The Jihadis of Yemen

Robert F. Worth

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The Last Refuge: Yemen, al-Qaeda, and America’s War in Arabia
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Yemen is an ancient country on the southern heel of the Arabian peninsula, the crucible of many of the peoples and customs we now think of as Arab. But to most Westerners, it is little more than a code word for bizarre terror plots.

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