Militants create haven in southern Yemen

In this remote, sun-blasted corner of southern Yemen, there's a battle raging that is as important to the United States as it is to this nation's beleaguered government.

Each day, American-backed Yemeni forces engage in a grueling struggle to retake territory from militant Islamists — a conventional army pitted against a guerrilla militia with grand ambitions to stage an attack on U.S. soil. Each day, the soldiers feel increasingly besieged.

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Karen Tumulty 01 Jan, 2012
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