US mulls aid package for Yemen to thwart al-Qaeda
The Obama administration is weighing a comprehensive aid package for Yemen to help thwart a growing al-Qaeda threat to the country, the region and the United States, the US Defense Department said on Thursday.
"We are looking to be able to help Yemen increase the capacity not only of the government but of their military to counter the al Qaeda threat that exists," Bryan Whitman, a Pentagon spokesman, told reporters. (Reuters)
