OKay....this time Sad'dam's Ba-athists forces, including elite intell, are on our side in Yemen. Wait...why didn't we just bypass the Iracqi war and make them allies from the start...like they once were?
It just gets weirder and weirder.....fyi...TM7
"They are involved in training and also intelligence gathering," said a former Yemeni security officer.
"At the outset of its intervention in Iraq in 2003, the United States embarked on a rigorous policy of "de-Baathification" and disbanded the Iraqi army.
Many fled to Syria before receiving an invitation to come to Yemen from President Saleh, according to former Yemeni military officers and analysts.
"After the collapse of the Baathists in Iraq, many came to Yemen," said Fares al-Saqqaf, a prominent analyst. "Many saw it as a transit point, but others stayed here and became government experts."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/yemen/6943108/US-forges-alliance-with-Saddam-Hussein-officers-to-fight-al-Qaeda.html
