today's document from the state department said the one guard at the nuclear facility in yemen had been removed. the only surveillance camera had been broken for six months. >>> israeli police are looking for suspects in the killing of an american tourist. the victim, christine logan, worked for a group encouraging jews to take up christianity. her body was found in a forest outside jerusalem. a friend was also wound the in attack. she says they were approached by two arab men who stabbed them apparently with a bread knife. >>> christmas travel is seriously disrupted again this morning in europe. several major airports are still snowbound. this morning passengers in frankfurt, germany's largest airport were waiting to get out of town. many of them won't make it. >> i'm coming from new york and i want to go to poland. my flight is delayed for two days already. and now i just found out that, you know, my -- my flight to poland was canceled. >> more snow in the forecast today. officials say hundreds of additional flights will be canceled. britain has seen the most snow for december for nea

it reveals a security scare in yemen about a year ago. a government storage facility housing radioactive material was unprotected for with up to a week. there was one guard there, but that guard was removed and surveillance cameras were b roken. the state department cable says "very little now stands between the bad guys and yemen's nuclear material." >>> well, this week, president obama aexpected to sign a b ill -- president obama's e xpected to sign a bill into law clearing the way for gays to serve in the military. the house passed the measure last week, but once signed, the new law will not immediately go into effect. the pentagon must first certify to congress that the change won't damage combat readiness. >> i want to make sure we're given an appropriate time, where it can be successful. >> full repeal won't take effect until 60 days after pentagon leaders certify that the military is ready for the change, a process that is e xpected to take months. >>> 7:17. the 2010 census report comes out tomorrow. the results may have big implic

the administrations top adviser says that al qaeda group based in yemen poses a threat in afghanistan our cnn correspondent. >> t.j., remark able comments about al qaeda from john brennan on homeland security and counterterrorism. speaking to a washington audience, he said that al qaeda and yemen also known as al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is the major threat, a bigger threat than al qaeda and pakistan. al qaeda run for years by osama bin laden. brennan says what's so concerning about al qaeda and yemen in part is they are looking to recruit westerners, americans, americans in the united states that they can recruit into that part of the al qaeda organization and train them to carry out attacks. of course, it's only been a day or so now since washington issued a warning for everyone to be especially individual lent during the holiday season. t.j.? >> thanks to barbara starr. new information on the south korean military drills that called such attention with north korea. officials say the exercises will likely not be held this weekend because of bad weather. the drills were suppose

they are now in pakistan and yemen and somalia. >>shepard: a greatest priority is to get security forces trained to take over security so we can get out of there. that process, what is the assessment of that? >>guest: that is dangerous. as long as we pay the bill and as long as we are using american trainers to oversee what is going on there, they will be fine bun when we stop paying the bill a similar situation happened in the 1990's, when the russians stopped paying and the fight beg began. >>shepard: karzai's government is corrupt by every metric. he is clearly on a different path welcoming the soviet bloc neighbors, and pakistan and iran into the fold as you mentioned, and he just opened the pipeline last week which is a serious affront. >>guest: well, it is a small move because that is where the gas and oil is and where the business will be in the north but the u.s. state department has been kicking their heels and turning their, holding their breath to try to prevent that. but those are afghanistan's neighbors and that is who