Obama announces further cooperation with Yemen to fight terror
The Source: www.sabanews.net - 02/01/2010
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US President Barack Obama declared on Saturday further cooperation with Yemen in coming period in field of combating terrorism Speaking in his weekly radio and internet address Obama highlighted current level of the cooperation between Yemen and United States in combating terror.
The US president said that we've forged new partnerships with Yemen, and put unrelenting pressure on these extremists wherever they plot and train-from East Africa to Southeast Asia, from Europe to the Arab Gulf, and though often out of sight, our progress has been unmistakable.So, as President of the United States, I've made it a priority to strengthen our partnership with the Yemeni government-training and equipping their security forces, sharing intelligence and working with them to strike al Qaeda terrorists.Along with our partners, we've disrupted terrorist financing, cut off recruiting chains, inflicted major losses on al Qaeda's leadership, thwarted plots here in the United States, and saved countless American lives, he said
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