Yemen: Clerics Oppose U.S. Troops (original) (raw)

World Briefing | Middle East

Jan. 14, 2010

Several dozen Yemeni clerics, including the influential hard-line figure Abdel Majid al-Zindani, above, issued a statement on Thursday saying they would call for jihad, or holy war, if the United States sent troops to fight Al Qaeda in Yemen. President Obama has said he does not plan to send troops to Yemen, although the United States does provide training, intelligence and military hardware to help Yemen fight militants.

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